Chemistry Department Faculty

Lynne A. O'Connell

Director of Introductory Chemistry Laboratories

Chair, Undergraduate Chemistry Studies

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Lynne A. O'Connell

Ph.D.

Contact

Merkert Center 111

Telephone: 617-552-3626

Email: lynne.oconnell.1@bc.edu

Education

  • Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Research

As the Director of Introductory Chemistry Laboratories, Professor O鈥機onnell oversees the operations of the General and Organic laboratory courses. In addition to supervising graduate Teaching Assistants, who are the instructors for these courses, she is responsible for establishing the course content.

Professor O鈥機onnell has strengthened the introductory laboratory curriculum by implementing 鈥渙pen-ended鈥� projects in both the General and Organic lab courses, which serve to culminate each semester. These projects require students to devise their own experimental procedures to solve a problem or explore a chemical principle.听 She has also implemented the use of an electronic lab notebook in the introductory lab courses.

Professor O鈥� Connell serves as the Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Chemistry department and is Chair of the Undergraduate Studies Committee. She also serves as an advisor to and a role model for the Women in Science and Technology Program.

Selected Honors and Awards

  • George O. Smith Scholarship, McGill University, 1981-1985
  • G. Stafford Whitby Prize in Polymer Chemistry, McGill University, 1985
  • Massachusetts Graduate Student Grant Scholarship, MIT, 1986-1989

Representative Key Presentations and Publications

  • Organic Chemistry Experiments in Lab Builder, a multidisciplinary library of course content in the LabArchives notebook platform, 2020.
  • The Gateway Scholars program: Increasing diversity in chemistry and biology. O'Connell, L.A. and Wolfman, N.M. 25th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, University of Notre Dame, July 29-August 2,听2018.
  • "Freezing-Point Depression to Determine an Unknown Compound." O'Connell, L.A.听Journal of Visualized Experiments, Science Education Database听; Essentials of General Chemistry. JoVE, Cambridge, MA, doi: 10.3791/10137,听2016.听
  • Women in Science and Technology (WST) Creates a Community that Engages Women in Science. O鈥機onnell, L.A. and O鈥橠ay, E. 23rdIUPAC International Conference on Chemistry Education, Toronto, Ontario, July 13-18,听2014.
  • Innovations and Renovations: Designing the Teaching Laboratory;听O鈥機onnell, L. (Ed.); ACS Symposium Series; American Chemical Society: Washington, D.C.,听2013.
  • O'Connell, L. A., Panichas, M. A., Barrett, S. M. Undergraduate guide program for international teaching assistants in chemistry at 艾可直播 College: A description and assessment. In听International students: Strengthening a critical resource;听Andrade, M., Evans, N., Eds.; American Council on Education/Rowman and Littlefield Education,听2009.
  • "Problem-based Inquiry in College Chemistry Lab." Panichas, M. A., O'Connell, L. A., Albert, L. R.听Academic Exchange Quarterly,听2009,听13,听p. 13.
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