Willy Hunter
Professor, Chemistry Education
Office
JH Julian Hall 214
Office Hours
By appointment
Office Phone
Email
- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Selected Research
Biography
Dr. Hunter was born in England, grew up in Canada and moved to the USA in 1994. He has spent his career working with teachers, students, and professional developers on Chemistry and STEM teacher education curriculum development and instructional methods. He is a devout constructivist and hence tries to put people in position of exploring their own strengths and learning from their own experiences.
Current Courses
CHE 401.091 Chemical Reactions, Stoichiometry And The Mole
Research Interests & Areas
- Teaching in the Illinois State University Chemistry Education Graduate Programs via Distance Education.
- Working with the ACS, AAPT, MAA, APS and NSF on a Get The Facts Out Campaign about STEM teacher careers.
- Evaluating the implementation of the NSF-funded SSTEM Energy Scholars and Noyce Master Teacher Fellows Programs at Southern Illinois University.
- Evaluating the implementation of the Atom Scholars Program at the University of Central Arkansas.
- Working with the University of West Indies - Cave Hill on developing an undergraduate chemistry teacher education program.
- Developing a chemistry graduate student pipeline for Zambia.
- Leading a 2020-2024 Midwest Robert Noyce Conference Grant with 90 projects, 750 students, teachers, and faculty, 14 teacher workshops.
- Partnering with the UMN, UW, OSU, UWI, Cover Cress Inc, and the 4H on developing an economic and agronomic model for the renewable energy via modification and adoption of pennycress, as a cover crop.
Ph D Chemistry
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN, USA
MA Curriculum Studies
Dalhousie University
Halifax, NS, Canada
BE Science and Social Science
Dalhousie University
Halifax, NS, Canada
BA Chemistry
Mount Allison University
Sackville, NB, Canada
Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in STEM Education at the University of Calgary
United States Department of State
2016
Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in STEM Education to Barbados
United States Department of State
2015
Grants and Contracts
Emerging and Effective Culturally Relevant Practices for Mathematics and Science Teaching in High Needs Schools. $2,974,059
William Hunter
National Science Foundation. May 1 2020 - April 30 2023
Oilseed Pennycress: A new cash cover-crop for the Midwest $10,000,000
Win Phippen, John Sedbrook, William Hunter, William Perry, Alex Lindsay, Scott Wells, David Marks
US Department of Agriculture. August 2019 - August 2024
A Community Assets Program that Fosters the Next Generation of STEM Leaders $4,649,262
William Hunter
National Science Foundation. October 1 2018 - September 30 2023
Midwest Regional Robert Noyce Connections: STEM in the community. $1,449,000
William Hunter, Kim Nguyen, Jessica Krim, Charles Granger
National Science Foundation. January 01 2017 - December 31 2019
Illinois State University's Noyce Scholarships for STEM Teachers of Under-Represented Groups . $1,444,790
William J Hunter, R Darner-Gougis, A W Lorsbach
National Science Foundation. July 2015
Midwest Regional Robert Noyce Connections: Building Communities of Practice. $ 1,447,057
William J Hunter, W Smith, R Post, K Nguyen
National Science Foundation. February 2014 - December 2017
SmartGrid for Schools V1-6 . $2,875,000
William Hunter
Illinois Science and Energy Innovation Foundation. 2014 - December 31 2020
