Nancy Stewart 米尔斯, Ph.D.
- Professor Emerita , 化学istry
Teaching at a predominantly undergraduate institution is the best of all possible worlds. The balance of teaching and research available at 澳门金沙线上赌博官网 allows me to work with students in the classroom and the laboratory, to share in their successes in both understanding the subject of chemistry and in making important contributions to it in research. The opportunity to be involved in an active research program informs my teaching. When I am forced to move into areas of chemistry with which I am not quite as familiar, I am reminded of the difficulties my students have when learning organic chemistry. My excitement about research and the pleasure in putting the pieces together gets transmitted to my teaching where I want to help my students put the pieces together to understand chemistry. It is the perfect synergy.
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My community involvement is really with the larger chemistry community. I have served on the Committee on Professional Training of the American 化学ical Society for a decade. 化学istry departments with exemplary programs can be approved by the American 化学ical Society and the Committee oversees this approval process. Most recently, the Committee has been involved in completely revamping the chemistry curricula at these schools, with potentially far reaching consequences for the education of chemists.
Previously I was actively involved in the Council on Undergraduate Research where I started the Mentor Network for the 化学istry Division. I have been involved in the Health Professions Advisory Committee since 1980; have served on the 教师 Development Committee, the 教师 Senate, the editorial board of the 澳门金沙线上赌博官网 Press, Institutional Review Board, Integrated Marketing Committee and a variety of search and review committees.