Albans School in Washington, DC, where he has taught physics and AP physics for 20 years. Dr. Morse has been recognized for his teaching with the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Teaching, the Tandy Technology Scholar Award, the American Association for Physics Teachers (AAPT) Award for Excellence in Pre-College Teaching, and was named the American Physical Society Distinguished Physics Teacher for the District of Columbia for the APS Centennial. Dr. Morse has been active in the AAPT, where he has developed and presented workshops on teaching physics. At the NRC, he served as a panelist for the How People Learn Conference. He received his Ph.D. in Science Education from the University of Maryland at College Park, his M.Ed. from Boston University, and a BA in Physics from Cornell University.