Using Research Based Actions to Network Cities Engaged in New Teacher Education Reform (URBAN CENTER)
William J Hunter, R Lee, Gary L Creasey
United State Department of Education. September 2014
Cornbelt STEM Alliance
William J Hunter, C Embry Mohr
Illinois State Board of Education. February 2013 - February 2014
Energy and the Next Generation Science Standards
William J Hunter, David G Loomis, Amy M Bloom, Matt R Aldeman
Illinois State Board of Education. February 2013 - February 2014
Illinois Energy STEM Learning Exchange Implementation
William J Hunter, David G Loomis, Matt R Aldeman, Amy M Bloom
State of Illinois. July 2013 - September 2016
Introducing Students to Research and Development for the High School Classroom
William J Hunter, D Harland, Amy M Bloom, George Rutherford
Illinois State Board of Education. February 2013 - February 2014
Real Science and the Next Generation Science Standards
William J Hunter, Brad A Christensen, R Brown
Illinois State Board of Education. February 2013 - February 2014
Illinois Energy STEM Learning Exchange
William J Hunter, David G Loomis, Matt R Aldeman
State of Illinois. August 2012 - September 2016
Illinois R&D STEM Learning Exchange
William J Hunter, M Bond
State of Illinois. August 2012 - July 2014
Real Numbers in Real Situations: Modeling with Mathematics
William J Hunter, Brad A Christensen, Matthew S Winsor
Illinois State Board of Education. February 2012 - February 2013
Illinois Earthscope and the New Madrid Earthquakes
William J Hunter, Robert S Nelson
Illinois State Board of Education. June 2011 - June 2013
Engaged STEM
William J Hunter, R Brown
Illinois State Board of Education. June 2010 - June 2012
Global Climate Change: Threatened Species, Threatened Environments
William J Hunter, Amy M Bloom, Douglas W Whitman
Illinois State Board of Education. June 2010 - June 2012
ISU CS/IS Scholarship Program (Award #0966226)
Pruthikrai Mahatanankoon, William Hunter, Saad I El Zanati
National Science Foundation. March 2010 - February 2016
Pontiac Township High School submission to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) Competitive Grant: Illinois School Reform Through Technology Initiative (IL-SRTT) program
William J Hunter, D Harland
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) Competitive Grant. January 2010 - January 2011
Southern Illinois Partnership for Mathematics and Science
William J Hunter, F Mumba, H Henson, K Renzaglia, Michelle Wright
Illinois Board of Higher Education. February 2010 - January 2011
IBIOtech
William J Hunter, Mary Ann Quivey
Illinois State Board of Education. June 2009 - June 2011
Illinois Earthscope
William J Hunter, Robert S Nelson
Illinois State Board of Education. June 2009 - June 2011
Illinois Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation
William J Hunter, S. Westbrooks, L. Jones
National Science Foundation. August 2009
Book, Edited
Action Research as a framework for science education research
William J Hunter, M Orgill, & G M Bodner
(2006), 146-164, Theoretical frameworks for research in chemistry/science education, Pearson Education Publishing
Conference Proceeding
Managing an NSF-Funded Information Technology Scholarship Program
Pruthikrai Mahatanankoon, William Hunter, & Saad I El Zanati
EDSIG Conference on Information Systems and Computing Education, (2017)
Journal Article
The Next Generation Science Standards and high school chemistry: First steps of implementation and potential impact.
William Hunter
The Chemical Educator, 25, 59-62, (2020), 10.1333/s00897202899a.
Myths about secondary chemistry teaching: Getting the facts out.
