Hannah Sevian (Ph.D. chemistry, Associate Professor, Chemistry and Curriculum & Instruction, UMass Boston) was trained as a theoretical physical chemist, did post-doctoral work in polymer chemistry and materials science, taught the educational gamut of chemistry and physics in both English and Spanish in a Boston-area urban high school, and has established herself in the last six years in the field of chemistry education research. She was lead author on three chapters of the recently published, NSF-funded Active Chemistry high school curriculum and contributed to developing three other chapters of an earlier edition. Her current chemistry education research focuses on developing and studying the effects on student learning of green, inquiry-based chemistry laboratory instructional materials. She is the PI on the Boston Science Partnership, working with all teachers of middle and high school science in Boston as well as STEM faculty at both universities and at two public community colleges in Boston (Bunker Hill Community College and Roxbury Community College), and she oversees associated research on STEM faculty involvement and teacher content knowledge gains. She is also the PI on a supplement to the MSP grant to conduct a research study of the STEM pipeline of public school students in an urban system through high school, community colleges, and four-year university. She is also co-PI on an NSF GK-12 project (WISP-1 and WISP-2 grants) and conducts associated research on the development of scientific research explanations by graduate students. She was awarded the 2006 UMass President's Public Service Award for her work with Boston Public Schools.
Cacciatore, K. and Sevian, H. "Teaching lab report writing through inquiry: A Green Chemistry stoichiometry experiment for general chemistry." J. Chem. Ed., 2006 (in press).
Sevian, H.; Muller, S.; Rudmann, H.; Rubner, M.F. "Using organic light-emitting electrochemical thin-film devices to teach materials science." J. Chem. Ed. 2004, 81, 1620-1623.
Sevian, H.; Barry, D.; Muller, S. and Cacciatore, K. Three chapters: "Chemical Dominoes," "Forensic Chemistry," and "Soap Manufacture." Student ed. and Teacher ed. In Eisenkraft, A. (2004), Active Chemistry. Armonk, NY: It's About Time Publishing.
Eisenkraft, A.; Freebury, G.; Gromko, M.; Heltzel, C.; Roeder, J.; Sevian, H.; Smith, S. and Tinnesand, M. (2004) Active Chemistry, Student Edition (revised ed.). Armonk, NY: It's About Time Publishing.
Eisenkraft, A.; Freebury, G.; Sevian, H. and Heltzel, C. (2002) Active Chemistry, Teacher Edition. Armonk, NY: It's About Time Publishing.
