Chemical Education
A major grant from the National Science Foundation – Division of Undergraduate Education, the Course Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement – National Dissemination Program was awarded to support a proposal “A Series of Workshops in the Chemical Sciences.” The grant was for the period 2001-2003. In order to administer the complex situation of offering more than fifteen five-day workshops for approximately 15 participants annually, we established the Center for Workshops in the Chemical Sciences (CWCS).
A renewal grant was awarded for the period 2004-2006. Then the NSF – Division of Undergraduate Education, the Course Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement – Phase 3 Program awarded the CWCS a grant for the period 2006-2010. Most recently, the NSF Division of Undergraduate Education, Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science (TUES) Program awarded us a grant for 2010-2015. With this award, the CWCS was rebranded as the Chemistry Coalitions, Workshops and Community of Scholars (cCWCS) to more accurately reflect the expanded scope of our activities.
As part of the deveopment of the Communities of Scholars, the Forensic Science Scholars website was created.
For information on my Forensic Science workshop, see my page specifically for the forensic science workshop. While I have taught 25 forensic science workshops under the auspices of CWCS since 2001, in 2009, I coordinated a special Forensic Science Workshop for alumni of previous workshops. See the schedule and pictures of the activities at this workshop.
Justice and Law Studies (formerly Program in Legal Studies)
As a consequence of my work in forensic science and my interest in evidence and the admissibility of scientific evidence, I was part of the team teaching in the Legal Studies Program (now called Justice and Law Studies) for about 10 years and chaired the Program for 6 years from 2006 through 2010. This interdisciplinary program is designed to give students a background and framework for understanding the law as a means of regulating human behavior and resolving disputes among individuals, groups, and governments.