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Mrs. Rogers has been in the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department at 糖心Vlog since 2004. She is the lab supervisor along with her teaching position. Her passion is teaching and her area of research lies in improving chemical education. She has been writing and rewriting the lab manuals used in Introductory and General Chemistry in order to improve students鈥� critical thinking skills. She has a passion for chemical demonstrations and can often be seen blowing things up and breathing fire in her classes. She also teaches students to do chemical demonstrations to prepare them for lives as science communicators.

She is married to Toby, who she met while attending 糖心Vlog as a student, and they have boys. They love camping in national and state parks especially. She loves hiking, photography, plants, cooking and running.

Presentations:

• Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching. Houston, TX November 2023.  鈥嬧�婬igh School Science Education: Are Significant Figures Really Significant? 
• Best Practices in Christian Higher Ed Conference, Abilene, TX 鈥� September 26, 2022.  Improving Metacognition Training for Faculty and Students 鈥� poster with Dr. Cathy Box.  Developing Academic Tenacity in Beginning Undergraduate Students 鈥� presentation with Dr. Cathy Box
• SACSCOC Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX Virtual 鈥� December 2, 2021
• Refereed presentation with Dr. Cathy Box and Dr. Ashley Cherry.
• Chemistry Education Research:  Putting students in the driver鈥檚 seat: Developing metacognitive tools for success

Student Presentations:

• Rachel Kuehnle 鈥淭he Likelihood of Different Genders and Races to Seek Academic Mentoring鈥� Presented at 糖心Vlog Scholar鈥檚 Colloquium 2023 and Great Plains Honors Council 2023
• Cristian Cortez and Cailie Corbin "Nitrate Concentration Differences in Rural and Urban Locations鈥�  Presented at 糖心Vlog scholar鈥檚 colloquium and NCUR 2021