Statement of purpose:

Motivation, innovation, and compassion: these are the things that I most strive to achieve in my teaching and for my students. My goal is for every student that I teach, regardless of background, ability, or course grade, to have been challenged to learn, understand the value of pushing to meet that challenge, and feel supported in doing so.  Also, I love chemistry.

Classes taught at Denison:

CHEM-131 “Atoms and Molecules: Structure and Dynamics” (intro chem course)

CHEM-132 “Organic Structure and Reactivity”

CHEM-251 Intermediate Organic Chemistry (sophomore level O-chem)

CHEM-427 “Synthetic Organic Chemistry: Designing Molecules and Materials”

CHEM-430 “Macromolecules” (Polymer chemistry)

W101 (1st -year writing seminar)   “Thinking is believing: science, and the social science of perception and choices”

Senior Research Student Thesis Advised:

Niquana Smith ’18

Maddy Stern ’18

Maddie Van Winkle ’18

Jarrett Dillenburger ’17

Michelle Hill ’17

Peter Rudd ’17

David Allen ‘16

Loryn Holokai ‘16

Ariana Gray Be ’15

Riley Sechrist ’15

Haley Grimm ’14

Annelise Thompson ’13

Adam Murray ’13

Keenan McKnight ’12

Sam Wolock ’12

Brooke Esarey ’11

Katie Leight ’11

Kevin Rodda ’11

Mitchel Legg ’10

Alex Murray ’10