Dr. Laurie S. Starkey E-Mail: lsstarkey@csupomona.edu Phone: 909.869.3670 Fax: 909.869.4344 Office: 4/1-428 Schedule
Professor, teaching Organic Chemistry lecture and laboratory classes. I have authored an introductory organic synthesis textbook, developed online laboratory tutorials, Blackboard online prelab quizzes, and created o-chem lessons for Educator.com. I am also Cal Poly Pomona's Calibrated Peer Review (CPR) administrator and I serve on the Chemistry Editorial Board of MERLOT.

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

Course Materials

• Fall 2012 (use Course Homepages links below to see other sample syllabi)
  Organic Chemistry lecture: CHM 314 homepage and syllabus
  Organic Chemistry lab: CHM 317L: Syllabus | Schedule | Online tutorials
  Organic Chemistry lab: CHM 319L: Syllabus | Schedule | Online tutorials

• Course Homepages: CHM 121 | CHM 201 | CHM 314 | CHM 315 | CHM 316 | CHM 422 | CHM 543

• Handouts: Organic Chemistry: What to Expect | Functional Group Summary | NMR, IR, Mass Spec handouts
  
  
• Online Resources:
  • List of materials on reserve at the Cal Poly Pomona Library
  • Blackboard homepage
  • CPR homepage and PowerPoint presentation
  • Fractional Distillation apparatus and tutorial (needs Flash Player - free download here)
  • 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)

"Introduction to Strategies for Organic Synthesis" Starkey, L. S. An undergraduate or beginning-graduate level textbook published by Wiley (2012). Amazon.com

"Online Tutorials and Computer Animations for the Organic Chemistry laboratory ." Starkey, L. S. A talk presented at the 2YC3 syposium at Mt. SAC, California, March 2011 and at the 239th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, March 2010.

"Using an Online Writing Assignment to Teach About Resonance and Acid Strength." Starkey, L. S. A talk presented at the 239th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, March 2010.

"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 September 2012.

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