Donald J. Wink
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chemical Education & Learning Sciences

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Wink Group, May 2008

Sara Marchlewicz, Stephanie Ryan, Donald Wink, Jeong Choe-Hwang, Mike Dianovsky, Carolyn Sehorn
 UIC Learning Sciences Ph.D. program introduction

Group members

-Project Coordinator (CTTI program)-

Dean Grosshandler (grosshan@uic.edu)

University of Chicago B.A. 1985 Music; M.S.T. 1992 Education

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Ph.D. 2004 Curriculum and Instruction

-Graduate Students-

Sara Marchlewicz (smarch2@uic.edu)

Oakland University B.S. 2004 Biochemistry

University of Illinois at Chicago M.S. 2007 Chemistry

Lianne Schroeder (lschrod6@uic.edu)

Colorado State University B.S. 2007 Chemistry

University of Wisconsin at Madison M.S. 2009 Chemistry

Ray Kang (rkang2@uic.edu)

University of Illinois at Chicago B.S. 2002 Biology and Philosophy (Chemistry minor)

University of Chicago M.A. 2010 Social Sciences
-Former group members-

Mike Dianovsky (dianovsk@uic.edu)

University of Illinois at Chicago Ph.D. 2012 Learning Sciences

Current Position: Post-doc with Clark Chinn and Ravit Duncan, Science Education, Rutgers University

Stephanie (Cunningham) Ryan (scunni2@uic.edu)

University of Illinois at Chicago Ph.D. 2011 Learning Sciences (the first!!)

Current Position: Post-doc with Mike Stieff, Learning Sciences, UIC

Carolyn Sehorn (csehor2@uic.edu)

University of Oklahoma B.S. 2005 Chemistry

University of Illinois at Chicago M.S. 2010 Chemistry

Sarah Brennan (skbrennan21@gmail.com)

Current Position: Dean of Curriculum and Instruction, Amandla Charter School

Jeong Choe-Hwang(jchoehwang@imsa.edu)

Current Position: Faculty, Illinois Math and Science Academy
Recipient of the 2010 ISTA New Teacher of the Year Award

Valerie Bolt (vyant2@uic.edu)

University of Illinois at Chicago M.Ed. 2010

Current Position: Faculty, Thurgood Marshall Middle School

Becky Miller

University of Illinois at Chicago M.Ed.2010

Current Position: Faculty, Chicago Bulls College Prep
Jeong Choe-HwangMike Dianovsky
Stephanie RyanSarah Brennan


Wink Group at Stephanie's Wedding, Jan. 2009

Vitae

Department of Chemistry (MC 111)
University of Illinois at Chicago
845 W.Taylor St. Rm 4500
Chicago, IL. 60607
Tel: (312) 413-7383
Fax: (312) 996-0431
e-mail: dwink@uic.edu

Education:
University of Chicago B.S. 1980 Chemistry
Harvard University Ph.D. 1985 Inorganic Chemistry
 Positions:
University of Illinois at Chicago
Department of Chemistry
  -2000-present: Professor
  -2000-2005: Acting Head and Head
  -1992-2000: Associate Professor
Learning Sciences Research Institute
  -2004-present: Program Faculty
  -2007-present: Director of Graduate Studies
New York University
Department of Chemistry
  -1985-1992: Assistant Professor
ACS Division of Chemical Education
  -2005-present: Secretary and Councilor

Current Projects

o CASPiE: The Center for Authentic Science Practice in Education

Supported by NSF 2004-present (co-PI): NSF-CHE-0418902
Collaborators-Duncan Wardrop (UIC), Gabriela Weaver (Purdue), and many others
For more information: www.caspie.org.
Journal publications originated in CASPiE module work:
 "Diphenylammonium salt catalysts for microwave assisted triglyceride transesterification of corn and soybean oil for biodiesel production" by Mark W. Majewski, Scott A. Pollack and Veronica A. Curtis-Palmer (NEIU), Tetrahedron Letters, 2009, 37, 5175-5177.
"Reduction of Solid-Supported Olefins and Alkynes," David P. Dickson, Christine Toh, Menaka Lunda, Maria V. Yermolina, Duncan J. Wardrop and Chad L. Landrie (UIC), J. Org. Chem., 2009, 74, 9535–9538.

o Student Understandings of Solutions
Supported by NSF 2008-present:NSF-DUE-0736791

Collaborators-Susan Goldman, Jim Pellegrino (UIC)

o The Chicago Transformation Teacher Institutes (CTTI)
Supported by NSF 2009-present: NSF-DUE-0338328

Collaborators: Chicago Public Schools: John Loehr
UIC: Dean Grosshandler, John Baldwin
Loyola University: Stacy Wenzel, David Slavsky
DePaul University: Lynn Narasimhan, David Jabon
IIT: Norman Lederman
Northwestern Univeristy: Steven McGee

o CPS-Instructional Delivery System (IDS) "Science Inquiry to Build Content"

Supported by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Chicago Public Schools 2006-present
Collaborators-David Slavsky, Rachel Shefner, Patrick Daubenmire, Adam Tarnoff (Loyola University Chicago)

Former Projects

o ISCC (Integrated Science Course Curriculum) & The Chemical World
Supported by NSF 2003-2006 (co-PI): NSF-DUE-0311624
Collaborators-Stacy Wenzel, Maria Varelas, Mary Ashley, Roy Plotnick, Marlynne Nishimura (UIC), Julie Ellefson, Roger House (Harper College), Dennis Lehman, Dana Perry, Mike Davis (HWC), David Zoller (Olive-Harvey), Yvonne Harris (Truman College)

o UIC-CPS Inquiry Chemistry Program (pictures)
Supported by Illinois Board Higher Education 2005-2007
Collaborators-Lee Marek

o SKIT / GK-12
Supported by NSF 2004-2009: NSF-DGE-0338328

Collaborators-Stacy Wenzel, Maria Varelas, Aixa Alfonso, Roy Plotnick, Tom Moher, Marlynne Nishmura (UIC)

Textbooks from NSF Intitiatives

From the "MATCH" Program,
(NSF-DUE-9354526):
The Practice of Chemistry;
ISBN: 0-7167-4871-1 		From the "Chemical Professional Lab Program",
(NSF-DUE-9653080):
Working with Chemistry, 2nd edition;
ISBN: 0-7167-9607-4

Science Education Resources

Don Wink's links to online science education resources.