Audrey comes to UNCG with a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from Appalachian State University. As an undergraduate researcher, Audrey worked on a project surrounding a support course designed to mitigate student barriers and increase the success of underserved students. Audrey also brings the experience of tutoring chemistry. We are very excited… Continue reading…
Anam comes to UNCG with a Master’s in Chemistry from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, which she earned through a Fulbright Scholar Program via the US Education Foundation in Pakistan. She also brings valuable teaching experience as a lecturer in chemistry at Fazaia ARF Degree College and Pir Mehr… Continue reading…
Welcome, Jhiauna! 🙂
Ward, L., Rotich, F., Raker, J. R., Popova, M., Using the organic chemistry representational competence assessment (ORCA) to understand student competence with representations of molecular structure. Shi, L., Stachl, C., Popova, M., Evaluation of the Departmental Climate around Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DCaDEI) survey. Sangha, A., Popova, M., Pazicni, S.,… Continue reading…
We welcomed 7 institutional teams to the beautiful campus of St. Mary’s College of Maryland for our first Summer Institute. The teams learned about and incorporated backward curriculum and sense of belonging principles into the development of new inquiry laboratory learning experiences. A key aspect of the CLC Innovators program… Continue reading…
Kelly, M., Rotich, F., Popova, M., Organic Chemistry Students’ Representational Competence in the Context of Chair Conformations. Niles, T., Edmonson, Z., Shi, L., Hilborn, S., Pazicni, S., Popova, M., Symmetry in Course Artifacts: Unveiling Inorganic Chemistry Teaching Strategies. Bhaskar, R., Arevalo, S., Popova, M., Organic Chemistry Students’ Competence with the… Continue reading…
Rotich, F., Ward, L., Beck, C., Popova, M.* Chem. Educ. Res. Pract., 2024, doi.org/10.1039/D4RP00030G Despite representations’ central role in conveying chemical phenomena, mastering them is not trivial, given the wide variety of different conventions to interpret and use them. Furthermore, instructional approaches and materials may overlook explicit discussion on how students should reason… Continue reading…
Shanna became a PhD candidate and is on track with her program! 🙂 May 31, 2024
Huge congrats to Dr. Fridah Rotich for successfully defending her dissertation in Natural Products Chemistry under the guidance of Dr. Nadja Cech, and in Chemistry Education Research alongside Dr. Maia Popova! We are extremely proud of Fridah’s remarkable achievements at UNCG! May 8, 2024
Welcome to the team!
