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Alena Moon

Associate Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Chemistry

(940) 565-3548

Email: Alena.Moon@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, Purdue University, 2016
    Major: Chemistry
    Specialization: Chemical and Engineering Education
    Dissertation: Analysis of Scientific Argumentation in Two Physical Chemistry Classrooms Using the Pogil Approach

Development Activities

  • Continuing Education Program, Machine Learning, Statistical Horizons. United States of America. (May 2022).
  • Continuing Education Program, Latent Class Analysis, Statistical Horizons. United States of America. (February 2022).
  • Continuing Education Program, Psychometrics, Stats Camp. United States of America. (June 2020).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • CHEM 1410 - General Chemistry for Science Majors, 2 courses.
  • CHEM 6940 - Individual Research, 2 courses.

Teaching at Other Institutions

  • University of Nebraska Lincoln, Fundamentals of Chemistry 2, Spring 2024.
  • University of Nebraska Lincoln, Chemistry Pedagogy, Fall 2023.
  • University of Nebraska Lincoln, Fundamentals of Chemistry 2, Spring 2023.
  • University of Nebraska Lincoln, Chemistry Pedagogy, Fall 2022.
  • University of Nebraska Lincoln, Fundamentals of Chemistry 2, Spring 2022.
  • University of Nebraska Lincoln, General Chemistry 1, Fall 2021.
  • University of Nebraska Lincoln, Fundamentals of Chemistry 2, Spring 2021.
  • University of Nebraska Lincoln, Practicum in postsecondary chemistry teaching, Fall 2020.
  • University of Nebraska Lincoln, Fundamentals of Chemistry 2, Spring 2020.
  • University of Nebraska Lincoln, Fundamentals of Chemistry 1, Fall 2019.
  • University of Nebraska Lincoln, General Chemistry 1, Spring 2019.
  • University of Michigan, Fall 2016.

Directed Student Learning

  • Dissertation Committee Member, Chemistry. (February 2025).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Chemistry. (January 2025).
  • Dissertation Committee Chair, "Elucidating the affective dimension of science practice," Chemistry. (November 2024).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Chemistry. (October 2024).
  • Dissertation Committee Chair, Chemistry. (July 2024).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Chemistry. (July 2024).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Chemistry. (October 2023).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Chemistry. (August 2023).
  • Dissertation Committee Chair, "Epistemological Messages in Organic Chemistry," Chemistry. (January 2023).
  • Dissertation Committee Co-Chair, "Characterizing chemistry students' science practice self-efficacy," Chemistry. (January 2023).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Biological Sciences. (October 2022).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Chemistry. (January 2022).
  • Dissertation Committee Co-Chair, "Supporting organic chemistry students' engagement in epistemic practices," Chemistry. (August 2021).
  • Dissertation Committee Chair, "Chemistry students' strategies for managing uncertainty," Chemistry. (June 2021).
  • Dissertation Committee Chair, "Elucidating chemistry students' understanding of light-matter interactions," Chemistry. (June 2021).
  • Supervised Research Chair, "Undergraduate chemistry students' strategies for managing uncertainty in group discourse," Chemistry. (January 2024 - May 2025).
  • Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Chemistry. (January 2022 - May 2024).
  • Dissertation Committee Chair, Chemistry. (August 2019 - May 2024).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Biological Sciences. (June 2023).
  • Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Chemistry. (August 2022 - May 2023).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Chemistry. (June 2019 - May 2023).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Chemistry. (August 2018 - May 2023).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Mechanical and Energy Engineering. (January 2023).
  • Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Chemistry. (January 2019 - May 2022).
  • Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Chemistry. (August 2020 - December 2021).
  • Postdoctoral Research Supervision, Chemistry. (August 2018 - November 2021).
  • Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Chemistry. (June 2021 - August 2021).
  • Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Chemistry. (January 2020 - May 2021).
  • Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Chemistry. (August 2018 - May 2021).
  • Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Chemistry. (August 2020 - December 2020).
  • Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Chemistry. (June 2020 - August 2020).
  • Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Chemistry. (June 2020 - August 2020).
  • Dissertation Defense Committee Member, "CHARACTERIZING STUDENTS’ UNDERSTANDING OF RESONANCE AND EXPLORING ITS RELATIONSHIP TO INSTRUCTION," Chemistry. (May 2020).
  • Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Chemistry. (January 2020 - May 2020).
  • Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Chemistry. (August 2019 - May 2020).
  • Undergraduate Honors Thesis Chair, Chemistry. (August 2018 - May 2020).
  • Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Chemistry. (June 2019 - December 2019).
  • Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Chemistry. (June 2019 - August 2019).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book Chapter