Terri Chambers, Etta Gravely, William Hunter, Jenn Nelson, & Ellen Yzeirski
Journal of Chemical Education, 96 (7), 1291-1293, (2019), 10.1021/acs.jchemed.9b00547
The use of extracurricular interdisciplinary project-based teams in higher education as a catalyst for actionable knowledge
Peter Kaufman, Nate Hartman, William Hunter, James Jones, Rishi Saripalle, Peter Smudde, & R. Magnuson
Business Education Innovation Journal., 11 (1), 126-136, (2019)
Managing an NSF-Funded Information Technology Scholarship Program
P. Mahatanankoon, William Hunter, & Saad I El Zanati
Information Systems Education Journal, 16 (3), 35-44, (2018)
Using Large Data Sets for Open-Ended Inquiry in Undergraduate Science Classrooms
Catherine O'Reilly, Rebekka Darner, J L Klug, C C Carey, D C Richardson, N E Bader, D C Soule, D Castendyk, T Meixer, J Stomberg, K C Weathers, & William Hunter
BioScience, (2018)
Teaching Atomic Theory using Photoelectron Spectroscopy Data
William J Hunter, Sarah M Boesdorfer, J S Carver, F Mumba, & J M Bergman
(13), 1-5, (2013)
Using a Multicultural Approach to Teach Chemistry and the Nature of Science to Undergraduate Non-Majors
William J Hunter, Sarah B Boesdorfer, & P T Goff
7 (3), 631-651, (2012)
Development and Preliminary Assessment of the Enrichment Workshop Program: A Program Aimed at Helping Underrepresented Minorities in the Sciences
William J Hunter, K M Jeans, & Lisa F Szczepura
15, 126-133, (2010)
Student Learning on Atomic Theory using the Photoelectron Spectroscopy Data Method
William J Hunter, F Mumba, Sara M Boesdorfer, & J M Bergman
15, 370-375, (2010)
A model for assessing manipulative skills during science labs
William J Hunter, E N Wilson, F Mumba, & V M Chabalengula
11, 28-36, (2009)
Representative nature of scientific literacy themes in a high school chemistry course: the case of Zambia
William J Hunter & F Mumba
10 (3), 219-226, (2009)
Resident Scientists' Conceptions of Science Teaching
William J Hunter, E N Wilson, F Mumba, V M Chabalengula, & J Carver
11, 129-138, (2009)
Analysis of New Zambian High School Physics Syllabus and Practical Examinations for Levels of Inquiry and Inquiry Skills
William J Hunter, K Wise, V M Chabalengula, & F Mumba
3 (3), 213-220, (2007)
Inquiry levels and skills in Zambian high school chemistry syllabus, textbooks and practical examinations
William J Hunter, V M Chabalengula, & F Mumba
6 (2), 50-57, (2007)
Mathematics and Science Teaching Fellows’ Instructional Planning for K-12 Classrooms
William J Hunter, C J Moore, V M Chabalengula, & F Mumba
16 (1), 38-43, (2007)
A quantitative analysis of Zambian high school physics for Scientific Literacy
William J Hunter, V M Chabalengula, & F Mumba
2 (10), 70-76, (2006)
DVD in scheikundelessen, maak ze zelf, Leerlingen en leraren aan de slag met videocamera
William J Hunter & G Stout
30 (9), (2005)
A Teaching Plan for Introducing Gas Properties
William J Hunter, J S Carver, A Micklos, & K E Brown
9 (4), (2004)
An Exploration of the Content and Nature of Reflective Practices of Graduate Teaching Fellows in a School–University Partnership Project
William J Hunter, C Thornton, M Plantholt, J Grogg, Cynthia J Moore, V M Chabalengula, & F Mumba
8 (6), (2003)
Design, Implementation and Evaluation of Novel Discussion Exercises for First-Year Chemistry Students
William J Hunter, Lisa F Szczepura, & J R King
7 (6), (2002)
Another look at the data: Tracking the fish that got away
William J Hunter
Illinois Science Teachers Association, 27 (2), (2001)
Moments in constructivism: How does accepting failures allow us to examine our teaching?
William J Hunter, J R Young, J S Carver, & B J Short
6 (5), (2001)
Chemistry teacher, teaching assistant, and faculty retention and development: Successes and frustrations, what have we learned about inducting beginning chemistry teachers in the profession?
William J Hunter
ican Chemical Society Division of Chemical Education, (2000)
What Happens When Discovery Labs Are Integrated into the Curriculum at A Large Research University?
William J Hunter, R Lamba, & G M Bodner
3 (3), (1998)
The Next Generation Science Standards and High School Chemistry: Pre-pandemic Steps of Implementation
William Hunter & Kevin Diaz
American J Sci Edu Re, 10 (1), DOI: 10.47378/AJSER/2022.100101.
