Associate Professor, Departments of Curriculum & Instruction (Graduate College of Education) and Chemistry (College of Science and Mathematics)
Associate Director, Center of Science and Mathematics in Context (COSMIC)
University of Massachusetts, W-4-181, 100 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA 02125
(Phone 617-287-7724; Fax 617-287-5956; Email: hannah.sevian@umb.edu)
1992 Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, Minor: Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1990 M.Phil. Chemical Physics, Columbia University
1988 M.A. Chemical Physics, Columbia University
1987 B.A. Chemistry, summa cum laude, University of Colorado-Boulder
1987 B.S. Chemical Engineering, Minor: Molec, Cell & Devel Bio, Univ of Colorado-Boulder
1995 Teacher Certification (current), MA Professional Certification: 9-12 Chemistry and Physics
2006-present Associate Professor, Departments of Curriculum & Instruction and Chemistry, UMass Boston
2001-2006 Assistant Professor, Departments of Curriculum & Instruction (Graduate College of Education) and Chemistry (College of Science and Mathematics), University of Massachusetts Boston
1999-2001 Visiting Scientist, Materials Science and Engineering, MIT
1996-2001 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Physics Department, Boston University
2001-2002 Science Curriculum Coordinator, Chelsea Public School District, Chelsea, MA
1995-2001 Science Teacher, Chelsea High School, Chelsea, MA
1994-1995 Mathematics Teacher, Woodstock Junior High School, Woodstock, VT
1992-1994 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, Dartmouth College
1987-1992 Graduate Research and Teaching, Columbia University and University of Wisconsin-Madison
Watershed Integrated Science Partnership between UMass-Boston and Local School Districts (WISP-2) (1/06-12/10): Co-PI on $2.0m NSF GK12 Track-2 sustainability project (PI: Robert Chen, UMass Boston).
Boston Science Partnership (9/04-8/09): Principal Investigator, $12.5m NSF Math Science Partnership project to improve science teaching in Boston Public Schools, Northeastern Univ. and UMass Boston.
Boston Science Partnership Supplement (9/06-8/09): Principal Investigator, $712k NSF grant to bring Bunker Hill and Roxbury Community Colleges into the BSP and to study reasons for STEM retention and attrition among all students in public education in Boston grades 11 through college graduation.
Professional Development Institute (6/07-12/07): Principal Investigator, $28k grant from Massachusetts DOE to provide professional development for urban secondary biology teachers and evaluate content and pedagogical knowledge gains.
MolySym (8/07-6/09): Research/evaluation for US-DOE Fast Track Phase I/II SBIR grant to MolySym, Inc. (PI: Keith Donaldson, MolySym).
Cacciatore, K.L.; Amado, J.; Evans, J.; Sevian, H.; Connecting solubility, equilibrium, and periodicity in a green inquiry experiment for the general chemistry laboratory. J. Chem. Educ., 2007, in press.
Sevian, H.; Gonsalves, L.; Analysing how scientists explain their research: A rubric for measuring the effectiveness of scientific explanations. Intl. J. of Sci. Educ., 2007, in press.
Cacciatore, K.L.; Sevian, H.; Teaching lab report writing through inquiry: A green chemistry stoichiometry experiment for general chemistry. J. Chem. Educ., 2006, 83, 1039.
Sevian, H.; Muller, S.; Rudmann, H.; Rubner, M.; Using organic light-emitting electrochemical thin-film devices to teach materials science. J. Chem. Educ., 2004, 81, 1620.
Sevian, H.; Barry, D.; Muller, S.; Chemical Dominoes. In Active Chemistry; Eisenkraft, A., Ed.; It’s About Time Publishing: Armonk, NY, 2006; pp 252-349 (student ed.) and pp 1-222 (teacher ed., vol. 2).
Sevian, H.; Barry, D.; Muller, S.; Cacciatore, K.L.; CSI Chemistry. In Active Chemistry; Eisenkraft, A., Ed.; It’s About Time Publishing: Armonk, NY, 2006; pp 590-673 (student ed.) and pp 1-196 (teacher ed., vol. 3).