  • Towns, M., Cole, R., Moon, A., Stanford, C. (2019). Argumentation in Physical Chemistry. Argumentation in Chemistry Education. Royal Society of Chemistry. https://books.rsc.org/books/edited-volume/766/chapter-abstract/492585/Argumentation-in-Physical-Chemistry?redirectedFrom=fulltext
  • Bain, K., Rodriguez, J., Moon, A., Towns, M. (2019). Mathematics in Chemical Kinetics: Which Is the Cart, and Which Is the Horse?. 1316 25-46. ACS Symposium Series. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/bk-2019-1316.ch003

    • Conference Proceeding

  • Winograd, B., Dood, A., Moeller, R., Moon, A., Gere, A., Shultz, G. (2022). Detecting High Orders of Cognitive Complexity in Students’ Reasoning in Argumentative Writing About Ocean Acidification.. 11th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3448139.3448202
  • Stanford, C., Moon, A., Towns, M., Cole, R. (2018). The impact of guided inquiry materials on student representational level understanding of thermodynamics. Engaging Students in Physical Chemistry. ACS Symposium series. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/bk-2018-1279.ch010

    • Journal Article

  • Wathudra, P., Pham, H., Siriwardana, K., Athukorale, S., Jayasundara, U., Gunatilake, S., Cao, Z., Collier, W.E., Moon, A., Zhang, D. Expanding the Horizons of UV-Vis Spectroscopy Education: Beyond the Beer-Lambert Law. Journal of Chemical Education.
  • Al Fulaiti, H., Cole, A., Balabanoff, m., Moon, A. (2024). Toward a Model of Cognition for UV/Vis Spectroscopy. Journal of Chemical Education. 101 (8) 3062-3071. American Chemical Society. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.4c00120
  • Urbanek, M., Moritz, B., Moon, A. (2023). Exploring students’ dominant approaches to managing epistemic uncertainty when engaging in argument from evidence.. Chemistry Education Research and Practice. 24 1142-1152. Royal Society of Chemistry. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2023/rp/d3rp00035d
  • Zhou, J., Moon, A. (2023). “To be honest, I didn’t even use the data”: Organic chemistry students’ engagement in data analysis and interpretation.. Journal of Chemical Education. 100 (1) 80-90. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c00840
  • Berg, S., Moon, A. (2023). A characterization of chemistry learners’ engagement in data analysis and interpretation.. Chemistry Education Research and Practice. 24 36-49. Royal Society of Chemistry. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2023/rp/d2rp00154c
  • Balabanoff, M., Harrold, A., Moon, A. (2023). Knowledge analysis of chemistry students’ reasoning about the double-slit experiment.. Electronic Journal for Research in Science & Mathematics Education. 27 (1) https://ejrsme.icrsme.com/article/view/22117
  • Balabanoff, M., Kaur, S., Barbera, J., Moon, A. (2022). A construct modeling approach to characterizing students’ understanding of wave-particle duality. International Journal of Science Education. 44 (6) 873-895. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09500693.2022.2055190?casa_token=bqG7nUfPcUEAAAAA%3AM8i-N8eHoYjKeAMzEYjHrdePWwy-Fx_vyw-ZreDguaV8nK0ecycgIeknkL-R9dZXPcQD-skcjHxgDg
  • Balabanoff, M., Alfulaiti, H., DeKorver, B., Mack, M., Moon, A. (2022). Development of the Water Instrument: A comprehensive measure of students’ conceptual knowledge of fundamental concepts in general chemistry.. Chemistry Education Research and Practice. 23 (2) 348-360. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2022/rp/d1rp00270h
  • Berg, S., Moon, A. (2022). Prompting hypothetical social comparisons to support chemistry students’ data analysis and interpretation.. Chemistry Education Research and Practice. 23 (1) 124-136. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2022/rp/d1rp00213a
  • Lazenby, K., Balabanoff, M., Becker, N., Moon, A., Barbera, J. (2021). From ideas to items: A primer on the development of ordered multiple-choice items for investigating the progression of learning in higher education STEM.. Journal of Chemical Education. 98 (3) 714–729. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c01121
