Gretchen Adams
Program Director, Merit Workshop
Gretchen Adams received her undergraduate degree in Teaching of Chemistry from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) in 1998. She earned her Masters in Science Teaching of Chemistry from UIUC in 1999. She joined the Chemistry Department at UIUC in January 2003. Prior to this, Gretchen taught high school science in Iowa for four years. In addition to teaching chemistry courses with the General Chemistry division, she directs the Chemistry Merit Program for Emerging Scholars and serves as an Academic Advisor.
Research
Gretchen Adams has taught the following courses:
- Chemistry 101, Introductory Chemistry
- Chemistry 108, The Chemistry of Everyday Phenomena
Awards
- 2011 IlliAAC Annual Outstanding Established Program Award
- Alpha Lambda Delta Outstanding Teacher of Freshman Award, 2009
- National Science Foundation STEP Grant, "Merit-Based Immersion Program for Students and Teachers (MIST)", 2007
- The Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc. Special Grant Program Recipient, 2003
- ICES List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students:
- Fall 2004
- Fall 2005
- Spring 2006
- Fall 2006
- Spring 2007
- Fall 2007
- Spring 2008
- Fall 2008
- Spring 2009
- Fall 2009
- Spring 2010
- Fall 2010
- School of Chemical Sciences Excellence in Teaching Award, 1999, 2008
