Dr. Renée Cole Professor of Chemistry Department of Biochemistry, Chemistry & Physics 415 W. C. Morris  University of Central Missouri Warrensburg, MO U.S.A. Phone:660-543-8704  Email: rcole@ucmo.edu

Renee Cole is a professor of chemistry at the University of Central Missouri. She received a B.A. in Chemistry in 1992 from Hendrix College in Arkansas and a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the University of Oklahoma in 1998. She then went to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to work as a post-doctoral fellow with John W. Moore. While at Wisconsin, she focused on chemical education research projects, studying the impact of computer-based homework and tutorials on student achievement and attitudes. She was also actively involved with the New Traditions project. She is currently an associate professor of chemistry at the University of Central Missouri. She has been actively involved with the physical chemistry on-line (PCOL) consortium and involved with the physical chemistry guided inquiry materials. Her research has focused on the impact of innovative materials on student learning and attitudes. She is co-PI with Juliette Lantz on a recently funded NSF grant to develop POGIL materials for analytical chemistry. She has made many presentations at regional and national meetings concerning her work with PCOL and POGIL. She is currently a member of the steering committees for the POGIL project grant and for the POGIL in large class FIPSE grant.