  • Balabanoff, M., Alfulaiti, H., Bhusal, s., Harrold, A., Moon, A. (2020). An exploration of chemistry students’ conceptions of light and matter in the context of the photoelectric effect.. International Journal of Science Education. 42 (6) 861-881. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09500693.2020.1736358
  • Zotos, E., Moon, A., Shultz, G. (2020). Investigation of chemistry graduate teaching assistants' teacher knowledge and teacher identity. Journal of Research in Science Teaching. 57 (6) 943-967. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/tea.21618
  • Moon, A., Moeller, R., Gere, A., Shultz, G. (2019). Application and testing of a framework for characterizing the quality of scientific reasoning in chemistry students’ writing on ocean acidification. Chemistry Education Research and Practice. 20 (3) https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2019/rp/c9rp00005d
  • Moon, A., Zotos, E., Finkenstaedt-Quinn, S., Gere, A., Shultz, G. (2018). Investigation of the role of writing-to-learn in promoting student understanding of light-matter interactions. Chemistry Education Research and Practice. 19 (3) https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2018/rp/c8rp00090e
  • Bain, K., Rodriguez, J., Moon, A., Towns, M. (2018). The characterization of cognitive processes involved in chemical kinetics using a blended processing framewor. Chemistry Education Research and Practice. 19 (2) https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2018/rp/c7rp00230k
  • Moon, A., Gere, A., Shultz, G. (2018). Writing in the STEM classroom: Faculty conceptions of writing and its role in the classroom. Science Education. 102 (5) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/sce.21454
  • Moon, A., Stanford, c., Cole, R., Towns, M. (2017). Analysis of inquiry materials to explain complexity of chemical reasoning in physical chemistry students’ argumentation. Journal of Research in Science Teaching. 54 (10) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/tea.21407
  • Rodriguez, J., Bain, K., Moon, A., DeKorver, B., Mack, M., Towns, M. (2017). The Citation index of chemistry education research in the Journal of Chemical Education from 2008 to 2016: A closer look at the impact factor. Journal of Chemical Education. 94 (5) https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.jchemed.7b00062
  • Finkenstaedt-Quinn, S., Halim, A., Chambers, T., Moon, A., Goldman, R., Gere, A., Shultz, G. (2017). Investigation of the influence of a writing-to-learn assignment on student understanding of polymer properties. Journal of Chemical Education. 94 (11) https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.7b00363#
  • Moon, A., Stanford, C., Cole, R., Towns, M. (2017). Decentering: A characteristic of effective student-student discourse in inquiry-oriented physical chemistry classrooms. Journal of Chemical Education. 94 (7) https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.jchemed.6b00856
  • Moon, A., Stanford, C., Cole, R., Towns, M. (2016). The nature of students’ chemical reasoning employed in scientific argumentation in physical chemistry.. Chemistry Education Research and Practice. 17 (2) https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2016/rp/c5rp00207a
  • Stanford, C., Moon, A., Towns, M., Cole, R. (2016). Analysis of instructor facilitation strategies and their influences on student argumentation: A case study of a POGIL physical chemistry classroom. Journal of Chemical Education. 93 (9) https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.5b00993
  • Bain, K., Moon, A., Mack, m., Towns, M. (2014). Review of research on the teaching and learning of thermodynamics at the university level.. Chemistry Education Research and Practice. 15 (3) https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2014/rp/c4rp00011k

