PLEASE NOTE
My last day at Miami University was Thursday, June 15, 2023.
I now serve as the Dean for The Getty College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio Northern University in Ada, OH.
I can be reached via email at bretzsl@onu.edu and via telephone at 419.772.2130.
My website has relocated to sites.google.com/onu.edu/bretzsl.
External Funding
Ward, R.M.; Diekman, A.; Yezierski, E.J.; Bretz, S.L. “IGE: Interdisciplinary STEM Graduate Student Learning Communities,” NSF-DGE-IGE Program Award #1806664; September 1, 2018 – August 31, 2022; $433,997
Bretz, S.L. "Measuring Chemistry Students' Understandings of Multiple External Representations through Cluster Analysis," NSF-DUE-IUSE Program Award #1432466; August 15, 2014 - July 31, 2022; $1,277,405
Bretz, S.L. “Measuring Misconceptions about Multiple Representations,” Volwiler Family Endowment Fund, Miami University, $160,397, July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2015.
Bretz, S.L. "Chemistry Education Research Doctoral Fellows Program," NSF-DRL-DRK-12 Program Award #0733642, $1,312,497, September 1, 2007 - August 31, 2014.
Bretz, S.L.; Brandriet, A.R. “Student Misconceptions about Redox Reactions,” NSF-Graduate Research Fellowship, $121,500; June 1, 2011 - May 31, 2014. (Allie was the first graduate student in the U.S. to ever earn this prestigious award for Chemistry Education Research!)
Makaroff, C.; Bretz, S.L. "S-STEM Scholarships to Recruit and Retain Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry Majors," NSF-DUE- S-STEM Program Award #0728614, $576,078, September 15, 2007 - August 31, 2013.
Bretz, S.L. "A Model for Data-Driven Reform in Chemistry Education," NSF-DUE-CCLI Program Award #0817297, $70,830, September 15, 2008 - February 15, 2011 (in collaboration with Tom Holme, Melanie Cooper, Jennifer Lewis, and Marcy Towns Award #0817409, $306,736; Ron Stevens Award #0817257, $60,572; Norbert Pienta, Award #0817279, $60,806; and Angelica Stacy, Award #0817594, $26,026)
Bretz, S.L. "Learning in the Chemistry Laboratory: Exploring the Gap between Student and Faculty Goals for Meaningful Learning," NSF-DUE-CCLI Program Award #0536776, $87,072, May 1, 2006 - April 30,2009 (in collaboration with Marcy Towns, Award #0536127, $42,928)
Bretz, S.L. "CHEMX: Assessing Cognitive Expectations for Learning Chemistry," NSF-DUE-CCLI-ASA (Assessing Student Achievement) Program, Award #0626027, $113,012, July 1, 2004 - June 30, 2008.
Bretz, S.L.; Uludag, N.; Winslow, J. "The Science and Literature Connection Project," Martha Holden Jennings Foundation, $3000, March 1, 2006 - June 30, 2007.
Bretz, S.L. "2005 Chemistry Education Research and Practice Gordon Conference," NSF-CHEM and NSF-DUE, Special Programs Award #0443790, $20,000, October 1, 2004 - September 30, 2005.
Bretz, S.L. "An Innovative Approach to Professional Development for High School Chemistry Teachers: A New Kind of Master's Degree," U.S. Department of Education, Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE), $332,990, October 1, 2001 - September 30, 2005.
Bretz, S.L.; Lovelace-Cameron, S. "Inquiry Matters: Incorporating Inquiry into Teaching Physical Science," Title II Improving Teacher Quality Program #03-53, Ohio Board of Regents, $87,936, April 1, 2004 - May 31, 2005
Bretz, S.L.; Lovelace-Cameron, S. "Inquiry Matters: Incorporating Inquiry into Teaching Physical Science," Title II Improving Teacher Quality Program #02-45, Ohio Board of Regents, $117,398, April 1, 2003 - May 31, 2004
Bretz, S.L. "Collaborative Investigations for Learning Chemistry: Pre-service Teachers and Learning through Inquiry," Ohio Board of Regents, $9,000, June 1, 2001 - February 28, 2002