Dr. Laurie S. Starkey E-Mail: lsstarkey@csupomona.edu Phone: 909.869.3670 Fax: 909.869.4344
Professor, teaching Organic Chemistry lecture and laboratory classes. As the Organic Chemistry area coordinator, I design and maintain the Blackboard online prelab quizzes (CHM 317L & 318L). I am also Cal Poly's Calibrated Peer Review (CPR) administrator.

• Ph.D., Chemistry, UC Los Angeles, 1996
• B.S., Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, 1991

Course Materials

• Syllabus (use course links below to see sample syllabi)
  

• Answer Keys and Sample Exams: CHM 314 | CHM 315 | CHM 316 | CHM 422 | CHM 543

• Handouts: Organic Chemistry: What to Expect | Functional Group Summary
  
  
• Online Resources:
  • List of materials on reserve at the Cal Poly Pomona Library
  • Blackboard homepage (online prelab quizzes seminar slides)
  • CPR homepage and PowerPoint presentation
  • Fractional Distillation apparatus and tutorial (needs Flash Player 8 - free download here) (TQE slides)
  • Practice with Line Drawings
  • Chemistry Resources on the Internet
  • SciFinder Scholar information

• Some additional recommended course materials:
  • Organic model kits are available for $15 through the SAACS club.
    For other kits, contact Darling: (330) 688-2080 http://www.darlingmodels.com

Interests & Activities

I am actively involved as an advisor to Cal Poly's chemistry club, the Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society (SAACS). The American Chemical Society has many useful resources on the web.

My research interests lie in the area of Chemical Education. Mainly, I focus on developing and assessing online learning tools, and developing new lab experiments in the area of Synthetic Organic Chemistry. For my Ph.D., I worked with Professor Mike Jung at UCLA.

These days, my personal life revolves around my two kids, but I used to enjoy golf, racquetball, camping, snorkeling, going whale watching and watching football (I'm a big Dallas Cowboys fan). My biggest hobby is collecting PEZ dispensers!

Publications & Presentations (curriculum vitae)

"Online Laboratory Demonstrations: Design, Implementation & Impact." Starkey, L. S. A talk presented at the 235th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, New Orleans, April 2008.

"Using Online Quizzes to Improve Student Learning." Starkey, L. S. A talk presented at the 235th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, New Orleans, April 2008.

"Calibrated Peer Review (CPR): Getting the Most Out of a Writing Assignment." Presented seminars and workshops for faculty, 2002-2007.

"The Use of Stick Figures to Visualize Fischer Projections." Starkey, L. S. J. Chem. Ed.,78, 1486-1487 (2001).

"The Total Synthesis of (S,S)-Isodityrosine." Jung, M. E.; Starkey, L. S. Tetrahedron, 53, 8815–8824 (1997).

"New  Preparation of o-Aryloxyphenols via Cyclohexenone Oxides." Jung, M. E.; Starkey, L. S. Tetrahedron Lett. 36, 7363–7366 (1995).

Last updated August 2008.

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