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Undergraduate Research Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Northeastern University
Dr. Patricia Ann Mabrouk, SPUR editor-in-chief, is professor of chemistry and chemical biology at Northeastern University in Boston. She earned her AB in chemistry and mathematics from Wellesley College and her PhD in physical chemistry from MIT. Dr. Mabrouk held an NIH postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University before she joined Northeastern University, where her administrative roles have included co-director of undergraduate research and associate dean for academic affairs and faculty affairs for the College of Science. Her research interests encompass pedagogy of undergraduate research, research ethics, active learning methods, mentoring, and green chemistry. Dr. Mabrouk has mentored more than 125 undergraduates and high school students. She served as the editor for two ACS Symposium series volumes and has authored 55 peer-reviewed publications of which 17 were coauthored with undergraduate and high school mentees. Dr. Mabrouk was an associate editor for the Analytical Sciences Digital Library and an Editorial Board member for the Journal of Excellence in College Teaching. For SPUR, she has served as the divisional editor for chemistry and editor of the SPUR volume 4 content on the theme “Undergraduate Research during Times of Disruption.”
Associate Editors
Elementary and Special Education
Georgia Southern University
Experiential Learning
Northern Kentucky University
Department of Biomedical Education and Anatomy
The Ohio State University
Editorial Advisory Board
School of Behavioral Sciences
Western New Mexico University
University Library
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Mathematics and Statistics
Pomona College
Theatre, Dance, and Performance Technology Program
University of Dayton
Department of Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy
Georgia College & State University
Department of Biological and Chemical Sciences
New York Institute of Technology
Office of Sponsored Programs and Foundation Relations
St. John Fisher College
School of Business
Carroll University
Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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