About Me
Nikita Lauren Burrows is currently an Associate Professor at Monmouth University (MU), specializing in organic chemistry with a focus in chemical education. She completed her Ph.D at Georgia State University (GSU) in the chemical education program after completing her B.Sc. in Biology (minor in Chemistry) at the University of the Bahamas. At GSU she was a Teacher quality fellow in the Bio-bus program as well as a Molecular Basis of Disease (MBD) Fellow.
Since receiving her Ph.D., Nikita started an active research lab at MU centered on understanding the student experience in the chemistry laboratory and alternative assessments for undergraduate students. To learn more about Nikita’s scholarship see her Google Scholar, ResearchGate or click ‘see scholarship’ below. Nikita has served as a Subject Matter Expert for the American Chemical Society and developed laboratory safety training modules for undergraduates.
Outside of scholarship Nikita does consultation and Instructional design for eLearning courses and institutions. Currently, Nikita is very active in the Chemistry Education Research (CER) ACS division (see service below)
Graduate Education
Masters and doctoral
Georgia State University
Nikita received her Ph.D at GSU. Her projects during her years at Georgia State University involved both qualitative and quantitative education based research in chemistry. Some key projects that she worked on in her studies involved: Flipped classrooms, curriculum development, project-based labs, concepts maps for chemistry topics in general chemistry and peer-led team learning.
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY focus in chemical education Ph.D.,
CHEMISTRY M.Sc.,
Advisor
Dr. Suazette Mooring
Activities & Affiliations
American Educational Research Association (National Member)
National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (National Member)
American Chemical Society Division of Chemical Education, ACS (National Member)
Association for Women in Science (National Member)
Undergraduate Education
Baccalaureate
University of the Bahamas
Nikita received her Bachelor of Science degree at the University of the Bahamas (UB), formally known as the College of the Bahamas (COB). Her senior research entitled "An Investigation on the anti-bacterial effects of Momordica charantia, Phyllanthus niruri, Aloe vera, and Cymbopogon citratus" was conducted under the guidance of Dr. Kenya Ward. She was an active member in the tutoring department at UB in addition to other student organizations.
BIOLOGY minor in chemistry B.Sc.,
Research Advisor
Dr. Kenya Ward
Activities & Affiliations
• Tutor for Building Academic Resilience Program
• New student orientation leader