Pamela Brown

Contact

718.260.5560

Academic Interests

I am interested in educational research, Chemistry] and [Chemical Engineering]educ

Positions

Interim Provost and VP for Academic Affairs., Provost’s Office, New York City College of Technology

Education

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Polytechnic University (now NYU Tandon School of Engineering), Brooklyn, N.Y.

S.M., Chemical Engineering Practice, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA,

B.S., Chemistry, summa cum laude, State University of New York at Albany (now University at Albany – SUNY), Albany, N.Y.

Publications

1.     With Juanita But. (2020). READ: A Strategy-Based Approach to Disciplinary Literacy. Book Chapter in, “Teaching College-Level Disciplinary Literacy: Strategies and Practices in STEM and Professional Studies. Juanita C. But, editor. Palgrave McMillan. DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-39804-0. ISBN: 978-3-030-39803-3. eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-39804-0

2.     Sheila I Barron, Pamela Brown, Tammie Cumming, Michelle Mengeling. (2020).”The Impact of Undergraduate Research and Student Characteristics on Student Success Metrics at an Urban, Minority Serving, Commuter, Public Institution,” Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Vol. 20, No. 1. https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/josotl

3.    Liana Tsenova, Urmi Ghosh-Dastidar, Arnavaz Taraporevala, Aionga Pereira-Edwards, Pamela Brown (2019). Study of Healthcare-Associated Infections and Multi-Drug Resistance in Brooklyn: An Integrative Approach. Science Education & Civic Engagement: An International Journal, Vol. 11, Issue 2, 22-29. http://new.seceij.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/SECEIJSummer2019_r5.pdf

4.    Mazumdar, Rebecca, Benakli, Nadia and Brown, Pamela (2019). “Teaching with Technology: Using a Virtual Learning Community to Create an Interdisciplinary Intervention.” Science Education & Civic Engagement: An International Journal. Vol. 11, Issue 1. http://new.seceij.net/articletype/winter-2019-from-the-editors/

5.    Mendoza, B., Sairitupa, M. & Brown, P. (2017). “Incorporating Undergraduate Research Experiences in an Engineering Technology Curriculum,” Proceedings of the 2017 mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference. MSU. April 7-8, 2017.

6.    But, J., Brown, P. & Smyth, D. (2017). “Reading Effectively Across the Disciplines (READ): A Strategy to Improve Student Success,” InSight: A Journal of Scholarly Teaching, Vol. 12, Fall 2017. http://insightjournal.park.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Volume-12-FINAL.pdf  

7.    Brown, P., Cumming, T., Pasley, J. (2017). “Incorporation and Evaluation of Authentic Research Experiences into the Curriculum through Development of a Theory of Action,” Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, Vol. 1, No. 1, 28-38. http://www.cur.org/publications/SPUR/

8.    Eggers-Piérola, C., August, B., Scott, C. P., Brown, P., & Lansiquot, R. D. (2016). Promoting an interdisciplinary campus culture. In R. D. Lansiquot (Ed.), Technology, theory, and practice in interdisciplinary STEM programs: Connecting STEM and non-STEM approaches. New York: Palgrave

9.    Committee member, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (2016). Barriers and Opportunities for 2-Year and 4-Year STEM Degrees Systemic Change to Support Diverse Student Pathways. Committee on Barriers and Opportunities in Completing 2-Year and 4-Year STEM Degrees, Board on Science Education and Board on Higher Education and the Workforce. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

10. Brown, P., Kahrobaei, D. “Metropolitan Mentors: Building a Network of Women in Mathematics and Computer Science across New York City: The New York City College of Technology, CUNY, Workshop.” Book chapter in, “Forward to Professorship in STEM: Inclusive Faculty Development Strategies that Work.” (2015). Mavriplis, C. and Heller, R., eds. Elsevier Publishing. ISBN: 978-0-12-800855-3

11. “If At First You Don’t Succeed, Don’t Give Up On Your Dreams…” Book chapter in, “Mom the Chemistry Professor: Personal Accounts and Advice from Chemistry Professors who are Mothers,” (2018 – DOI 978-3-319-78972-9_5, © 2018 ); (2014-DOI 978-3-319-06044-6_2, © 2014). Renee Cole, Cecilia Marzabadi, Gail Hartmann Webster, Kimberly A. Woznack, editors.Springer Publishing. ISBN-10: 3319060430

12. “Implementation of a Program for Mentoring Students in a Two-Year Chemical Technology Program by an Alumni Enrolled in Graduate School.” Journal of Chemical Education. Feb. 2014. DOI: 10.1021/ed400592w

13. with Maura Borrego, “Engineering efforts and opportunities in the National Science Foundation’s Math and Science Partnerships (MSP) program” Journal of Technology Education, spring 2013, 24(2), 41-54. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JTE/v24n2/

14. with Heather Brown, “Lessons from the past – economic and technological impacts of U.S. energy policy,” Science Education and Civic Engagement: An International Journal; 3:2 Summer 2011. http://www.seceij.net/seceij/summer11/index.html

15. with S. Dexter, A. Rich, V. Ong (students), “Kinetics and purification of microwave induced and conventional synthesis of 3-methylbutylacetate (banana oil) and ethyl acetate,” Journal of Undergraduate Chemistry Research, 2005,4,141

16. “Chemical technology and research – strategies that work,” CTL Clearinghouse, http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/l/acsdisplay.html?docDOC=education%5ctechnicinas, accessed 12/20/05 (invited author)

17. “General Chemistry I Laboratory Experiments”, McGraw-Hill Custom Publishing, NY, NY, 2003 (ISBN 0072948531)

18. “Understanding solubility through Excel spreadsheets,” Journal of Chemical Education, Vol. 78, No. 2, February, 2001, 268-270

19. “General Chemistry II Laboratory Experiments “, McGraw-Hill Custom Publishing, NY, NY, 2000 (ISBN 0072454474)

20. with L.S. Reich, “Applications of spreadsheets in titrations, Part 3:”, American Laboratory, Nov. 1996

21. “Integrating new separations technologies into the undergraduate curriculum,” Chemical Engineering Education, Vol. 30, No. 3, 1996

“Children and career”; Woman Engineer; Spring 1995, p.53

22.   “Design of a pilot plant to leach platinum from catalytic converters“, Chemical Engineering Education, 1994, Vol. 28, No. 4, p. 266 

23.  with A. Myerson and M. Marquering, “The purification of terephthalic acid by crystal aging”; Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 1990, Vol. 29, No. 10, p.2089

24.  with A. Myerson, “The growth, dissolution and aging of terephthalic acid crystals”; AICHE J., 1989, 35, p.1749