Marietta
(Haeg) Schwartz
Associate Professor, Chemistry
Education:
B.A., College of St. Benedict (St. Joseph, MN, 1983)
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Madison (1988)
Current Position:
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
Telephone: 287-6146
EMail: marietta.schwartz@umb.edu
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AWARDS |
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Outstanding Teaching Assistant (University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI) |
1988 |
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College Award for Excellence in Service (UMass Boston) |
2006 |
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Teaching Experience |
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University of Massachusetts
Boston |
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Associate Professor |
1994-present |
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Assistant Professor |
1988-94 |
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University of Wisconsin, Madison,
WI Teaching Assistant – General Chemistry and Organic Chemistry |
1983-88 |
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Taught labs and discussion sections; held office hours; graded lab
reports; wrote, administered, and graded quizzes. |
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College of St. Benedict, St.
Joseph, MN Teaching Assistant – General Chemistry and Organic Chemistry |
1982-83 |
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Taught labs and tutored students as an undergraduate. |
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Related Experience |
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University of Massachusetts
Boston |
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University Director of Undergraduate Studies Administered the university’s General Education program and dealt
with many other issues undergraduate in nature but not college-specific. Very
involved with academic policy development, interpretation, and
administration. |
January 2004-September 2007 |
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Publications and papers |
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M.E. Haeg, B.J. Whitlock, and H.W. Whitlock,
Jr. "Anthraquinone-Based
Cyclophane Hosts: Synthesis and Complexation
Studies". Journal of the American Chemical Society, 111(2), 1989, 692-6. Marietta Haeg Schwartz. "Charge-transfer Interactions in Cyclophanes". Journal of Inclusion Phenomena and
Molecular Recognition in Chemistry, 9, 1990, 1-35. Joseph S. Alper, Robert I. Gelb, and Marietta
H. Schwartz. "Complexes of
Tri- and Tetra-Protonated Forms of 1,4,8,12-Tetraazacyclopentadecane with Chloride, Nitrate, Iodate, and Sulfate Ions in Aqueous Media: I. Formation
Constants, Thermodynamic Properties, and Bonding Mechanisms". Journal of Inclusion Phenomena and
Molecular Recognition in Chemistry, 11, 1991, 333-48. Joseph S. Alper, Robert I. Gelb, and Marietta
H. Schwartz. "Complexes of
Tri- and Tetra-Protonated Forms of 1,4,8,12-Tetraazacyclopentadecane with Chloride, Nitrate, Iodate, and Sulfate Ions in Aqueous Media: II. Analysis
of the Underlying Experimental and Theoretical Assumptions". Journal of Inclusion Phenomena and
Molecular Recognition in Chemistry, 11, 1991, 349-60. Marietta H. Schwartz.
"Microscale Distillation - Calculations
and Comparisons". Journal of
Chemical Education, 69(4), 1992, A127-8. Stuart Rosenfeld, Marietta H. Schwartz, Janice Sieser,
Jerry P. Jasinski, and Ernest S. Paight.
"The Structure of 1,4-Bis(methoxycarbonyl)bicyclo[2.2.2]octa-2,5-diene". Journal of Chemical Research (S),
1992, 60-1. Robert I. Gelb, Joseph S. Alper, and Marietta
H. Schwartz. "Complexes of
Tri- and Tetra-Protonated Forms of 1,4,7,10,13-Pentaazacyclopentadecane with Various Mono- and
Di-Valent Anions in Aqueous Media". Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry,
5, 1992, 443-50. Marietta H. Schwartz, Stuart M. Rosenfeld, Christine I. Lee, Jerry P. Jasinski, and Edward H. Dardon. "The Structure of 9,10-Dihydro-9,10-bis(hydroxymethyl)-9,10-ethanoanthracene-11,12-anhydride". Tetrahedron Letters, 33(42), 1992,
6275-8. Two student posters presented at the National ACS Meeting held in
Boston, August 1998. “Laboratory Manual for Organic Chemistry”, Kenneth F. Cerny
and Marietta H. Schwartz, Kendall/Hunt Publishing, 1999. Revised printing,
2001. 2nd edition (complete revision) 2008. Contributed to an oral presentation at the 225th National ACS Meeting
(New Orleans, March 2003): "Online Quizzes and Tutors for Students in
Basic Organic Chemistry Courses", S.S. Hixson, D. Hart, A. Peterfreund, K.A. Rath, P. Samal, M. Schwartz, W.J. Vining,
B. Woolf, C.P. Lillya, S.M. Battisti Complete revision of the Test Bank to accompany "Organic
Chemistry" by Solomons & Fryhle, 8th edition, including approximately 250 new
questions. Published Summer 2003. |
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Grants received |
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University of Massachusetts Faculty Development Grant, 1989-1990 University of Massachusetts President's Faculty Retention Fund Grant,
1990 University of Massachusetts Faculty Development Grant, 1990-91 Organic Division of the American Chemical Society Travel Award, 1991 University of Massachusetts 1992 Summer Faculty Research Grant Autodesk Educational Grants Program, "Hyperchem"
molecular modeling software, 1992 University of Massachusetts 1993 Summer Faculty Research Grant Co-PI on a President’s Office Instructional Technology grant
entitled, “Promoting Inter-Campus Bonds: A System-Wide General
Chemistry Partnership Using OWL”, awarded in 2000. The results from
this were presented as a poster both at the UMass ITC2000 meeting in Sturbridge,
MA and at the Biennial Conference on Chemical Education held in Ann Arbor,
MI. Co-PI (with P. Lillya, UMass Amherst
