The Long and Winding Road

Abstract

I can’t remember a time during my precollege education when I didn’t think that teaching would be a great profession for me. I was always the kid who enjoyed helping my classmates with their work or the children I babysat with their homework. I also remember getting very frustrated if I didn’t understand something as quickly as I thought I should be able to. I can see all of these traits at play as I’ve made my way from high school through college and graduate school and back to the classroom as a professor.

About the Author

Education and Professional Career

1987:

BS Chemistry Education, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

1990:

MS Analytical Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

1994:

PhD Analytical Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

1994–1996:

Chemistry Instructor, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Durham, NC

1996–1998:

Lecturer and Coordinator of General Chemistry Laboratories, Visiting Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

1999–2000:

Visiting Assistant Professor, University of the Sciences, Philadelphia, PA

2003–2006:

Visiting Assistant Professor, Guilford College, Greensboro, NC

2006–2010:

Assistant Professor, Guilford College, Greensboro, NC

2010:

Associate Professor of Chemistry, Guilford College, Greensboro, NC

2017:

Professor of Chemistry, Guilford College, Greensboro, NC

Gail is an active member of the ACS, currently serving as the chair of the Central North Carolina Section and as a member of the Women Chemists Committee and the Division of Chemical Education. She serves as a facilitator for the Process-Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) Project.