Director, The Teaching Center, Washington University (2002-present)
Senior Lecturer, Chemistry, Washington University (2000-present)
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email
(314) 935-7474
Education and Training
Postdoctoral fellow, Indiana University (1986-1988)
Ph.D., physical chemistry, University of Utah (1986)
B.S., summa cum laude, chemistry and mathematics, Clarion State University (1982)
Previous Employment
Assistant Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, Washington University (1999-2002)
Lecturer, Chemistry, Washington University (1994-1999)
Application Support Specialist, Biosym Technologies, Inc. (1992-1994)
Scientific Support Specialist, IBM (1989-1992)
Awards
Who’s Who Among American Teachers (2005, 2006)
Arts & Sciences Dean’s Award, Washington University (2005)
Freshman Favorite Award, Washington University (2002)
Technical Computing Systems Department Award, IBM (1989, 1990, 1991)
One Hundred Percent Club, IBM (1991)
Current Duties
Director, The Teaching Center
Instructor, General Chemistry lecture course (Chem 111A)
Co-Instructor, peer-leader training course (GEST 275, SAM) for peer-led, team-learning groups
Co-Instructor (with Dr. B. Baumgartner), Women in Science focus course
Four-Year Academic Advisor
Pedagogical Scholarship
Development of new pedagogical methods, including those that utilize instructional technology and collaborative learning.
Research Background
Quantum chemistry, study of clusters and molecules exhibiting the dynamic Jahn-Teller effect. Molecular dynamics of gas-phase clusters. (see Additional Publications, below)
Selected Publications
R. E. Davis, R. Frey, M. Sarquis, and J. L. Sarquis. Modern Chemistry. Austin: Holt, Rinehart, and Wilson (2006).
S. C. Hockings, K. J. DeAngelis, and R. F. Frey, Journal of Chemical Education, 85, 990, 2008. "Peer-Led Team Learning in General Chemistry: Implementation and Evaluation."
C. Herman, R. E. Casiday, R. K. Deppe, M. Gilbertson, W. M. Spees, D. Holten, and R. F. Frey, Journal of Chemical Education, 82, 1871, 2005. "Interdisciplinary, Application-Oriented Tutorials: Design, Implementation, and Evaluation."
R. Frey, S. Hockings, L. Kuehne, and J. Woods, Progressions: Peer-Led Team Learning, Fall 2004, vol. 6 (1), 3-4. “Peer Leader Training at Washington University.”
R.E. Cassidy, D. Holten, and R.F. Frey, Journal of Chemical Education, 78, 1210, 2001. "Blood-chemistry tutorials: Teaching Biological Applications of General-Chemistry Material."
M.J. Donlin, R. F. Frey, C. Putnam, J. Proctor, and J. K. Bashkin, Journal of Chemical Education, 75, 437, 1998. "Analysis of Iron in Ferritin, the Iron-storage Protein: A General Chemistry Experiment."