Presentations Given

    Invited Talk

  • Moon, A. (Author), Department of Chemistry Seminar, Peer review: "Opening up" organic chemistry activity, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States of America. (2025).
  • Moon, A. (Author & Presenter), Symposium in honor of Marcy Towns, Epistemic cognition: Explaining peer review for knowledge-building activity, Royal Society of Chemistry Chemistry Education Research Group, United Kingdom. (2024).
  • Moon, A. (Author & Presenter), Department of Chemistry Seminar, Characterizing students' engagement with empirical data, University of Illinois Chicago, United States of America. (2023).
  • Moon, A. (Author & Presenter), Department of Chemistry Seminar, Chipping away at characterizing students' engagement with empirical data, Tufts University, Boston, MA, United States of America. (2023).
  • Moon, A. (Author & Presenter), Department of Chemistry Seminar, Chipping away at characterizing students' engagement with data, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States of America. (2022).
  • Moon, A. (Author & Presenter), Department of Chemistry Seminar, Chipping away at characterizing students’ engagement with empirical data, Miami University, United States of America. (2022).
  • Moon, A. (Author & Presenter), Department of Chemistry Seminar, AN EXPLORATION OF CHEMISTRY STUDENTS’ CONCEPTIONS OF LIGHT AND LIGHT-MATTER INTERACTIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF FUNDAMENTAL EXPERIMENTS, Auburn University, United States of America. (2022).
  • Moon, A. (Author & Presenter), Department of Chemistry Seminar, AN EXPLORATION OF CHEMISTRY STUDENTS’ CONCEPTIONS OF LIGHT AND LIGHT-MATTER INTERACTIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF FUNDAMENTAL EXPERIMENTS, Georgia State University, United States of America. (2022).
  • Moon, A. (Author & Presenter), Department of Chemistry Seminar, An exploration of chemistry students’ conceptions of light and light-matter interactions in the context of fundamental experiments, University of Washington, United States of America. (2022).
  • Moon, A. (Author & Presenter), Department of Chemistry Seminar, An exploration of chemistry students’ conceptions of light and light-matter interactions in the context of fundamental experiments, Portland State University, Portland, OR, United States of America. (2021).
  • Moon, A. (Author & Presenter), Department of Chemistry Seminar, An exploration of chemistry students' conceptions of light and light-matter interactions in the context of the photoelectric effect, Michigan State University, United States of America. (2021).
  • Moon, A. (Author & Presenter), Department of Chemistry Seminar, An exploration of chemistry students' conceptions of light and light-matter interactions in the context of the photoelectric effect, Grand Valley State University, United States of America. (2021).
  • Moon, A. (Author & Presenter), Department of Chemistry Seminar, An exploration of chemistry students' conceptions of light and light-matter interactions in the context of the photoelectric effect, University of Northern Colorado, United States of America. (2020).
  • Moon, A. (Author & Presenter), Department of Chemistry Seminar, An exploration of chemistry students' conceptions of light and light-matter interactions in the context of the photoelectric effect, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States of America. (2020).
  • Moon, A. (Author & Presenter), Department of Chemistry, Water as a context for measuring students' understanding of anchoring concepts, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States of America. (2019).
  • Moon, A. (Author & Presenter), Department of Chemistry, An Exploration o chemistry students' conceptions of light and light-matter interactions in the context of fundamental experiments, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States of America. (2019).
  • Moon, A. (Author & Presenter), Chemistry Education Research and Practice, Peer Review: What happens when you give students epistemic agency?, Gordon Research Conference, Lewiston, ME, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Moon, A. (Author & Presenter), Department of Chemistry Seminar, An exploration of chemistry students’ conceptions of light and light-matter interactions in the context of fundamental experiments, University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Moon, A. (Author & Presenter), Department of Chemistry Seminar, An exploration of chemistry students’ conceptions of light and light-matter interactions in the context of fundamental experimentsAn exploration of chemistry students’ conceptions of light and light-matter interactions in the context of fundamental experiments, University of Nebraska Omaha, Omaha, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Moon, A. (Author & Presenter), Chemistry Education Seminar, An exploration of chemistry students’ conceptions of light and light-matter interactions in the context of fundamental experiments, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Moon, A. (Author & Presenter), DBER Seminar, An exploration of chemistry students’ conceptions of light and light-matter interactions in the context of fundamental experiments, University of Nebraska Lincoln, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).

    • Lecture

  • Moon, A. (Author & Presenter), Chemistry GTA preparation class, How to support students in constructing arguments, Purdue University, United States of America. (2019).

