Rachel Angela Jameton

Curriculum Vitae, 2006

 

 

 

TEACHING POSITIONS

 

Assistant professor of Natural Science 

2003-present

Lewis-Clark State College

 

Visiting faculty in chemistry                           

2001 - 2003

The Evergreen State College

 

Part-time physics instructor

1999-2001

Realms of Inquiry Highschool, Salt Lake City UT

 

Physics/chemistry teacher                                    

1994-1996

Lycee Amadou Kouran Daga, Zinder Niger (Peace Corps)

 

 

EDUCATION

 

Doctoral degree                        December 2001 University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

in chemistry                              Dissertation: Oxidations Mediated by Biologically Relevant Complexes of Manganese

                                                Advisor: Dr. Cynthia J. Burrows

Bachelor of arts                        Spring 1993 Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA

in chemistry                              Honors thesis: Synthesis and Bioassay of Indole-3-Acetylcholine and 1-Napthylacetylcholine

Advisor: Dr. Phyllis Leber

 

 

RESEARCH

 

 

Anti-malarial natural products –

three research students                                                                         2004-present

Hespiridin and edema treatment-

one research student                                                                             2004-present

Natural products organic teaching lab                                                    2003-present

Closed-Loop organic lab development                                                  2003-2004

 

 

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND ASSESSMENT

 

Redesign of introductory and core chemistry                                         spring 2007

Development of a capstone chemistry laboratory                                   fall 2006

WebCT 6.0 training                                                                             fall 2006

Coordinator of assessment of core lab sciences                                    2005

Participant in assessment of NS150/350/351                                        2005

NCATE natural science assessment                                                      2004-2006

NS/HUM 350: Science, Lit and Ethics with Jim Tarter                          2004

Development of Natural Products organic chemistry lab

with Jacob Hornby                                                                               2003-present

Pre-professional education (ACS workshop)                                        2003-2004

 

 

SERVICE

 

DONSAM chair selection committee                                                    fall 2006

Administrative affairs committee                                                            2006-present

Co-chair of student affairs committee                                                    2006-2007

Faculty advisor for the Ambassador Club                                             2006-present

Faculty senate                                                                                      2005-present

Student affairs committee                                                                      2005-2006

Laboratory safety committee                                                                2005-present

MLH renovation committee                                                                  2004-present

Alternate member to the Hearing Board                                                2005-2007

Member of Keegan Schmidt's tenure committee                                    fall 2005

Promotion Criteria Committee                                                               spring 2005

Chair of individual tenure committee for Tris Utschig                              spring 2005

General Education committee                                                                2004-2005

Stockroom manager liaison                                                                   Fall 2004-present

Biochemistry and Analytical chemistry search committee                        2004

Lab renovation grant writing project                                                      2003-present  

Chemistry/biology club advisor                                                              2003-present

Search committee: stockroom manager, hired George Johnson              summer 2004

Writing Across the Curriculum Committee                                             2003-2005   

Natural Science Advisory Committee                                                    2003-2004

Committee on Assessing Complex Knowing                                          2002-2003              

 

 

COMMUNITY SERVICE

 

Jack O'Connor Center grant writing committee                                      Summer 2005-present

Chemistry Merit Badge Counselor                                                        2006

Coordinator for outreach day for Clarkston Highschool

students (with Denise Shriver)                                                               May 2005                   

Coordinator for Lewiston Gifted and Talented Program            

outreach                                                                                               April 2005, 2006

Lab coordinator – Forensics workshop                                                 Oct. 2004       

Organizer of ACS outreach day for 150 area gradeschool

students                                                                                                Oct. 2004

Clarkston highschool lab chemistry lab coordinator (with

Kelly Brady)                                                                                         Spring 2004-present

Lab coordinator for Lewiston Gifted and Talented program                   Spring 2004, 2005

Judge for Clarkston highschool science presentations                             Spring 2004

Peace Corps presenter                                                                         Feb. 2004

Faculty panel for orientation                                                                  Jan. 2004

Lab coordinator – Forensics workshop                                                 Oct. 2003

Chemistry instructor for Reservation-Based Program                             2002-2003

Physics teacher, Realms of Inquiry Highschool SLC, UT                       1999-2001

 

 

 

GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS and AWARDS

 

HP technology grant "Redesigning pre-nursing and pre-medical course to include relevant technology," February 2007, $25000

LC Technology grant "Computer and software for molecular modeling," January 2007, $3400

NSF Informal Science Education (not funded) Connecting virtual reality to physical reality in Hells Canyon Sept 2006, $500,000

INBRE course release for development of a chemistry capstone laboratory Fall 2006

Trio Student Appreciation Award 2005-2006

Technology grant "Second floor MLH portable computer, screen, projector and smartboard," February 2006, $3400

INBRE course release for research Fall 2005

Faculty development grant "Implementation and Assessment of WebAssign", February 2005 $950.00

Faculty development grant  “Travel to the American Chemical Society Meeting in Anaheim, CA.”, April 2004  $795.35.

