Curriculum Vitae

Educational Record

  • Lawrence University (Appleton, WI) 1988-1993
    • B.A. Chemistry cum laude
    • B.Music Music Performance–Bassoon cum laude
  • University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA) 1993-1997
  • University of Chicago (Chicago, IL) 1997-2002
    • Ph.D. (Advisor: Dr. Norbert Scherer)

Professional Experience

  • Luther College (Decorah, IA) 2000-2001
    • Visiting Assistant Professor
  • Bucknell University (Lewisburg, PA) 2001-2002
    • Visiting Assistant Professor
  • Utah Valley University (Orem, UT) 2002-2008
    • Assistant Professor
  • Utah Valley University (Orem, UT) 2009-present
    • Associate Professor

Courses Taught

  • GOB Chemistry
    • both semesters, classroom and lab
  • General Chemistry
    • both semesters, classroom and lab
    • both “atoms first” and traditional
  • Physical Chemistry
    • all three semesters, classroom and lab
    • both quantum first and thermo first
  • Environmental Chemistry, classroom
  • Energy Use on Earth, classroom

Research Presentations and Posters (Highlights)

  • “Process Skills are Predictive of Student Success.” American Chemical Society National Meeting, Orlando, FL, 2 April 2019.
  • “Students POGIL their way to retention and completion.” First Annual Teaching For Learning Conference, Orem, UT, 2017.
  • “Increasing student success: The POGIL way.” First Annual Teaching for Learning Conference, Orem, UT, 2017.
  • “Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning.” SABER West Meeting. University of California-Irvine. January 14-15 (2017).
  • Poster: “Novel Laser System for Ultrafast Spectroscopy.” Proceedings of SPIE: Laser Techniques for Condensed-Phase and Bioogical Systems. Vol. 3273. Pp.276-284.  Ed. Norbert F. Scherer, Janice Hicks. SPIE (1998).
  • “Preparing guided inquiry materials: Expanding the concept of data.” Symposium title: Learning Centered Approaches across the Curriculum. American Chemical Society 229th National Meeting, San Diego, CA March 13-15 (2005).
  • “Calibrated Peer Review (CPR) and Student Writing.” Communications across the Curriculum workshop, UVSC, Spring 2004.

Publications

“Process Skill Development is Predictive of Student Success in Introductory STEM Courses”, submitted to CBE-Life Sciences Education, 2019.

General Chemistry Laboratory, Fountainhead Press, 2007.

“Gain-Switched, All-Acousto-Optic Femtosecond Pulse Amplifier” Review of Scientific Instruments 74(11), pp.4961-4963. (2003)

“Femtosecond Studies of the Initial Events in the Photocycle of Photoactive Yellow Protein (PYP).” Femtochemistry. pp.381-390. Wiley VCH (2001).

“Novel Laser System for Ultrafast Spectroscopy.” Proceedings of SPIE: Laser Techniques for Condensed-Phase and Bioogical Systems. Vol. 3273. Pp.276-284.  Ed. Norbert F. Scherer, Janice Hicks. SPIE (1998).

Mentored Student Presentations and Posters (Highlights)

  • “POGIL Promotes Problem Solving Skills.” SABER West Meeting. University of California-Irvine. January 14-15 (2017). Tyler Zulauf
  • “A Proposed Mechanism for Increased Student Success in a POGIL Classroom.” SABER West Meeting. University of California-Irvine. January 14-15 (2017). Victor Warr
  • “The Value of Self-Efficacy, the Student-Faculty Relationship, and Perceived Learning Gains in Student Success.” SABER West Meeting. University of California-Irvine. January 14-15 (2017). Dallin Ollerton
  • “Using the development of problem-solving and teamwork skills as predictors of student retention and course completion in science courses.” UCUR 2016, Preston Stratford
  • “Does POGIL promote problem-solving and teamwork skills?” American Chemical Society 252nd Meeting, Philadelphia, PA (2016). Preston Stratford
  • “Analysis of the copper(II) sulfate-sodium silicate “reverse chemical garden”.” American Chemical Society 248th Meeting, San Diego, CA (2016). Hayden Basinger
  • “Analysis of the copper(II) sulfate-sodium silicate “reverse chemical garden”.” American Chemical Society 248th Meeting, Denver, CO (2015). Shireen Partovi
  • “Quantifying qualitative behaviors in reverse chemical gardens.” American Chemical Society 246th Meeting, Dallas, TX (2014). Gabriel Miter
  • “Control of tube formation in reverse chemical gardens: effects of pH and metal ion.” American Chemical Society 244th Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2013). Saralyn Ogden