    • Professional Meeting Contribution

  • Al Fulaiti, H. (Author & Presenter), Moon, A. (Author), 2025 Chemistry Education Research and Practice Gordon Research Conference, Exploring students’ understanding of atomic spectra: A construct modeling approach, United States of America. (2025).
  • Urbanek, M.T. (Author & Presenter), Moon, A. (Author), 2025 Chemistry Education Research and Practice Gordon Research Conference, Investigating Chemistry Students’ Collaborative Approaches to Managing Scientific Uncertainty, United States of America. (2025).
  • Zhou, J. (Author & Presenter), Moon, A. (Author), 2025 Chemistry Education Research and Practice Gordon Research Conference, Peer review opens up meaningful engagement with uncertainty for organic chemistry students, United States of America. (2025).
  • Zohner, L. (Author & Presenter), Villafane-Garcia, S. (Author), Moon, A. (Author), 2025 Chemistry Education Research and Practice Gordon Research Conference, Supporting Students’ Science Practice Self-Efficacy, United States of America. (2025).
  • Al Fulaiti, H. (Author & Presenter), Moon, A. (Author), 2025 Chemistry Education Research and Practice Gordon Research Seminar, Exploring students’ understanding of atomic spectra: A construct modeling approach, United States of America. (2025).
  • Urbanek, M.T. (Author & Presenter), Moon, A. (Author), 2025 Chemistry Education Research and Practice Gordon Research Seminar, Investigating Chemistry Students’ Collaborative Approaches to Managing Scientific Uncertainty, United States of America. (2025).
  • Zhou, J. (Author & Presenter), Moon, A. (Author), 2025 Chemistry Education Research and Practice Gordon Research Seminar, Peer review opens up meaningful engagement with uncertainty for organic chemistry students, United States of America. (2025).
  • Zohner, L. (Author & Presenter), Villafane-Garcia, S. (Author), Moon, A. (Author), 2025 Chemistry Education Research and Practice Gordon Research Seminar, Supporting Students’ Science Practice Self-Efficacy, United States of America. (2025).
  • Breuer, M. (Author & Presenter), Moon, A. (Author), 57th ACS DFW Meeting in Miniature, Eliciting organic chemistry students’ epistemological beliefs by a novel method, United States of America. (2025).
  • Al Fulaiti, H. (Author & Presenter), Moon, A. (Author), 57th ACS DFW Meeting in Miniature, Exploring students’ understanding of atomic spectra: A construct modeling approach, United States of America. (2025).
  • Ntipouna, S. (Author & Presenter), Moon, A. (Author), 57th ACS DFW Meeting in Miniature, Investigating epistemic affect in science learning, United States of America. (2025).
  • Urbanek, M.T. (Author & Presenter), Moon, A. (Author), 57th ACS DFW Meeting in Miniature, “It makes me feel better... Just because they said I had a solid argument:” Characterization of student interactions with peer feedback, United States of America. (2025).
  • Breuer, M. (Author & Presenter), Zhou, J. (Author), Moon, A. (Author), Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Development of a Novel Measure of Organic Chemistry Students’ Deep Understanding of Science Practice, United States of America. (2024).
  • Zhou, J. (Author & Presenter), Moon, A. (Author), Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, How Does Peer-Review Affect Students’ Epistemic Engagement in Selecting Between Alternative Explanations?, United States of America. (2024).
  • Urbanek, M.T. (Author & Presenter), Moon, A. (Author), Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Investigating How Students Cognitively Engage with Feedback Generated Through Peer Review., United States of America. (2024).
  • Zohner, L. (Author & Presenter), Moon, A. (Author), Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Supporting chemistry students’ science practice self-efficacy., United States of America. (2024).
  • Al Fulaiti, H. (Author & Presenter), Moon, A. (Author), Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, The Development of a Constructed Response Measure of Students' knowledge of Atomic Spectra, United States of America. (2024).
  • Al Fulaiti, H. (Author & Presenter), Moon, A. (Author), Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Towards a model of cognition for UV/VIS spectroscopy, United States of America. (2024).
  • Urbanek, M.T. (Author & Presenter), Moon, A. (Author), Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, “Oh, so there’s a problem”: How Students Manage Uncertainty when Engaging in Group Argumentation., United States of America. (2024).
  • Urbanek, M.T. (Author & Presenter), Moon, A. (Author), American Chemical Society’s New and Noteworthy Symposium, Exploring Students’ Dominant Approaches to Handling Epistemic Uncertainty., United States of America. (2024).
  • Berg, S. (Author & Presenter), Moon, A. (Author), 2023 Chemistry Education Research and Practice Gordon Research Conference, A Characterization of Graduate Students' Engagement in Science Practices, United States of America. (2023).
  • Berg, S. (Author & Presenter), Moon, A. (Author), 2023 Chemistry Education Research and Practice Gordon Research Seminar, A Characterization of Graduate Students' Engagement in Science Practices., United States of America. (2023).
  • Zhou, J. (Author & Presenter), Moon, A. (Author), Chemistry Education Research and Practice Gordon Research Conference, Organic Chemistry Students’ Epistemic Criteria For Evaluating Alternative Explanations., United States of America. (2023).
  • Zhou, J. (Author & Presenter), Moon, A. (Author), Chemistry Education Research and Practice Gordon Research Seminar, Organic Chemistry Students’ Epistemic Criteria For Evaluating Alternative Explanations, United States of America. (2023).
