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Ever since graduate school, I have been interested in improving the quality of graduate education in this country.  I am interested in developing better approaches for educating and orienting new students with respect to the purpose and pecularities of their specific program of advanced study, the culture of their new department and the resources available to them to facilitate their education at their new academic institution.  To this end, I created a course entitled "Research Skills & Ethics" (CHM G200) over six years ago.  The course is now a required element of the department's graduate degree programs.  More recently, I successfully applied to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching  on behalf of our department for participation in the Carnegie Foundation's on-going study of doctoral education (we are currently an Allied Department in this effort).

Some of my current interests in graduate education are listed below:

bulletDevelopment of a co-op Ph.D. program - Northeastern University is highly respected nationally for its unique approach to the integration of work and study, often referred to as co-operative education.  At present, the focus of co-op at Northeastern is largely at the undergraduate level.  We are currently investigating the feasibility of developing a graduate level co-op program in Chemistry & Chemical Biology that would allow interested students to conduct a significant amount of their graduate research in an industrial setting with supervision and oversight provided by the department's own faculty.
bulletCareer Development Training - We are currently developing a new course for advanced graduate students that would provide them with rudimentary training in important business concepts, technical writing, and career development issues.   
  

Sponsors

We wish to thank:
The Northeastern University Center for Work & Study
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

for their continued support of our work!