Joseph Foy
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Phone: 480-727-7152
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Sage North 110F Tempe, AZ 85281
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Mail code: 1612Campus: Tempe
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Joseph P. Foy earned his bachelor’s degree in physics at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, where he conducted research in space and solar physics at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. He earned his doctorate in physics and astronomy at Arizona State University studying and modeling the dynamics of the Crab Nebula supernova remnant. His research focuses on understanding the physics of pulsar wind nebulae and of the interstellar medium.
Dr. Foy is co-author of the undergraduate physics textbook "Introduction to Classical Electrodynamics," which was published by Maricourt Academic Press in 2019.
He joined the faculty at Barrett, the Honors College in the fall of 2008, following a visiting professorship at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia.
Image of Dr. Foy with students at Stonehenge during the 2012 summer travel abroad program.
- Ph.D. Physics and Astronomy, Arizona State University
- Bachelor’s degree. Physics, University of Alabama in Huntsville
Courses
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HON 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| HON 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| HON 272 | The Human Event |
| HON 394 | Special Topics |
| HON 380 | Aesthetics and Society |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HON 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| HON 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| HON 171 | The Human Event |
| HON 171 | The Human Event |
| HON 171 | The Human Event |
| HON 171 | The Human Event |
2024 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HON 394 | Special Topics |
| HON 394 | Special Topics |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HON 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| HON 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| HON 272 | The Human Event |
| HON 272 | The Human Event |
| HON 272 | The Human Event |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HON 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| HON 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| HON 370 | History of Ideas |
| HON 394 | Special Topics |
| HON 171 | The Human Event |
| HON 171 | The Human Event |
2023 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HON 394 | Special Topics |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HON 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| HON 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| HON 272 | The Human Event |
| HON 272 | The Human Event |
| HON 272 | The Human Event |
| HON 493 | Honors Thesis |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HON 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| HON 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| HON 171 | The Human Event |
| HON 171 | The Human Event |
| HON 394 | Special Topics |
| HON 171 | The Human Event |
2022 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HON 394 | Special Topics |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HON 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| HON 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| HON 272 | The Human Event |
| HON 272 | The Human Event |
| HON 171 | The Human Event |
| HON 171 | The Human Event |
| HON 499 | Individualized Instruction |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HON 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| HON 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| HON 171 | The Human Event |
| HON 171 | The Human Event |
| HON 171 | The Human Event |
| HON 394 | Special Topics |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HON 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| HON 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| HON 493 | Honors Thesis |
| HON 272 | The Human Event |
| HON 272 | The Human Event |
| HON 272 | The Human Event |
2020 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HON 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| HON 171 | The Human Event |
| HON 171 | The Human Event |
| HON 171 | The Human Event |
| AST 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| HON 394 | Special Topics |
| HON 499 | Individualized Instruction |
2020 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HON 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| HON 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| HON 272 | The Human Event |
| HON 272 | The Human Event |
| HON 272 | The Human Event |