  • Zhou, J. (Author & Presenter), Moon, A. (Author), X-DBER (Cross Discipline-Based Education Research) Conferenc, Organic Students’ Evaluations of Multiple Explanations of an Unexpected Phenomenon, United States of America. (2023).
  • Urbanek, M.T. (Author & Presenter), Moon, A. (Author), XDBER Conference (Cross Discipline-Based Education Research) Conference, Exploring Students’ Dominant Approaches to Productively Managing Uncertainty., United States of America. (2023).
  • Berg, S. (Author & Presenter), Moon, A. (Author), American Chemical Society Spring National Conference, Prompting hypothetical social comparisons to support chemistry students’ data analysis and interpretations, United States of America. (2023).
  • Berg, S. (Author & Presenter), Moon, A. (Author), American Chemical Society Spring National Conference, Prompting hypothetical social comparisons to support chemistry students’ data analysis and interpretations., United States of America. (2023).
  • Al Fulaiti, H. (Author & Presenter), Moon, A. (Author), Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Development of Ordered Multiple-Choice Items for measuring students’ understanding of light and light-matter interactions., United States of America. (2022).
  • Urbanek, M.T. (Author & Presenter), Moon, A. (Author), Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Development of Rubrics for Evaluating Students’ Data Analysis and Interpretation, United States of America. (2022).
  • Berg, S. (Author & Presenter), Moon, A. (Author), Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, General Chemistry Students’ Data Analysis and Interpretation of Graphical Data., United States of America. (2022).
  • Berg, S. (Author & Presenter), Moon, A. (Author), Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Leveraging Social Comparisons: An Exploratory Study of How Students Self-Evaluate in Peer Review Settings, United States of America. (2022).
  • Zhou, J. (Author & Presenter), Moon, A. (Author), Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, ‘To be honest, I didn’t even use the data’: Organic Chemistry Students’ Engagement in Data Analysis and Interpretation., United States of America. (2022).
  • Balabanoff, M. (Author & Presenter), Moon, A. (Author), ACS Spring 2020 National Meeting, Development of comprehensive instrument to assess core general chemistry concepts., United States of America. (2020).
  • Balabanoff, M. (Author & Presenter), Moon, A. (Author), Gordon Research Conference on Chemistry Education Research and Practice, Knowledge analysis of students’ understanding of the photoelectric effect and conceptualization of light behavior., United States of America. (2019).
  • Moon, A. (Author & Presenter), Gere, A. (Author), Shultz, G. (Author), 257th ACS National Meeting and Exposition, Writing in the STEM classroom: Faculty conceptions of writing and its role in the undergraduate classroom, United States of America. (2019).
  • Moon, A. (Author & Presenter), Gere, A. (Author), Shultz, G. (Author), 25th Biennial Conference in Chemical Education, Writing in the STEM classroom: Faculty conceptions of writing and its role in the undergraduate classroom, United States of America. (2018).
  • Moon, A. (Author & Presenter), Moeller, R. (Author), Gere, A. (Author), Shultz, G. (Author), 255th ACS National Meeting and Exposition, Characterization of complexity of general chemistry students’ reasoning in argumentative writing about ocean acidification, United States of America. (2018).
  • Moon, A. (Author & Presenter), Moeller, R. (Author), Gere, A. (Author), Shultz, G. (Author), Gordon Research Conference: Chemistry Education Research and Practice, Cognitive operations used by general chemistry students in argumentative writing about ocean acidification, United States of America. (2017).
  • Moon, A. (Author & Presenter), Zotos, E. (Author), Gere, A. (Author), Shultz, G. (Author), 253rd ACS National Meeting and Exposition, Development and implementation of a writing-to-learn intervention in introductory quantum mechanics, United States of America. (2017).
  • Moon, A. (Author & Presenter), Gere, A. (Author), Shultz, G. (Author), 253rd ACS National Meeting and Exposition, STEM faculty’s views of the role of writing in the undergraduate classroom, United States of America. (2017).
  • Moon, A. (Author & Presenter), Stanford, C. (Author), Cole, R. (Author), Towns, M. (Author), 251st ACS National Meeting and Exposition, Elucidating the Relationship between the POGIL physical chemistry curriculum and classroom discourse, United States of America. (2016).
  • Moon, A. (Author & Presenter), Stanford, C. (Author), Cole, R. (Author), Towns, M. (Author), 250th ACS National Meeting and Exposition, Analysis of Scientific Argumentation in two POGIL Physical Chemistry Classrooms, United States of America. (2015).
  • Moon, A. (Author & Presenter), Stanford, C. (Author), Cole, R. (Author), Towns, M. (Author), 2014 Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Analysis of Student Argumentation in Physical Chemistry, United States of America. (2014).
  • Moon, A. (Author & Presenter), Slipchenko, L. (Author), 246th ACS National Meeting and Exposition, Solvation of tert-butyl alcohol in water: How mixed is the mixture?, United States of America. (2013).
  • Moon, A. (Author & Presenter), Slipchenko, L. (Author), VII Congress of the International Society of Theoretical Chemical Physics, Investigation into the Solvation of tert-Butyl Alcohol in Water: An Effective Fragment Potential Approach, Hungary. (2013).

