Wiki Page, CHEM 109 General Chemistry I FA20: Meet Your Instructors

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2020-08-17T09:53:46-07:00

Welcome, there are two instructors for this course: Glenn Tinseth and Kimberly N. White. Glenn is teaching the Wednesday lab and Kim is teaching the Monday lab.

Glenn Tinseth

Glenn is a proud graduate of HSU chemistry (go Jacks!) and followed that up with his PhD in physical chemistry at Oregon State University (go Beavs!). He loves to mountain bike and cook and fix things on his 1987 Vanagon Syncro. His wife Romi teaches for the Communication department so if you need to take both speech and chemistry, you can get a matched pair. His daughter Zoe graduated from HSU a year ago, continuing the tradition.

Kimberly N. White, Associate Professor

First off, please call me Kim. My pronouns are she/her/hers. I am super excited to be your general chemistry lab instructor this semester. Other classes that I have taught include organic chemisty and biochemistry and this is my fourth year at HSU. Prior to my teaching at HSU, I taught at Colorado Mesa University, Cabrillo College, and UC Santa Cruz.

I love the outdoors and I am an avid cyclist. I formerly raced road bikes as a crit specialist. I am married and have three children: Isaac (5), Sylvie (2) and Violet (2). A proper work/life balance is very important to me. You will hear me often stress that you too should try to achieve an appropriate balance of school with family, social, personal, and outdoor activities in your own life. If you are happy and energized you do better course work!