Wendy Keeney-Kennicutt Senior Lecturer Ph. D., Chemical Oceanography, Texas A&M University Chemical Education Associate Director, First Year Chemistry Program Member, TAMU Chemistry Road Show Ofc: (409) 845-3256 Fax: (409) 845-4719 Kennicutt@Mail.Chem.Tamu.Edu Kennicutt Chemistry Courses

My activities include teaching in the First Year Chemistry Program, being the Associate Director and the Webmaster for the program. I also am a member of the TAMU Chemistry Road Show, which carries the excitement of Chemistry to local and regional schools from grade 3 through grade 12. I have been teaching in the First Year Chemistry Program since 1984. Even though I have worked at other professions (senior scientist, laboratory supervisor and assistant research scientist), as listed in my vita, teaching has always been the most personally rewarding. Additional teaching experiences include (1) 11 years as the Chemistry Specialist, in "The Bridge to Medicine," a 6 week program for disadvantaged medical school applicants, sponsored by the College of Medicine at TAMU and (2) running the Chemistry component in a four week Math/Science/Engineering enrichment program called TAMUPREP for pre-7th and 8th grade students during the last two summers. My teaching philosophy is simple: teach your students in the same way as you would want to be taught - with enthusiasm, and with love for the subject combined with respect and compassion for the student. This involves time, dedication and, for me, the incorporation of lots of non-stressful, active classroom learning. I met other college educators with the same philosophy at the 1996 Wakonse Conference on Lake Michigan. We shared experiences and learned how to further improve our teaching. On this campus, I meet monthly at the Center for Teaching Excellence with other dedicated teachers. The rewards for quality teaching are primarily intrinsic, however the Texas A&M Association of Former Students presented me with the Outstanding Teaching Award for the College of Science in 1991 and the students of Texas A&M chose me as a namesake for a summer orientation camp (Fish Camp) for incoming 1993 freshmen. My future plans include doing research in chemical education. I am particularly interested in quantitatively correlating the study tools used by Chemistry students with (1) their final grades, (2) their attitudes toward Chemistry and (3) their professor's teaching style.

Recent Presentations "My Personal Impressions of the First Year Chemistry Program 1984-1994," Workshop on Assessing/Improving the First-Year Chemistry Mega-Course at Texas A&M University. (1995). "One Chemist's Life - A Series of Choices," Women's Studies 200, Texas A&M University. (Spring and Fall 1995). The Fourth Associated Chemistry Teachers of Texas Welch Foundation Biennial conference, Texas Wesleyan University, TX (1995). National Science Foundation Undergraduate Faculty Enhancement Workshop on Chemical Education Research at the 14th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Clemson University, SC (1996). Recent Publications "Solutions Manual to Accompany General Chemistry, 5th edition, by Whitten, Davis and Peck." Y.-N. Tang and W. L. Keeney-Kennicutt. Saunders College Publishing. (1995).