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Dr. Emily Surber

Associate Professor


Office: Lakeview Discovery and Science Center 235E
Chemistry and Physics
College of Arts & Sciences
EmilySurber@clayton.edu
Phone: (678) 466-4795

Biography

Education

Ph D, Chemistry, University of Missouri, 2014

MEd, Education, University of Missouri, 2009

MS, Analytical Chemistry, University of Missouri, 2008

BS, Geology, Missouri State University, 2001

Intellectual Contributions

Emily Ann Surber, Kimesha Brooks, Comparative Effects of Technology and Hands-On Modeling on High School Student Performance in a Biology Classroom, ISTES Organization – 2022

Emily A Surber, Tackling Testing Anxiety, Teaching Professor Annual Collection/MAGNA – August 2018

Emily A Surber, Cassie Lawrimore, Graph It Out! Create Graphing Manipulatives to Explore Evolutionary Selection: A Lesson for High School Biology Students March 2018

Contracts, Grants, and Sponsored Research

John Meyers, Augustine Agyeman, Kelli N. Bain, Drew T Brandon, Aubrey L Dyer, Emily A Surber, Affordable Learning Georgia Textbook Transformation Grant, Affordable Learning Georgia Textbook Transformation Grant, State, 30000, Funded –  June 1 2020 to August 1 2021

Presentations

Kimesha L Brooks, Emily Ann Surber, Comparative Effects of Technology and Hands-On Modeling in a High School Student Performance in a Biology Classroom, International Conference on Humanities, Social and Education Sciences April 2022

Emily A Surber, Reducing Students' Testing Anxiety: A Self-Selected Group Testing Method - Part 2, GSTA 2024 Annual Conference, Georgia State Teachers Association –  February 23 2024

Emily A Surber, Reducing Students' Testing Anxiety: A Self-Selected Group Testing Method, iConSES 2023, International Conference on Social and Education Sciences –  October 21 2023

Emily A Surber, Research a Scientist: Sense-Making in the Post-Secondary Classroom, NSTA Fall 2023 Conference, National Science Teaching Association –  October 28 2023

Service to the University & University System of Georgia

University, University Curriculum Committee, Committee Member –  Fall 2024 to Present

Department, PEPC, Committee Member –  August 18 2014 to Present

University, MAT Task Force, Task Force Member –  August 2014 to Present

Department, Curriculum Committee (Teacher Education), Committee Member –  August 18 2014 to Present

College, A&S Dean's Diversity Initiatives Committee, Committee Member –  Fall 2016 to Spring 2024

Department, Middle Grades Task Force, Committee Member –  August 18 2014 to Spring 2023

Service to the Profession

Member, American Chemical Society August 2006 to Present

Member, National Science Teachers Association August 2009 to Present

Member, Georgia Science Teachers Association Fall 2019 to Present

Teaching Interest

Introductory Chemistry
Science Education (secondary)
Physical Science

Research Interest

science education
science communication
community service