Willy Hunter

Professor, Chemistry Education

Chemistry

Office

Julian Hall - JH 222

Office Hours

N/A

Office Phone

(309) 438-7954office
phone

wjhunte@ilstu.eduemail

About
Education
Awards & Honors
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.<br><br>

Current Courses

401.091Chemical Reactions, Stoichiometry And The Mole

401.091Atomic And Molecular Structure

299.009Independent Honor Study In Chemistry

499.009Independent Research For The Master's Thesis

290.009Research in Chemistry

490.009Research In Chemistry

402.091Teaching Chemistry In The Laboratory:An Experimental Science

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 Robert Noyce Master Teacher Fellows Programs at Southern Illinois University.

Working with the University of West Indies - Cave Hill on developing an undergraduate chemistry teacher education program.

Developing a Chemistry Education and STEM teacher education graduate program in Zambia.

Leading a Midwest Robert Noyce Community Grant for 90 projects for annual conferences and a competitive subgrant program for 750 students and teachers. .

Partnering with the UMN, UW, OSU, UWI, Cover Cress Inc, and the 4H on developing a economic and agronomic model for the renewable energy and soil conservation via modification and large scale adoption of pennycress as a winter cover cash crop.

Consulting with the University of Calgary on evaluating their STEM programs.

Co-leading the NSF-funded NexSTEM Scholars program with IWU and HCC.

Ph D Chemistry

Purdue University

West Lafayette, IN, USA

MA Curriculum Studies

Dalhousie University

Halifax, NS, Canada

BA 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

Edited Book

Hunter, W., Orgill, M., & Bodner, G. Action Research as a framework for science education research. Theoretical frameworks for research in chemistry/science education. Pearson Education Publishing (2006): 146-164.

Journal Article, Academic Journal

Chambers, T.M., Gravely, E.C., Hunter, W.J.F. Nielsen, J., & Yezierski, E.J. (2019). Myths about secondary chemistry teaching: Getting the facts out. Journal of Chemical Education. 96(7) pp 1291-1293 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.9b00547

Kaufman, P., Hartman, N., Jones, J., Saripalle, R., Smudde, P., Magnuson, R., & Hunter, W.J.F. (2019). The use of extracurricular interdisciplinary project-based teams in higher education as a catalyst for actionable knowledge. Business Education Innovation Journal. 11(1) pp 126-136.

Mahatanankoon, P., Hunter, W., El-Zanati, S. (2018). Managing an NSF-Funded Information Technology Scholarship Program. Information Systems Education Journal, 16(3) pp 35-44. http://isedj.org/2018-16/ ISSN: 1545-679X

Hunter, W., Boesdorfer, S., Carver, J., Mumba, F., & Bergman, J. Teaching Atomic Theory using Photoelectron Spectroscopy Data. The Chemical Educator (2013): 1-5.

Hunter, W., Boesdorfer, S., & Goff, P. Using a Multicultural Approach to Teach Chemistry and the Nature of Science to Undergraduate Non-Majors. Cultural Studies of Science Education 7.3 (2012): 631-651.

Presentations

Prospective Noyce Teacher Candidates’ Pedagogical Orientations towards Inquiry Science Teaching. National Association of Researchers in Science Teaching. (2017)

Implementing the College and Career Ready Standards- Math and Science. Paper presented to the Department of Education Mathematics and Science Partnership Annual Meeting. (2014)

Patterns of growth in chemistry teacher education at Illinois State University. Paper Presented at 247th American Chemical Society National Meeting. (2014)

Strategies for Robert Noyce Project Management. Paper presented to the Midwest Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Annual Meeting. (2014)

Teaching Next Generation Energy Concepts with Next Generation Science Standards: Addressing the Critical Need for a More Energy-Literate Workforce. Paper presented to the Department of Education Mathematics and Science Partnership Annual Meeting. (2014)

Grants & Contracts

Oilseed Pennycress: A new cash cover-crop for the Midwest $10,000,000. US Department of Agriculture. Federal. (2019)

A Community Assets Program that Fosters the Next Generation of STEM Leaders $4,649,262. National Science Foundation. Federal. (2018)

Midwest Regional Robert Noyce Connections: STEM in the community. $1,449,000. National Science Foundation. Federal. (2017)

Illinois State University's Noyce Scholarships for STEM Teachers of Under-Represented Groups . $1,444,790. National Science Foundation. Illinois State University. (2015)

Midwest Regional Robert Noyce Connections: Building Communities of Practice. $ 1,447,057. National Science Foundation. Illinois State University. (2014)