Oral Presentations

Burrows, N. L. “Beyond the Bench: A Qualitative Journey into Upper-Level Undergraduates' Perspectives on Oral Summative Assessments in Laboratory Education” Presented at Townsfest by the Royal Chemistry Society, Cardiff, Jan 2024 (Invited Talk)

Burrows, N. L.Unveiling the Tapestry of Oral Assessment in Labs: A Phenomenological Exploration into Upper-Level Undergraduate Experiences” Presented at University of Minnesota Duluth, Dulth, MN, Dec 2023 (Invited Talk)

Burrows, N. L.Visualizing Knowledge: Enhancing STEM Education with Concept Mapping” Presented at Clemson University, Clemson, SC, Oct 2023 (Invited Talk)

Burrows, N.L.; Pazicni, S; and Hansen, S. “Mentorship Component: Mentorship and Career Panel.” Presented at Gordan Research Seminar, Bates College, Lewiston, ME, July 2023 (Panelist)

 

Burrows, N. L.Alternative teaching methods and assessments in undergraduate chemistry courses.” Presented at University of North Texas, Denton, TX, Dec 2022

Burrows, N.L. “Exploring student perspectives of the flipped classroom pre-class video.” Presented at the Biennial Conference on Chemistry Education, West Lafayette, IN, August 2022

Burrows, N.L.A Non-traditional Assessment in a Biochemistry Laboratory” Presented at University of Michigan Chem|Unity, St. Arbor, Michigan, April 2022 (Invited Talk)

Burrows, N.L. “Investigating the Phenomenon of Oral Assessments in a Biochemistry Laboratory” Presented at University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, March 2022 (Invited Talk)

Burrows, N.L.Women in STEM Panel: The science of self care” Presented at ASU Virtual STEM conference, Albany State University, Albany, GA, Feb 2022 (Panelist)

Burrows, N.L. The introduction of gamification in the chemistry classroom” Presented at The Best of ChemEd 2021 Conference, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, July 2021 (Invited Talk)

Burrows, N.L. “Investigating the phenomenon of Oral Assessments in a Biochemistry Laboratory” Presented at Portland State University, Portland, OR, February 2021 (Invited Talk)

Burrows, N.L. “A Phenomenology study of an interview-style undergraduate laboratory assessment” Presented at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, November 2020 (Invited Talk)

Burrows, N.L.Student experiences and alternative assessments in the lab” Presented at Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA, September 2020 (Invited Talk)

Nikita presenting at NOBCChE Henry McBay  Outstanding Educator Award session

Nikita presenting at NOBCChE Henry McBay  Outstanding Educator Award session

Burrows, N. L. and Mooring, S.R. Describing Student Experiences in a Project-Based Organic Chemistry Laboratory ?” Presented at 253rd American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition, San Francisco, CA, April 2017

Burrows, N. L. and Mooring, S.R. How do students experience a project-based lab?” Presented at National Organization of Black Chemist and Chemical Engineers Annual Conference, Raleigh, NC, November 2016

Burrows, N. L. and Mooring, S. R.  Organic Chemistry student’s perspectives on a project-based lab.” Presented at the Biennial Conference on Chemistry Education, Greeley, CO, July 2016

Burrows, N. L. and Mooring, S.R. Student learning outcomes for an O-Chem project-based lab.” Presented at National Organization of Black Chemist and Chemical Engineers Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, September 2015

Burrows, N. L. and Mooring, S. R. “The Concept Map Connection: An investigation of the information obtained from concept maps.” Presented at the Biennial Conference on Chemistry Education, Allendale, MI, August 2014


Poster Presentations

Presented at CLEAR22 conference by Jaimy Joji

2022 - Present

Joji, Jaimy and Burrows, N.L. “Alternative Assessment to Lab Reports: Undergraduate Biochemistry Students’ Perceptions of Interview Assessment.” Presented at The Chemistry Laboratory: Evaluation, Assessment & Research Symposium, Virtual, April 2022


2016

Burrows, N. L. and Mooring, S. R. “Project-based laboratory curriculum designed through a cognitive apprenticeship framework.” Presented at the Biennial Conference on Chemistry Education, Greenly, CO, July 2016

Burrows, N. L. and Mooring, S. R. “Student perspective of an organic chemistry project-based lab.” Presented at the Molecular Basis of Disease Research Day, Atlanta, GA, May 2016

Burrows, N. L. and Mooring, S. R. “A project-based lab by cognitive apprenticeship design.” Presented at the Conference on Scholarly Teaching, Atlanta, GA, April 2016

Burrows, N. L. and Mooring, S.R. “Independence: The latent learning outcome of a project-based lab.” Presented at the Graduate Student Symposium, Atlanta, GA, March 2016

Burrows, N. L. and Mooring, S. R. “A project-based lab designed through a cognitive apprenticeship framework.” Presented at the Fifth Annual UGA STEM Institute on Teaching and Learning, Athens, GA, February 2016


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Presentation at the Conference on Scholarly Teaching in 2016

Presentation at the Conference on Scholarly Teaching in 2016


2014 - 2015

Mooring, S. R. and Burrows N. L. “Perceptions of students regarding a project-based undergraduate laboratory.” Presented at the Gordon Research Conference: Chemistry Education Research and Practice, Lewiston, Maine, June 2015

Burrows, N.L. and Mooring, S. R. “Student learning outcomes for an organic chemistry project-based lab.” Presented at the Molecular Basis Disease Research Day, Atlanta, GA, June 2015

Burrows, N. L. and Mooring, S. R. “Investigating the impact of project-based chemistry lab activities on student motivation and persistence.” Presented at the Graduate Student Symposium, Atlanta, GA, March 2015   

Burrows, N. L. and Mooring, S. R. “Concept Connection: An investigation on the information obtained from concept maps.” Presented at National Organization of Black Chemist and Chemical Engineers Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, September 2014

Burrows, N. L. and Mooring, S. R. “Investigating the impact of project-based chemistry lab activities on student motivation and persistence.” Presented at the Biennial Conference on Chemistry Education, Grand Rapids, MI, July 2014


2012-2013

Burrows, N. L. and Mooring, S. R. “Organic chemistry students' knowledge structures of fundamental general chemistry topics: Lewis structure and bonding.” Presented at Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Atlanta, GA, November 2013

Burrows, N. L. and Mooring, S. R. “Student understanding of general chemistry and their success in organic chemistry.” CER Graduate Student Conference, Oxford, OH, April 2013

Burrows, N. L. and Ward, K. “An investigation on the anti-bacterial effects of Aloe vera, Cerasee, Gale of Wind and Fever Grass.” Presented at the Council of Undergraduate Research (CUR) Conference 2012, Ewing, NJ, June 2012

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