Sevian, H.; Barry, D.; Muller, S.; Soap Sense. In Active Chemistry; Eisenkraft, A., Ed.; It’s About Time Publishing: Armonk, NY, 2006; pp 740-839 (student ed.) and pp 347-554 (teacher ed., vol. 3).
Eisenkraft, A.; Freebury, G.; Roeder, J.; Smith, S.; Heltzel, C.; Sevian, H.; Tinnesand, M. Movie Special Effects. In Active Chemistry; Eisenkraft, A., Ed.; It’s About Time Publishing: Armonk, NY, 2006; pp 98-175 (student ed.) and pp 193-390 (teacher ed., vol. 1); and in Active Physical Science; Eisenkraft, A.; Freebury, G., Eds.; It’s About Time Publishing: Armonk, NY, 2003; pp 1-68 (student ed.) and pp 1-246 (teacher ed).
Eisenkraft, A.; Freebury, G.; Roeder, J.; Smith, S.; Heltzel, C.; Sevian, H.; Tinnesand, M. The Periodic Table. In Active Chemistry; Eisenkraft, A., Ed.; It’s About Time Publishing: Armonk, NY, 2006; pp 1-97 (student ed.) and pp 1-192 (teacher ed., vol. 1); and in Active Physical Science; Eisenkraft, A.; Freebury, G., Eds.; It’s About Time Publishing: Armonk, NY, 2003; pp 69-146 (student ed.) and pp 247-474 (teacher ed).
Eisenkraft, A.; Freebury, G.; Roeder, J.; Smith, S.; Heltzel, C.; Sevian, H.; Tinnesand, M. Cool Chemistry Show. In Active Chemistry; Eisenkraft, A., Ed.; It’s About Time Publishing: Armonk, NY, 2006; pp 430-507 (student ed.) and pp 399-588 (teacher ed., vol. 2); and in Active Physical Science; Eisenkraft, A.; Freebury, G., Eds.; It’s About Time Publishing: Armonk, NY, 2003; pp 147-210 (student ed.) and pp 475-678 (teacher ed).
Rudmann, H.; Kaplan, L.; Sevian, H.; Rubner, M.F.; Improved Device Performance of [Ru(bpy)3](PF6)2 Light-Emitting Devices.” Abstr. Pap. –Am. Chem. Soc 2000,. 220, 169.
Rudmann, H.; Kaplan, L.; Sevian, H.; Rubner, M.F.; Polym. Mater. Sci. Eng., 2000, 83, 235.
Sevian, H., Brazhnik, P.K.; Lipson, J.E.G.; Comparison of a Born-Green-Yvon integral equation treatment of a binary polymer blend on a compressible lattice with simulations. J. Chem. Phys.1993, 99, 4112.
Sevian, H.M.; Skinner, J.L.; A molecular theory of inhomogeneous broadening, including the correlation between different transitions, in liquids and glasses” Theoretica Chimica Acta 1992 82, 29.
Sevian, H.M.; Skinner, J.L.; Molecular theory of transition energy correlations for pairs of chromophores in liquids or glasses” J. Chem. Phys.1992, 97, 8.
James L. Skinner, Depts of Chemistry, Columbia Univ. (until 1990) and Univ. of Wisc.-Madison (1990+)
Jane E.G. Lipson, Department of Chemistry, Dartmouth College
Michael Rubner, Department of Materials Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Adapting materials science, chemistry and physics research to develop high school and undergraduate laboratory and teaching curricula that adhere to research in cognitive and brain science, and studying its effectiveness and impact on equity in learning, particularly for underrepresented students; studies of effective instructional practices in science teaching in urban contexts. Studies of pedagogical content knowledge in scientific explanations by experts.
Boston Higher Education Partnership Service Award, for service to Boston Public Schools (2007).
UMass President’s Public Service Award, UMass Boston recipient (2006).
