Professor, Inorganic and Materials Chemistry
Year Started at JMU: 2000
reisneba@jmu.edu
Contact Info
Research Description
Dr. Reisner’s interests range from inorganic materials synthesis and characterization to chemistry education research. With the Interactive Online Network of Inorganic Chemists (IONiC), she studies how changes in the classroom affect student learning, interest, and motivation. Education projects in her lab include understanding student conceptions of solid state bonding models and coordination chemistry. Her benchtop chemistry focuses on developing metal organic framework (MOF) – polymer composite materials for water remediation. This project involves both chemical synthesis and materials characterization using a wide array of instrumentation.
Related Scholarship
- Hybrid inorganic-organic frameworks derived from azoles
- Solution-based routes to new materials
- Laboratory development for the undergraduate curriculum
- Understanding the role that faculty practice plays on student learning
Education
- PhD in Chemistry, 1998, University of California, Berkeley
- AB in Chemistry, 1993, Princeton University
Select Publications
- Pratt, J. M.; Stewart, J. L; Reisner, B. A.; Bentley, A. K.; Lin, S.; Smith, S. R.; Raker, J. R. Measuring student motivation in foundation-level inorganic chemistry courses: A multi-institutional study. Chem. Educ. Res. Prac. 2023, 24, 143-160. DOI: 10.1039/D2RP00199C
- Morales, A.; Cooper, N.; Reisner, B.A.; DeVore, T.C. Enthalpies of formation and standard entropies for some potassium Tutton salts. Chem. Thermo. Thermal. Anal. 2022, 8, 100085. DOI: 10.1016/j.ctta.2002.100085
- Reisner, B. A.; Pate, C. L.; Kinkaid, M. M.; Paunovic, D. M.; Pratt, J. M.; Stewart, J. L.; Raker, J. R.; Bentley, A. K.; Lin, S.; Smith, S. R. I’ve been given COPUS (Classroom Observation Protocol for Undergraduate STEM) Data on My Chemistry Class… Now What? J. Chem. Educ. 2020, 97, 1181-1189. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.9b01066
