Steven Pollock

{{Short description|American professor of physics}}

{{About|the American professor of physics|the mycologist|Steven Hayden Pollock}}

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|caption = Steven Pollock in 2013

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|nationality = American

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|field = Physics

|work_institution = Nationaal instituut voor subatomaire fysica, Amsterdam
University of Washington
University of Colorado Boulder

|alma_mater = Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stanford University

|doctoral_advisor = John Dirk Walecka

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|prizes = Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow (1994)
Junior Faculty Development Award (1994)
Boulder Faculty Assembly Teaching Excellence (1998)
Pew-Carnegie National Teaching Scholar (2001)
Best Should Teach Award (2006)
President's Teaching Scholar (2008)
Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in STEM Education, Innovation and Research (2009)
U.S. Professor of the Year (2013)

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Steven J. Pollock is an American professor of physics{{cite web |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=hbgntKsAAAAJ&hl=en |title=Google Scholar: Steven Pollock |website=scholar.google.com |access-date=December 26, 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://phys.colorado.edu/people/pollock-steven |title=Profile: Pollock, Steven |website=physics.colorado.edu |publisher=University of Colorado Boulder |access-date=December 26, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105084841/http://phys.colorado.edu/people/pollock-steven |archive-date=January 5, 2016 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.thegreatcourses.com/professors/steven-pollock/ |title=The Great Courses: Steven Pollock |website=greatcourses.com |publisher=The Teaching Company |access-date=December 27, 2015 |quote=Dr. Steven Pollock is Professor of Physics at the University of Colorado at Boulder.}} and a President's Teaching Scholar{{cite web |url=http://www.boulderweekly.com/article-11943-curss-professor-of-the-year-traveled-a-rocky-academic-road.html |title=CU's professor of the year traveled a rocky academic road |last=Dodge |first=Jefferson |date=November 14, 2013 |website=boulderweekly.com |publisher=Boulder Weekly |access-date=December 26, 2015 |quote=In addition, Pollock is a President’s Teaching Scholar, a multi-campus CU group dedicated to the scholarship of learning.}} at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he has taught since 1993.{{cite web |url=http://alumni.colorado.edu/wp-old/2013/11/14/steven-pollock/ |title=University of Colorado Boulder physics Professor Steven Pollock has been named a 2013 U.S. Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education |date=November 14, 2013 |website=alumni.colorado.edu |publisher=University of Colorado |access-date=December 27, 2015 |quote=Pollock began teaching at CU-Boulder in 1993, when he took a job as an assistant professor in the field of theoretical nuclear physics.}} His specialisations are in physics education research and in nuclear theory. He is the 2013 U.S. Professor of the Year.{{cite web |url=http://www.colorado.edu/news/releases/2013/11/14/cu-boulder-physicist-steven-pollock-named-2013-us-professor-year |title=CU-Boulder physicist Steven Pollock named a 2013 U.S. Professor of the Year |last=Snider |first=Laura |date=November 14, 2013 |website=colorado.edu |publisher=University of Colorado |access-date=December 26, 2015 |quote=University of Colorado Boulder physics Professor Steven Pollock has been named a 2013 U.S. Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.}}{{cite web |title=Steven Pollock, CU-Boulder physics prof, earns national Professor of the Year award: Boulder resident in Washington, D.C., today accept honor |last=Brennan |first=Charlie |date=November 14, 2013 |url=http://dailycamera.com |publisher=Daily Camera |quote=Pollock, a 53-year-old Boulder resident, is doing his part. He is in Washington, D.C., today to receive a 2013 U.S. Professor of the Year award by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.}}{{cite web |url=https://www.cu.edu/news/steven-pollock-us-professor-year |title=Steven Pollock Named U.S. Professor of the Year |date=January 6, 2014 |website=CU.edu |publisher=University of Colorado |access-date=December 26, 2015 |quote=Pollock’s teaching methods are being nationally lauded this month. At a ceremony in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 14, Pollock was named a 2013 U.S. Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. The awards recognize the most outstanding undergraduate educators in the country. Pollock is the second CU-Boulder professor to win a U.S. Professor of the Year Award. Nobel laureate Carl Wieman, also a physics professor, was honored with the designation in 2004. }}{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}{{cite web |url=http://www.colorado.edu/news/features/us-professor-year-helps-students-create-their-own-understanding-physics |title=U.S. Professor of the Year helps students create their own understanding of physics |date=November 13, 2013 |website=colorado.edu |publisher=University of Colorado |access-date=December 26, 2015 |quote=}}