SUBMITTED BY
Alena Moon
REPORTING PERIOD
Mar-15-2023 - Mar-15-2024
A. INTRODUCTION/OPENING COMMENTS
The mission of the Chemical Education Research (CER) Committee is to inform chemical educators, foster scholarship, and encourage improvement of the quality of chemistry education research. To achieve these goals, the committee is involved in a number of endeavors.
B. INFORMATION SINCE LAST REPORT
Since our last report, the committee has:
- Held virtual committee meeting Sunday, August 21, 2022 1pm-2:30pm CST
- The ACS CHED-CER Webinar series (aimed at providing the CER community with a platform for engaging in discussion and debate about pressing issues, methodological questions, and cutting-edge research in chemistry education research) has resumed with a "build me an argument" series beginning in February 2023.
- Organized CER symposium (Ginger Shultz, Thom Bussey, Tyler Barton) for hybrid Fall meeting.
- 46 accepted. Six sessions will be running (3 virtual and 3 in-person)
- Continued moderation and management of the CER listserv
- Drafted proposal for Kavli Award nominations and submitted to Executive Committee
- Discussed the undergraduate poster session awards and put on hold indefinitely due to the ECCES electing to step back from participation.
C. PLAN(S) FOR FUTURE
Continue to discuss options and collaborations for enhanced CER-sponsored programming.
Discuss future of the ACS CHED-CER webinar series and other options for supporting the CER community.
Discuss additional ways that the committee can meet its mission statement and future directions.
Discuss ways that the listserv/chemedx website can improve.
Discuss ways to increase and retain enrollment in DivChed.
D. OTHER
None.
MEMBER LIST
Name
Thomas Bussey
Name
Ginger Shultz
Name
Alena Moon
Name
Dee Dee Allen
Name
Lisa Kendhammer
Name
Vicente Talanquera
Name
Melanie Cooper
Name
Courtney Stanford
Name
Nikita Burrows
Name
Ryan Stowe
Name
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