It's finally here! Here's my introduction thread for #BlackInChemRollcall
I'm Dr. Theresa Gaines (she/her) and I'm an organic chemist interested in chemistry education research. I'm an assistant professor at Delta State University.
#BlackInOrganic #BlackInCER #BlackInChem
I'm Dr. Theresa Gaines (she/her) and I'm an organic chemist interested in chemistry education research. I'm an assistant professor at Delta State University.
#BlackInOrganic #BlackInCER #BlackInChem
I started developing my own organic chemistry-based card games to help my students more effectively use their flashcards and started my own company: Big Magnet Games ( http://www.bigmagnetgames.com )
I am an amateur cheesemaker and have made a variety of different cheeses over the past six years. I make (and age) all of these at home! I've been branching out to use my #cheesemaking hobby as a platform for science communication. #scicomm
Chemistry is the foundation of cheesemaking. Many people enjoy cheese so much that they are excited to learn the chemistry behind the process. My primary audience so far has been viewers on Twitch, where I usually stream organic chemistry office hours. http://twitch.tv/gathwaegl
Cheese streams have been a lot of fun and wonderful opportunity to introduce non-scientists to intermolecular interactions. I'm excited to host more cheese streams and to make cheeses live on stream from start to finish with the community! Our first cheese will be Butterkäse.
If you are interested in using Twitch as a platform to stream EDU content, check out @TheKnowledgeFe1! They are a great community that I'm proud to belong to.
I'm so excited about this week, y'all.
#blackinchem
I'm so excited about this week, y'all.

#blackinchem