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Marc Reif 2026 Summer APSI Schedule

Biography

Marc Reif teaches physics and is the AP Department Chair at Fayetteville High School in Fayetteville, Arkansas. He has been teaching AP Physics since 1998, a College Board Workshop Consultant since 2005, and has presented more than 50 AP Summer Institutes. Mr. Reif is an AP Physics exam reader and has also created and edited hundreds of AP exam items for the College Board. He co-authored the Teachers Resource Manual for Gay Stewart’s College Physics for the AP Physics 1 and 2 Course, co-authored the AP Physics 2 Curriculum Module on Capacitance, and has contributed to other AP Physics publications. Mr. Reif is the Vice President of Northwest Arkansas STEM, a grassroots professional development effort, and the Treasurer of the Arkansas Science Teachers Association. In recent years he has been an AP Physics Coach for the National Math and Science Initiative, and the AP Physics PLC leader for Rice University’s Project Equip. He is a past chair of the SAT Physics Subject Test Development Committee and a past member of the College Board Science Academic Advisory Committee. Mr. Reif served as PhysTEC Teacher in Residence and later as Visiting Master Teacher at the University of Arkansas. He has presented multiple times at national meetings of the American Association of Physics Teachers. In 2016 he was named the recipient of the College Board Southwest Region AP Award and in 2021 was named a state finalist for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching. He holds an MAT in science from the University of North Carolina and renewed his National Board Certification in Teaching Science in 2015.