    • Project

  • Moon, A. (Author & Presenter), CoMInDS WOrkshop, Professionally developing chemistry graduate teaching assistants, University of Maine, United States of America. (2023).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Moon, A., "Collaborative research: supporting chemistry students' science practice self-efficacy," sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $364595 Funded. (2023).
  • Moon, A., "Supporting students' critical evaluation of evidence in collaborative socioscientific argumentation," sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $299983 Funded. (2022).
  • Moon, A., "Quantum business, arts, and science for society," sponsored by University of Nebraska Lincoln, Other, $629692 Funded. (2022 - 2024).
  • Moon, A., "Developing educational measurement competency to promote investigation of students' understanding of light," sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $300000 Funded. (2019 - 2021).
  • Moon, A., "Undergraduate research scholarship," sponsored by UNL UCARE, Other, $7200 Funded. (2020 - 2021).
  • Moon, A., "Development of an instrument to comprehensively assess core concepts in a year-long chemistry sequence," sponsored by UNL Research Council, Other, $10000 Funded. (2019 - 2019).
  • Moon, A., "Focus group interviews: A novel approach to facilitating co-construction of scientific arguments in undergraduate chemistry," sponsored by UNL Research Council, Other, $9593 Funded. (2019 - 2019).
  • Moon, A., "Development of automated text analysis tools for characterizing quality of scientific arguments," Other, $1400 Funded. (2018 - 2018).

Service

University Service

  • Committee Member, Undergraduate Affairs Committee. (July 2024 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Academic Integrity Committee. (2024 - Present).
  • Special Institutional Assignment, Learning and Innovation Ecosystem. (January 2025 - May 2025).
  • Committee Member, Curriculum Committee. (2018 - 2024).
  • Committee Member, ad hoc REU grant management committee. (August 2020 - May 2024).
  • Committee Member, Graduate Committee. (August 2019 - May 2024).
  • Committee Member, Awards and Scholarship Committee. (August 2018 - May 2024).
  • Faculty Advisor, Student ACS Affiliate Advisor. (August 2018 - May 2024).
  • Committee Member, Executive Committee. (June 2022 - March 2024).

Professional Service

  • Reviewer, Journal Article, CBE-Life Sciences. (May 2025 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, RSC Digital Discoveries. (May 2025 - Present).
  • Chairperson, Gordon Research Conference Chemistry Education Research and Practice. (July 2023 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Chemistry Education Research and Practice. (August 2018 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Electronic Journal of Research in Science and Math Education. (August 2018 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, International Journal of Science Education. (August 2018 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Science Education. (August 2018 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Chemical Education. (June 2016 - Present).
  • Committee Member, American Chemical Society Division of Chemical Education Chemistry Education Research Committee. (January 2024 - December 2024).
  • Committee Chair, American Chemical Society Division of Chemical Education Chemistry Education Research Committee. (January 2023 - December 2023).
  • Program Organizer, ACS Division of Chemical Education Webinar Series. (May 2020 - December 2023).
  • Program Organizer, 2nd Biennial X-DBER conference. (April 2023).
  • Reviewer, Grant Proposal, NSF ECR Review Panel. (2022).
  • Reviewer, Grant Proposal, NSF IUSE review panel. (2022).
  • Session Chair, Biennial Conference in Chemical Education. (July 2022 - August 2022).
  • Program Organizer, Biennial Conference in Chemical Education. (August 2021 - July 2022).
  • Program Organizer, 1st Biennial X-DBER conference. (March 2021).
  • Reviewer, Grant Proposal, NSF ECR review panel. (2020).