Overview: At UW Milwaukee Chemistry and Biochemistry majors are required to take at least 2.0 credits of research, although this opportunity is open to other majors as well.

Course Catalog Description: Introduction to chemical research. Independent and original study done under the direction of a staff member; communication of results.

Fall 2026 Course: Our course will meet Fridays 11am-1pm. 

Spring 2027 Course: TBA.

If you are a UWM student that is interested in learning more about how you can earn course credit while engaging in education research, reach out at:

Jon-Marc G. Rodriguez | rodrigjg@uwm

No previous research experience is needed, just curiosity and a willingness to explore how we learn science.

Check out our Projects or previous Publications for more information about the type of research our team conducts. Below is an article that describes the DBER CURE structure in more detail:  

McAfee, S.C., Tomczyk-Schauer, A. R., Johnson Kempinski, L. E., Williamson, T. C., & Rodriguez, J.-M. G. (2024). A graduate-course-based chemistry education research experience: Describing a general model and the project outcomes related to investigating chemistry graduate students’ perceptions of the imposter phenomenon Journal of Chemical Education, 101(12), 5334-5344. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.4c00922