The Faculty Lectureship, one of the oldest and most prestigious of the University’s awards, recognizes sustained professional excellence in teaching, scholarly achievement and service among current faculty at NDSU.
Mila Kryjevskaia, a professor of physics in the Department of Physics and the STEM Education Ph.D. program at NDSU, has been selected to give the 64th Faculty Lectureship scheduled for Wednesday, April 23 from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Memorial Union’s Anishinaabe Theatre.
The lecture will also be streamed on Zoom for those who can’t attend in-person. A reception in Butte Lounge will follow the lecture.
Kryjevskaia’s lecture, “Unraveling Intuition in Physics: When to Trust It and When to Think Twice,” will highlight the power of intuition and explore how to embrace that power while learning when to question it for better thinking in physics and beyond.
The Faculty Lectureship, one of the oldest and most prestigious of the University’s awards, recognizes sustained professional excellence in teaching, scholarly achievement and service among current faculty at NDSU. The Faculty Lectureship is conferred on an individual who has demonstrated excellence in all three areas.
“We often say that we, the faculty, are not here for awards but for our students and the work itself. This sentiment holds true for me as well. Yet, being nominated by my peers is a genuine honor. Equally meaningful is knowing that the NDSU community invests in its faculty by recognizing our contributions and celebrating our successes,” Kryjevskaia said. “Being honored with NDSU’s oldest and most prestigious lectureship award affirms that my work is viewed as important and necessary by both my academic peers and the broader university community. That is deeply meaningful, and I am sincerely grateful.”
Kryjevskaia’s research in physics education focuses on generating broadly applicable insights into learning and teaching to inform innovations in instructional practices. She actively contributes to advancing research-based teaching at the national level and currently serves as the vice-chair of the American Physical Society’s Committee on Education.