Submitted: EPSCoR February 2004 

Idaho INBRE  2004-2009 $800,000.00

Idaho BRIN course release spring 2004

NSF grant URC January 2004 (not funded): Undergraduate Research Centers

Faculty development grant “Bioassay-driven isolation and characterization of natural products from native Northern Idaho plants”, December 2003, $2000.00

Dreyfus September 2003 (not funded): Water remediation by cyclodextrin derivatives

EPA STAR Fellowship to “encourage promising students to obtain advanced degrees and pursue careers in environmentally related fields”, 1998-2001, $90,0000.00

NIH Biochemistry Training Grant for cross-training between biological and chemical sciences, 1997-1998, $30,000.00

Theodore Alexander Saulnier Chemistry Prize for an unusually searching mind, 1993

Fred A. Snavely Research Award for dedication in research, 1993

Departmental honors, 1993

Hackman Scholar summer research grant recipient, 1990-93

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

Jameton RA, Muller JG, Burrows CJ, "Oxidative DNA damage from sultite autoxidation catalyzed by manganese(III)," Comptes Rendus Chimie 2002, 5, 461-466.

 

K. Weitzerbin, J.G. Muller, R.A. Jameton, G. Pratviel, J. Bernadou, B. Meunier, C.J. Burrows, “Hydroxylation, Epoxidation and DNA Cleavage Reactions Mediated by the Biomimetic MnTMPyP/O­2/Sulfite Oxidation System,” Inorg. Chem. 1999, 38, 4312 –4128.

 

B.A. Bozso, R.A. Fluck, R.A. Jameton, P.A. Leber, J.G. Varnes, "A Versatile and Efficient Methodology for the Preparation of Choline Ester Auxin Conjugates," Phytochemistry 1995, 40, 1027-1031.

 

S. Ballal, R. Ellias, R. Fluck, R. Jameton, P. Leber, R. Lirio, D. Salama, "The Synthesis and Bioassay of Indole-3-acetylcholine," Plant Physiol. Biochem. 1993, 31, 249-255.

 

 

TALKS

 

August 11, 2006 INBRE conference, Coeur D'Alene, ID Teaching laboratory skills through natural products chemistry

June 16, 2005

American Chemical Society Division of Chemical Education

Fairbanks, AK

Development, implementation and assessment of a semester-long independent laboratory experience for undergraduate organic chemistry students

March 30, 2004

American Chemical Society Division of Chemical Education

Anaheim, CA

Applying an informal education approach to teaching pre-professionals

March 3, 2004

Astronomy Club, LCSC

How do we know what stars are made of?

February 3, 2004

Women in Science
Randall Seminar Series Spring 2004

University of Idaho

Teaching scientific process through green chemistry

 

 

CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS and POSTERS

 

INBRE conference August 2006 Coeur D'Alene, ID
INBRE conference August 2005 Nampa, ID

American Chemical Society

July 2005 Fairbanks, AK

Idaho Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network (BRIN) research conference

August 2004 Pocatello, ID

Environmental Science Education: Pedagogy, Curricula and Funding (NSF workshop)

August 2004 San Diego, CA

American Chemical Society

March 2004 Anaheim, CA

Green chemistry in education (NSF workshop)

August 2003 Eugene, OR

West Coast Education for Sustainability Network

October 2002 Eugene, OR

Washington College Chemistry Teachers Association

October 2002  Leavenworth, WA

17th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education

July 2002 Bellingham, WA

EPA STAR Graduate Fellowship Conference

Biologically Relevant Complexes Formed from Products of Combustion and Metabolism of MMT and Their Reactivity with Biomolecules

July 2001 Washington DC

Gordon Research Conference Graduate Research Seminar: Bioinorganic Chemistry

A Novel Manganese Schiff-base Peptide Complex Acts as a SOD Mimic

 Jan. 2001 Ventura, CA

Mountain West Society of Toxicology, (Inhalation Toxicology)

Identification of Reactive Intermediates in DNA Damage Mediated by Sulfite and Manganese

September 2001 Snowbird, UT

EPA STAR Graduate Fellowship Conference

A Novel Manganese Schiff-base Peptide Complex

July 2000 Washington DC

NIH Training Grant Retreat

Damage to DNA and DNA monomers mediated by non-enzymic biological complexes of Mn(II)/Mn(III) and environmentally available oxidant systems 

May 2000  Snowbird, UT

 

Gordon Research Conference Graduate  Research Seminar: Bioinorganic Chemistry

Jan. 2000 Ventura, CA

 

 

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

 

American Chemical Society

Environmental toxicology and chemistry

 

Last updated: 2/14/07