Faculty Appreciation Award, nominated by students, UMass Boston (2004, 2006)
Presidential Award for Excellence in Secondary Science Teaching, Massachusetts Finalist, NSF (2000)
Tandy Technology Award for Excellence in Science Education, Tandy Corp. (1998)
Atlantic Brücke Young Leader, American Council on Germany, invited to represent American education at XIX German-American Marshall Fund Young Leaders Conference, Berlin and Hamburg (1997)
Toyota Tapestry Award for Excellence in Science Teaching, NSTA and Toyota Corporation, award for $10,000 for science demonstrations community outreach program in Chelsea (1997)
Undergraduate Courses Taught: General Chemistry (UMass, 2004-7), Designing Secondary Curriculum (UMass, 2001-7), Physics II (Boston University, 2000)
Graduate Courses Taught (UMass): Designing Secondary Curriculum (2001-6), Science Methods (2002-7), Teacher Research (2007), Student Teacher and In-Service Teacher Supervision (2001-7), Indep. Study: RET MIT/UMass-Boston Collaboration (2002-5), Indep. Study: Science education research projects with Boston teachers (2005-6)
High School Courses Taught (1995-2001): AP Chemistry, AP Physics B, chemistry, physics, general science, Spanish bilingual chemistry, Spanish bilingual environmental science
Postdoctoral Research Associates Supervised: Allison Skerrett (2006-7), Shiqi Hao (2006-present), Soma Chattopadhyay (2007-present)
Graduate Students Supervised: M.Ed.: Sally Rosen (2001-3), Tirzah Deering (2006-present), Amanda Flower (2007-present); M.S. (Chemistry): Muriel Kanter (2001-2); Ph.D. (Chemistry) Kristen Cacciatore (2005-present), Janak Kafle (2006-present)
Undergraduate Students Supervised (University Honors Program thesis): B.S. (Biology): Autumn McEuen (2005-6), Wael Abdrabou (2005-6), Laura Kibuuka (2006-present); B.S. (Engineering): Jose Amado (2004-present); B.S. (Chemistry): Mulbah Zaza (2006-7), Shermel Richardson (2006-7), Veneta Slavova (2007-present); NIH Bridges (Roxbury Community College): Mitzi Sweeney (2007-present)
Science Curriculum Development: Developed science curriculum for Chelsea Public Schools, adopted AY 2002-3.
Reviewer, Journal of Chemical Education (2002-present)
Reviewer, Journal of Research in Science Teaching (2005-present)
Appointment, Review Board, The Science Teacher, National Science Teachers Association (2003-9)
Member, Chancellor’s Strategic Planning Committee on Enrollment, Recruitment & Retention (2006-7)
Member, Graduate Committee, Chemistry Dept (2005-present)
Member, Department Personnel Committee, Dept of Curriculum & Instruction (2002-2007)
Member, UMass-Boston NEASC Re-Accreditation, Programs and Instruction Graduate Subcmte (2003-4)
Chair, Search Committees, Science Education Professor, Grad. College of Educ. (2003-4 and 2004-5)
Co-chair, Curriculum Committee, Teacher Education Pgm, Grad. College of Educ. (2002-2004)
Member, Advisory Board, Massachusetts Girls Collaborative (2005-present)
Member, Advisory Board, Factors Influencing College Science Success (2005-present)
Member, MIT Educational Outreach Committee (2001-present)
Co-Director, Science Fair, Chelsea High School, Coordinated annual fair of 200+ students, several of whom won top prizes at Massachusetts State Fair (1996-2001)
Founder, FIRST Lego League, Middle School Robotics Teams in Chelsea (2000-1)
Team Leader, FIRST Robotics Team, Chelsea High School, Cambridge, MIT, Teradyne, Inc. (1999-2001)
Editor/Publisher, Network of Educators in Science and Technology Newsletter, quarterly (1997-2000)
J. Amado (UMass Boston), D. Barry (Boston Latin Academy, MA), K. Cacciatore (Boston Public Schools), R. Chen (UMass Boston), M. Decker (Boston Public Schools), A. Eisenkraft (UMass Boston), J. Evans (UMass Boston), G. Freebury (Kalispell, MT, Public Schools), L. Gonsalves (UMass Boston), C. Heltzel (ACS, Washington, D.C.), S. Muller (Merrimack, NH, High School), J. Roeder (Calhoun School, NY), M. Rubner (MIT), H. Rudmann (MIT), A. Skerrett (Univ. of Texas, Austin), S. Smith (BSCS, Colorado Springs), M. Tinnesand (ACS., Washington, D.C.), C. Zahopoulos (Northeastern Univ.)
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