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At present my teaching duties include the first-year chemistry courses for the engineering, applied chemistry and biology, and public health and nutrition programs (CHY-102, CHY-103, and CHY-104 respectively.) While all of these courses have a similar goal, that is, to build a foundation of basic chemical knowledge, they differ in mode of presentation and level of difficulty. These differences reflect the varying abilities of students in each program and the chemical knowledge that the students require to carry on in their respective programs and careers.
Together with Drs. Chris Evans, Stephen Wylie and Darrick Heyd, I am also teaching a fourth-year elective in materials chemistry.

My current areas of interest are chemical education and inorganic chemistry. With regards to chemical education I am interested in the application of new instructional technologies and how they can be effectively incorporated into the chemistry curriculum. My interest in inorganic chemistry spans a variety of topics but focuses on conducting materials and supramolecular chemistry.

T. M. Barclay, A. W. Cordes, N. A. George, R. C. Haddon, M. E. Itkis, and R. T. Oakley. "A bimodal dithiadiazolyl diradical: Crystal structure and magnetic properties of the 2,2-dimethylbiphenylene bridged derivative." Chem. Commun., 2269-2270 (1999).

T. M. Barclay, A. W.Cordes, N. A. George, R. C. Haddon, M. E. Itkis, M. S. Mashuta, R. T. Oakley, G. W. Patenaude, R. W. Reed, J. F. Richardson and H. Zhang. "Redox, Magnetic and Structural Properties of 1,3,2-Dithiazolyl Radicals. A Case Study on the Ternary Heterocycle S3N5C4." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 120, 352-360 (1998).

T.M. Barclay, A.W. Cordes, N.A. George, R.C. Haddon, R.T. Oakley, G.W. Patenaude, R.W. Reed and H. Zhang. "Molecular Materials from 1,3,2?Dithiazolyls. Solid State Structures and Magnetic Properties of 2,3-Naphthalene and Quinoxaline Derivatives." J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 873-874 (1997).