Dr. Marcy H. Towns

Professor, Chemical Education
Purdue University

Education

  • B.A. in Chemistry, Linfield College (1985)
  • M.S. in Chemical Education, Purdue University (1990)
  • Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, Purdue University (1994)

Recognitions

  • Fellow of the American Chemical Society, 2012
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2010
  • Purdue University Teaching Academy Fellow, 2009
  • Purdue University Learning Community Ambassadors Advocate Award, 2006

Contact

Current Group Members

Daniel Cruz-Ramirez de Arellano
Email: dcruzram@purdue.edu
Hometown: Bayamon, Puerto Rico
Education: B.S. University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras Campus (2008)
Research Interests: Organic chemistry education, physical organic chemistry

 

  

 

Brittland Dekorver\Brittland Dekorver

Email: bdekorve@purdue.edu
Hometown: Greenville, MI
Education: B.A. in chemistry from Grand Valley State University (2007)
Research interests: informal science education and pre-service teacher professional development

 

 

 

Michael MackMichael Mack

 Email: mack3@purdue.edu
Hometown: Geneva, IL
Education:B.A., Augustana College (2010), M.S., Purdue University (2012)
Research Interests: Density-Functional Theory, Math-Chem education, modeling in general and physical chemistry

 

 

 

Alena Moon

 Email: moon36@purdue.edu
Hometown: Newport News, VA
Education: B.S. in Chemistry, John Brown University (2011)
Research Interests: Chemistry Education

 

 

 

Taylor Owings

 Email: towings@purdue.edu
Hometown: Sweetster, IN
Education: B.S. in Chemistry, University of Indianapolis (2011)
Research Interests: Assessment, curriculum development, general chemistry

 

 

 

Kinsey Pearson Kinsey Pearson

Email: pearsonk@purdue.edu
Hometown: Sauk Centre, MN
Education: B.S. in Chemistry, Bethel University (2012)
Research Interests: Physical chemistry education, especially relating to students' mathematical understanding

 

 

 

 

Ashley Versprille

 Email: simpsoa@purdue.edu
Hometown: Elwood, Indiana
Education: B.A. in Chemistry, Indiana University Bloomington (2008), M.S. in Chemistry, Ball State University (2010)
Research Interests: First year chemistry students understandings of chemistry underlying climate change

 

 

 

Previous Group Members

Laura Bruck

M.S. in Chemistry Education, 2009
Thesis: Faculty perspectives of the undergraduate chemistry laboratory: Goals, limitations, and assessments

Laura is currently a professor of chemistry at Wabash Valley College in Mt. Carmel, IL.

 

 

 

Aaron Bruck


Ph.D in Chemistry Education, 2011
Dissertation: Faculty perspectives of the undergraduate laboratory: A survey of faculty goals for the laboratory and comparative analysis of responses using statistical techniques

Aaron is currently an assistant professor of chemistry at Vincennes University in Vincennes, IN.



Jeff Raker


Ph.D in Chemistry Education, 2011
Dissertation: Connecting scientific research and classroom instruction: Developing authentic problem sets for the undergraduate organic chemistry curriculum

Jeff is currently a postdoctoral research associate the ACS Exams Institute at Iowa State University working with Dr. Tom Holme.

 


Marissa Harle

Ph.D in Chemistry Education, 2012
Dissertation: Students' understanding of external representations of the potassium channel protein







Nicole Becker

Ph.D in Chemistry Education, 2012

Dissertation: Social aspects of classroom learning: Results of a discourse analysis in an inquiry-oriented physical chemistry class

Nicole will be working as a postdoctoral research associate at Michigan State University, working with Dr. Melanie Cooper next year.




Adam Kraft

 M.S. in Chemistry Education, 2012