Contact Information:
Department of Chemistry
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77842
Phone: (979) 862-4292
Fax: (979) 845-1399
tiner@mail.chem.tamu.edu

Tammy H Tiner
Senior Lecturer

Ph. D., Texas A&M University

Awards:

• Associate Undergraduate Chemistry Advisor

Areas of Interest:

• Chemical Education
• Organic Chemistry

My primary responsibility as Associate Undergraduate Advisor is to assist Dr. John Hogg, Chief Undergraduate Advisor, in all academic advising for the approximately 250 undergraduate chemistry majors at Texas A&M University. Having all academic advising activities in the Undergraduate Advising Office allows us to maintain a close advising relationship with undergraduate chemistry majors from the time they enter the University and to focus specifically on their strengths, needs, and concerns. We are able to offer more personalized service because, as Ph.D. chemists and active undergraduate teaching faculty, we have experience with many of the same issues with which they are confronted. I have additional experience as a practicing medical technologist at a major hospital and as an environmental scientist with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, D.C. Dr. Hogg and I can relate to the problems, frustrations, and accomplishments of our majors in a way that "professional staff advisors" are unable to.

I routinely teach two sections of sophomore organic chemistry (CHEM 227 or 228) each semester. These courses are required for a variety of academic majors including biomedical sciences, biology, chemical engineering, nutrition, as well as others. Sections of CHEM 227/228 are typically around 100 students so, each semester, I have the opportunity to interact with 200 non-major undergraduates. Since these students are a "captive audience" (CHEM 227/228 is a requirement of their major), I am currently developing class presentations, which include multi-media demonstrations, to enhance their appreciation for and learning of organic chemistry.

I have served as Chairman of the Organic Division Undergraduate Curriculum Committee since the spring of 1995. The primary responsibility of this position is coordination of the various undergraduate organic chemistry courses (CHEM 222, CHEM 227, and CHEM 228; approximately 18 sections each semester), including course syllabi and grades.

As Associate Undergraduate Advisor I attend meetings of the Chemistry Department Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, the Undergraduate Awards Committee, and the College of Science Undergraduate Curriculum Committee to stay abreast of issues and activities related to my undergraduate advising duties.

During the 1995-1996 academic year, I chaired an ad hoc departmental committee charged with revising the Chemistry Department's Course Evaluations. A new Course Evaluation was developed and administered in the Spring of 1996 with great success. Efforts are continuing in "fine-tuning" the evaluation questions.

Over the past eight years, I have authored "Test Items" to accompany three organic chemistry textbooks published by Brooks/Cole Publishing.

Other Interests:

I was appointed by the Governor of Texas as a Public Member of the Texas Interagency Council on Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) in 1990. I served as Chairperson of the Council from 1992 until 1996. From 1987 until 1990, I was a member of the Advisory Committee to the ECI Council. My interest in early childhood intervention and my long-term committment to this agency stems from my daughter, Laura, who has Down Syndrome.

I have served on a number of Task Forces for the State of Texas in my capacity as Chairperson of the ECI Council. They include: The Health and Human Services Commission Blue Ribbon Task Force; The Health and Human Services Commission Long-Term Care Task Force; The Governor's Committee to Promote Adoption.

"Intramolecular Photoarylations of N-Halolarylethyl-b-Enaminones." Tammy Tiner-Harding and P. S. Mariano. J. Org. Chem. 47 (1982) 482.

"Electron Transfer Initiated Iminium Salt Photospirocyclization Methodologies. Model Studies for Harringtonine Alkaloid Synthesis." T. Tiner-Harding, J. W. Ullrich, F. T. Chiu, S. F. Chen, and P. S. Mariano. J. Org. Chem. 47 (1982) 3360.

"Electron-Transfer-Initiated Photospirocyclization Reactions of b-Enaminone-Derived Allyliminium Salts." J. W. Ullrich, F. T. Chiu, T. Tiner-Harding, and P. S. Mariano. J. Org. Chem. 49 (1984) 220.

"Asymmetric Electrophilic Syntheses Using Chiral Acyclic Imidate Ester Enolates. Highly Enantioselective Syntheses of Carboxylic Acid Esters." C. Gluchowski, T. Tiner-Harding, J. K. Smith, D. E. Bergbreiter and M. Newcomb. J. Org. Chem. 49 (1984) 2650.

"Asymmetric Syntheses Using Acyclic Imidate Esters." T. H. Tiner, M. E. Newcomb, D. E. Bergbreiter, C. Gluchowski, and J. K. Smith. Fifth International Conference on Organic Synthesis. Freiburg, Federal Republic of Germany (August 1984).

"Toxic Substances Control Act Section 13 Inspection Guidelines." T. H. Tiner. Office of Compliance Monitoring, Office of Pesticides and Toxic Substances, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1986).

"Electrophilic Heteroatom Cyclizations." K. E. Harding and T. H. Tiner in Comprehensive Organic Synthesis, B. M. Trost and I. Fleming, Eds. Pergamon Press, New York, NY (1991).

Test Items for McMurry's Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry. T. H. Tiner. Brooks/Cole Publishing Company, Pacific Grove, CA (1993).

Test Items for Fessenden and Fessenden's Organic Chemistry. T. H.Tiner. Brooks/Cole Publishing Company, Pacific Grove, CA (1994).

Test Items for McMurry's Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry; second, third, and fourth editions. T. H. Tiner. Brooks/Cole Publishing Company, Pacific Grove, CA (1988, 1992, 1996).