LBC COURSES

• LB155
• LB171
• LB172
• LB172L
• LB492

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BIOGRAPHY

I am a chemistry faculty member here at Briggs. I teach the introductory chemistry courses, Introduction to quantitative science and occasionally senior seminars. I am passionate about student learning and the research I do is centered around chemical education because I want my research to inform my teaching and my teaching to guide my research pursuits.

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EDUCATION

• Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Michigan State University
• B.S. in Chemistry from Grand Valley State University

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HONORS & AWARDS

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RESEARCH

• SUTL (Scholarship of Undergraduate Teaching and Learning) fellow mentor, May 2018 to May 2020
• “SPRING 3: Scholarship Program for Retaining, Inspiring, and eNabling Graduates” PI-Ryan Sweeder, Co-PI Mark Largent, Sean Valles, Jonelle Golding, Rick Shipman, Samantha Cass. Funded March 2016.
• S3 Grant: “Future Design Artifact Studio” PI Megan Halpern, Co-PI Aubrey Wigner, Issac Record, Sarah Hendrickson, Samantha Cass. Funded Spring 2017.

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Jeffery, K. A.; Cass, S. M. F.; Sweeder, R. D.  Comparison of student understanding of reaction kinetics in lecture- and context-based courses.  Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, accepted

• Cass, S. M. F.; Sweeder, R. D., Herrington, D. The use of modeling to assist students understanding of limiting reactants and balanced equations, in preparation

• Cass, S. M. F.; Sewell-Davis, M.; Urquhart, J.; Matz, B.; Kursav, M.; Sweeder, R. D. The development of the INQUIRE (Instilling Quantitative and Integrative Reasoning) program to assist student success, submitted

• Cass, S. M. F.; Sewell-Davis, M.; Urquhart, J.; Matz, B.; Kursav, M.; Sweeder, R. D. Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment of the impact of the INQUIRE program in student success, submitted

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