Other
Student Project Edition Grade Five
William J Hunter & Brad A Christensen
TPS Publishing, (2013)
Student Project Edition Grade Four
William J Hunter & Brad A Christensen
TPS Publishing, (2013)
Student Project Edition Grade Kindergarten
William J Hunter & Brad A Christensen
TPS Publishing, (2013)
Student Project Edition Grade One
William J Hunter & Brad A Christensen
TPS Publishing, (2013)
Student Project Edition Grade Three
William J Hunter & Brad A Christensen
TPS Publishing, (2013)
Student Project Edition Grade Two
William J Hunter & Brad A Christensen
TPS Publishing, (2013)
Teacher Project Edition Grade Five
William J Hunter & Brad A Christensen
TPS Publishing, (2013)
Teacher Project Edition Grade Four
William J Hunter & Brad A Christensen
TPS Publishing, (2013)
Teacher Project Edition Grade Kindergarten
William J Hunter & Brad A Christensen
TPS Publishing, (2013)
Teacher Project Edition Grade One
William J Hunter & Brad A Christensen
TPS Publishing, (2013)
Teacher Project Edition Grade Three
William J Hunter & Brad A Christensen
TPS Publishing, (2013)
Teacher Project Edition Grade Two
William J Hunter & Brad A Christensen
TPS Publishing, (2013)
Student Project Edition Grade Eight
William J Hunter & Brad A Christensen
TPS Publishing, (2012)
Student Project Edition Grade Five
William J Hunter, Brad A Christensen, & Sara McCubbins
TPS Publishing, (2012)
Student Project Edition Grade Four
William J Hunter, Brad A Christensen, & Sara McCubbins
TPS Publishing, (2012)
Student Project Edition Grade Kindergarten
William J Hunter, Brad A Christensen, & Sara McCubbins
TPS Publishing, (2012)
Student Project Edition Grade One
William J Hunter, Brad A Christensen, & Sara McCubbins
TPS Publishing, (2012)
Student Project Edition Grade Seven
William J Hunter & Brad A Christensen
TPS Publishing, (2012)
Student Project Edition Grade Six
William J Hunter & Brad A Christensen
TPS Publishing, (2012)
Student Project Edition Grade Three
William J Hunter, Brad A Christensen, & Sara McCubbins
TPS Publishing, (2012)
Student Project Edition Grade Two
William J Hunter, Brad A Christensen, & Sara McCubbins
TPS Publishing, (2012)
Teacher Project Edition Grade Eight
William J Hunter & Brad A Christensen
TPS Publishing, (2012)
Teacher Project Edition Grade Five
William J Hunter, Brad A Christensen, & Sara McCubbins
TPS Publishing, (2012)
Teacher Project Edition Grade Four
William J Hunter, Brad A Christensen, & Sara McCubbins
TPS Publishing, (2012)
Teacher Project Edition Grade Kindergarten
William J Hunter, Brad A Christensen, & Sara McCubbins
TPS Publishing, (2012)
Presentations
Prospective Noyce Teacher Candidates’ Pedagogical Orientations towards Inquiry Science Teaching
Rebekka Darner, Frackson Mumba, Baldwin E Kara, William Hunter, Lorsbach Anthony
National Association of Researchers in Science Teaching, San Antonio, TX, April, 2017
Implementing the College and Career Ready Standards- Math and Science
William J Hunter
Paper presented to the Department of Education Mathematics and Science Partnership Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., October, 2014
Teaching Next Generation Energy Concepts with Next Generation Science Standards: Addressing the Critical Need for a More Energy-Literate Workforce
William J Hunter, David G Loomis, Amy M Bloom, M A Aldeman
Paper presented to the Department of Education Mathematics and Science Partnership Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., October, 2014
Strategies for Robert Noyce Project Management
William J Hunter
Paper presented to the Midwest Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Annual Meeting, Omaha, NE, October, 2014
Patterns of growth in chemistry teacher education at Illinois State University
William J Hunter
Paper Presented at 247th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Dallas, TX, March, 2014