Directors
Jack Barbera
Portland State University
Director of Instrument Evaluation
Dr. Barbera has a long history of being dedicated to the development and evaluation of assessment instruments and to the improvement of chemistry education research methods. This project is just one way that he hopes to impact the field in a positive way. View: Barbera Research Group
Regis Komperda
San Diego State University
Director of Research
Dr. Komperda is primarily responsible for the identification of relevant assessments to the chemistry education community and collection of information related to each one displayed on the CHIRAL site. She has dedicated much of her career to psychometric evaluation of validity and reliability of instruments available to the chemistry education community. View: Komperda Research Group
Jordan Harshman
Auburn University
Director of Interface Design
Dr. Harshman is primarily responsible for the development of the CHIRAL website (contracted through Baker Street Design and Development, LLC), glossary of information, and measuring the impact of the CHIRAL site. Like the other members of the team, he has a passion for high-quality assessments being readily available to members of the chemistry education community. View: Harshman Research Group
Associate Directors
Molly Atkinson
University of North Texas
Dr. Molly Atkinson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of North Texas. With a focus on undergraduate and graduate student learning of chemistry, her research centers on three main areas: student understanding of chemistry representations, assessment instrument development, and investigation of pathways to chemistry and STEM. View: Atkinson Research Group
Alexey Leontyev
North Dakota State University
Dr. Alexey Leontyev is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at North Dakota State University. His research focuses on the effectiveness of instructional innovations and green chemistry curriculum and assessment development practices. View: Leontyev Research Group
Guizella Rocabado
Southern Utah University
Dr. Rocabado is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Southern Utah University. Her area of expertise is instrument development and testing, and has focused her work on utilizing instruments as tools to improve and increase diversity, equity, and inclusion in chemistry classrooms. View: Rocabado Research Group
Contributors
The CHIRAL project would not be possible without the efforts and expertise of many individuals from across the chemistry education community and beyond.
Researchers
Dylan Alcazar - San Diego State University
Tyree Baker - San Diego State University
Adriana Corrales - University of North Texas
Paulina Cortez - San Diego State University
Qi Cui - Auburn University
Victoria Delgado - San Diego State University
Katherine Lazenby - San Diego State University
Jan Lipovaca - San Diego State University
Tina Marcroft - San Diego State University/University of California San Diego
Sharai Mendez - San Diego State University
Yousif Muten - Auburn University
Nicole Naibert - Portland State University
Allison Phillips - San Diego State University
Eleanor Quirk - University of California San Diego
Song (Ted) Wang - San Diego State University/University of California San Diego
Erica Sisouphanthong - San Diego State University
Kristin Tenney - San Diego State University/University of California San Diego
Grace Trihn - San Diego State University
Advisory Board Members
Anne Baranger - University of California, Berkeley (College of Chemistry)
Kathleen Carrigan - Portland Community College
Deanna Cullen - Retired high school teacher, Grand Valley State University (Department of Chemistry, adjunct)
Nathaniel Hunsu - University of Georgia (College of Engineering)
Jennifer Lewis - University of South Florida (Department of Chemistry)
Andrew Maul - University of California, Santa Barbara (Gervitz Graduate School of Education)
Eleanor Sayre - Kansas State University (Department of Physics)
Hannah Sevian - University of Massachusetts, Boston (Department of Chemistry)
Review Panelists
Morgan Balabanoff - University of Louisville
Derek Behmke - Adelphi University
Corina Brown - University of Northern Colorado
Julia Chan - California State University, Fullerton
Kim Cortes - Kennesaw State University
Regina Frey - University of Utah
Rebecca Gibbons - University of South Florida
Katy Hosbein - Middle Tennessee State University
Lisa Kendhammer - California State University, Chico
Scott Lewis - University of South Florida
Yujuan Liu - California State University, Sacramento
Travis Lund - Oregon Institute of Technology
Sachin Negungadi - University of Nebraska - Omaha
Tom Pentecost - Grand Valley State University
Maia Popova - University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Erin Saitta - University of Central Florida
Rebecca Sansom - Brigham Young University
Marilyne Stains - University of Virginia
Jaclyn Trate - University of Wisconsin, Madison
Elizabeth Vaughan - Portland State University
Sachel Villafane - California State University, Fullerton
Paulette Vincent-Ruz - New Mexico State University