Meet the Team

Dr. Barbera is serving as the primary investigator at the lead institution for the CHIRAL project. He is responsible for review panels of the instruments and general management of the project. He has a long history of being dedicated to the improvement of chemistry education research methods and this project is just one way that he hopes to impact the field in a positive way. View: Barbera Research Group

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

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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

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 
Molly Atkinson - University of North Texas  
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  
Alexey Leontyev - North Dakota State University  
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  
Guizella Rocabado - Southern Utah University  
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