After first earning a B.S. in Mathematics and Physics at Cumberland College in 1981, Dr. James Manning attended the University of Kentucky, completing an M.S. in Physics in 1983 and a Ph.D. in 1987. That same year, he returned to Cumberland College to teach and, ten years later, in 1997, he was recognized for outstanding achievement when he was presented with the Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Dr. Manning is a member of the American Association of Physics Teachers, the American Physical Society, the Kentucky Association of Physics, and the Society of Physics Students, as well as Sigma Pi Sigma and Kappa Mu Epsilon, the physics and mathematics honor societies.

Courses Taught

PHYS 241 Physics I

PHYS 242 Physics II

PHYS 330 Classical Physics

PHYS 332 Experimental Physics

PHYS 337 Instrumentation and Analog Electronics

PHYS 410 Science and Society

PHYS 431 Electromagnetism

PHYS 436 Lasers

PHYS 490 Selected Topics in Physics: Electromagnetism II

PHYS 490 Selected Topics in Physics: Introductory Quantum Mechanics

PHYS 490 Selected Topics in Physics: Robotics

Publications and Presentations

J.O. Manning, "Physics: Motion, Interaction, and Energy," (text for the Physics I course), Williamsburg, Kentucky, August 2001.

J.O. Manning, "A Physics Web Using Windows Technology," presented at Teaching and Learning, Tools and Teaching Conference, Berea, Kentucky, November 1998.

J.O. Manning and L.A. Newquist, "Undergraduate Physics at Cumberland College," poster presented at Building Undergraduate Physics Programs for the 21st Century, Arlington, Virginia, October 1998.

M. Crescimanno et. al., "Teaching in Technology", Appalachian College Consortium sponsored grant, 1997-1999.