Chemical Education: Donald Wink

   Professor, Department of Chemistry
Secretary and Councilor, ACS Division of Chemical Education
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
  -2000-present: Professor
  -2004-present: Member, UIC Learning Sciences Initiative
  -2000-2005: Acting Head and Head
  -1992-2000: Associate Professor
New York University
  -1985-1992: Assistant Professor
Wink Group, May 2008
Sara Machlewicz, Stephanie Cunningham, Donald Wink, Jeong Hwang-Choe,
Mike Dianovsky, Carolyn Sehorn
Jeong Hwang-ChoeMike Dianovsky
Stephanie CunninghamSarah Brennan
 Group Members:
Jeong Hwang-Choe(jhwang8@uic.edu)
  -University of Illinois at Chicago B.S. 2001 Biochemistry
  -University of Illinois at Chicago M.S. 2004 Chemistry
  -University of Illinois at Chicago Ph.D. 2008 Chemistry
-Graduate Students-
Mike Dianovsky (dianovsk@uic.edu)
  -University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign B.S. 2003 Chemical Engineering
  -University of Illinois at Chicago M.S. 2007 Chemistry
Stephanie Cunningham (scunni2@uic.edu)
  -St. Mary's College B.S. 2004 Chemistry (minor in history)
  -University of Illinois at Chicago M.S. 2007 Chemistry
Carolyn Sehorn (csehor2@uic.edu)
  -University of Oklahoma B.S. 2005 Chemistry
Sara Marchlewicz (smarch2@uic.edu)
  -Oakland University B.S. 2004 Biochemistry
  -University of Illinois at Chicago M.S. 2007 Chemistry

-Former group members-
Sarah Brennan (skbrennan21@gmail.com)
Current Position: Dean of Curriculum and Instruction, Amandla Charter School, Chicago, IL

Publications:
Refereed Research Publications in Chemical Education and Other Publications


Current Projects:
 o CASPiE (pictures)
Supported by NSF 2004-present (co-PI): NSF-CHE-0418902
Collaborators-Gabriela Weaver, Cianan Russell (Purdue), Bob Morris (Ball State), Pratibha Varma-Nelson, Ana Fraiman, Veronica Curtis-Palmer (NEIU), Jane Bulter Kahle, Yue Li (Miami University), Kate Scantlebury (Delaware), Susan Shih, Mary Newberg, Carolyn Dockus (COD), David Zoller (Olive-Harvey)
For more information: www.caspie.org

o SKIT / GK-12
Supported by NSF 2004-present: NSF-DGE-0338328
Collaborators-Stacy Wenzel, Maria Varelas, Aixa Alfonso, Roy Plotnick, Tom Moher, Marlynne Nishmura (UIC)

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)

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

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)
Lorenzo Odone dies at 30.

Textbooks from NSF Initiatves:

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