Molly B. Atkinson

Previous Scheduled Teaching

Published Intellectual Contributions

Journal Article

• Hamilton, D., Castillo, A., Atkinson, M.B. (2024). Survey of Instrumentation Use in Industry: What Does Industry Want New Chemists to Know?. Journal of Chemical Education. 101 (5) 1883-1890. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.3c00990
• Collini, M.A., Miguel, K., Weber, R., Atkinson, M.B. (2024). Investigating changes in students’ attitudes towards organic chemistry: A longitudinal study. Chemistry Education Research and Practice. 25 613-624. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2024/rp/d3rp00228d#!
• Collini, M.A., Rocha, L.A., Ford, J.E., Weber, R., Atkinson, M.B. (2023). Characterizing and identifying influences on undergraduates' attitudes towards organic chemistry. Chemistry Education Research and Practice. 24 723–739. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2023/rp/d2rp00256f
• Bodenstedt, K., Fripp, J.L., Li, S., Lu, Z., Omary, M.A., Atkinson, M.B. (2023). Luminescence Screening of Copper and Gold Mixed Ligand Complexes with S-/P-Donor Atoms: An Advanced Multiweek Research Discovery Experiment for the Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory. Journal of Chemical Education. 100 (1) 289–297. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c00288
• Bodenstedt, K., Fripp, J.L., Li, S., Lu, Z., Omary, M.A., Atkinson, M.B. (2022). Luminescence Screening of Copper and Gold Mixed Ligand Complexes with S-/P-Donor Atoms: An Advanced Multiweek Research Discovery Experiment for the Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory. Journal of Chemical Education. 100 (1) 289–297. American Chemical Society and Division of Chemical Education, Inc.. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c00288
• Rosa, V., States, N.E., Corrales, A., Nguyen, Y., Atkinson, M. (2022). Relevance and Equity: Should Stoichiometry be the Cornerstone of Introductory Chemistry Courses?. Chemistry Education Research and Practice. 23 662-685. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2022/RP/D1RP00333J
• Atkinson, M.B., Lowery Bretz, S. (2021). Measuring Changes in Undergraduate Chemistry Students’ Reasoning with Reaction Coordinate Diagrams: A Longitudinal, Multi-institution Study. Journal of Chemical Education. 98 (4) 1064-1076. American Chemical Society. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c01419
• Atkinson, M.B., Croisant, M., Lowery Bretz, S. (2020). Investigating first-year undergraduate chemistry students’ reasoning with reaction coordinate diagrams when choosing among particulate-level reaction mechanisms. Chemistry Education Research and Practice. 22 199-213. Royal Society of Chemistry. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2021/RP/D0RP00193G
• Atkinson, M.B., Popova, M., Croisant, M., Lowery Bretz, S. (2020). Development of the Reaction Coordinate Diagram Inventory: Measuring Student Thinking and Confidence. Journal of Chemical Education. 97 (7) 1841-1851. American Chemical Society. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.9b01186
• Atkinson, M.B., Krishnan, S., McNeil, L.A., Luft, J.A., Pienta, N.J. (2020). Constructing Explanations in an Active Learning Preparatory Chemistry Course. Journal of Chemical Education. 97 (3) 626-634. American Chemical Society. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.jchemed.9b00901
• Tang, H., Day, E.L., Atkinson, M.B., Pienta, N.J. (2018). GrpString: An R Package for Analysis of Groups of Strings. The R Journal. 10 (1) 359-369. https://journal.r-project.org/archive/2018/RJ-2018-002/index.html

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Grant - Research

• Atkinson, M.B. (Principal), Corrales, A. (Co-Principal), Weber, R. (Co-Principal), "Equitable or Not? Assessment of the Current Pathways to Foster Transfer from Two-to Four-Year Institutions in Chemistry," sponsored by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Private, $74737 Funded. (2022 - 2024).
• Atkinson, M.B. (Principal), Corrales, A. (Co-Principal), Weber, R.J. (Co-Principal), "Creating equitable Pathways to STEM graduate Education," sponsored by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Private, $75000 Funded. (2022 - 2023).