Chemistry Dept.), NSF Grant, “Interactive Organic Chemistry Learning on
the World Wide Web” ($478,579), 2001-03 University of Massachusetts Professional Development Grant for
Instructional Technology, “Dissemination of the OWL System: Stage Two”
($11,900), 2001 University of Massachusetts Professional Development Grant for
Instructional Technology, 2003 Co-PI, Noyce Scholars Grant, AY 2006-2008 Team Member, Project Compass Grant (Nellie Mae Foundation) to study
retention, AY 2007-08 |
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service to the department |
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Departmental Executive Committee (many times) Departmental Curriculum Committee (many times) Chair, Chemistry Department, May-August 2003 Co-Chair, Chemistry Department, May 2002-May 2003 Chaired many search committees, including two Chair Search Committees
(Fall 2002, Fall 2007) Formal and informal advising of chemistry and biochemistry students,
both undergraduate and graduate Departmental liaison to the Registrar's Office and Enrollment Services
for transfer student advising, setting up details of on-line registration as
applied to Chemistry courses, transcript evaluation for Chemistry majors and
minors at graduation, degree audit issues, and transfer course evaluation. Collaborated with the chemistry department at UMass Amherst, bringing
the OWL (Online Web-based Learning) homework system to the chemistry
department at UMass Boston. Continue to act as the OWL administrator for the
freshman and organic chemistry courses each semester and summer. |
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service to the college and university |
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University Library Committee, 1990-1992 Chair, Library Committee, 1990-1991 CAS Academic Affairs Committee,1990-2000 Co-Chair, AAC ,1991-1992 Chair, AAC, Fall 1992-Fall 1995, Fall 1996-Spring 2000 Chancellor's Scholarship Committee, Spring 1992 Prepared and presented a half-day laboratory exercise on polymer
chemistry for the UMB Upward Bound program administered by Dr. W. Hagar, July
1992, July 1993, July 1994, July 1995, July 1997, July 1999. Prepared and presented a one-hour laboratory exercise on polymer
chemistry to groups of high-school seniors as part of the First UMass Boston
High School Science Day, Jan. 21, 1993, Third UMass Boston High School
Science Days, Jan. 10-11, 1995, Sixth UMass Boston Science Days, Jan. 1998,
Eighth UMass Boston Science Days, Jan. 2000, Ninth UMass Boston Science Days,
Jan. 2001, and Eleventh UMass Boston Science Days, Jan. 2003. Coordinated the
Chemistry Department’s presentations for the 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th and
11th Science Days. Institutional Biosafety Committee, Fall
1993-Spring 2004 Provost’s Committee to Value and Evaluate Teaching, 1994-95 Academic Co-Administrator, Joint Major in Biochemistry, Fall 1996-Spring
1999. Prepared and presented a half-day laboratory exercise on analgesics for
the UMB Upward Bound program administered by Dr. W. Hagar, July 1996, and
July 2000. Chair, Science Dean’s Review Committee, Fall 1997 Departmental representative to CAS Senate, Fall 1998-Spring 2001 College representative to
Faculty Council, Fall 1999-Fall 2000 Marshal and “name reader” at University Commencement
Exercises, June 2001. Panel member for CIT Forum on “The Challenge of Pedagogy in Large
Sections”, Spring 2001. Member, Deans’ Committee for PMYR Developmental Funds
Distribution, Fall 2000 CAS Senate Executive Committee, Spring 2000, Spring 2002 Faculty Co-Moderator, CAS Senate, AY 2000-01; AY 2002-03 Provost’s Implementation Committee (planning out the split of CAS
to CLA + CSM), 2002-03 Chair, Ad-Hoc Committee on Governance, also focusing on the split of
CAS, 2002-03 Chair, CSM Senate, AY 2003-04 Participated in “Teaching with Media Expo 2003”, presenting
the online homework system (OWL) that is being used extensively in the
organic chemistry course as well as in the general chemistry course. Member, NEASC Accreditation Standard Three Task Force, AY 2003-04 Ex Officio Member, Faculty Council General Education Committee, September
2004-May 2007 Member, Provost’s Policy Implementation Committee, September
2004-present Chair, Faculty Council Distribution Subcommittee, AY 2007-08 Member, Faculty Council General Education Committee, AY 2007-08 Member, CSM Senate, AY 2007-08 Member, Dean’s Advisory Committee on FIPSE Grant Requests, spring
2008 |
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service to the profession |
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Reviewer of submitted papers for the Journal of Inclusion Phenomena and
Molecular Recognition, the Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, and the
Journal of Chemical Education. Software reviewer for the Journal of Chemical
Education. Proposal Reviewer for the ACS PRF Grants. Supervised student poster presentations of research at the Northeastern
Section of the American Chemical Society's Undergraduate Research Symposium,
Spring 1992 and Spring 1998. Sole coordinator in charge of recruiting and assigning student workers
for the ACS National Meeting in Boston, August 1998 and again in August 2002. Secretary, Board of Publications, Northeastern Section of the American
Chemical Society, October 1999 - December 2000; calendar year 2002. Chair, Board of Publications, Northeastern Section of the American
Chemical Society, calendar year 2001 and 2003. Member, Norris Award Committee, Northeastern Section of the American
Chemical Society, calendar years 2004-05 Chair, Norris Award Committee, Northeastern Section of the American
Chemical Society, 2006 Chair-Elect and Program Chair, Northeastern Section of the American
Chemical Society, 2007 Chair, Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society, 2008 Alternate Councilor, Northeastern Section of the American Chemical
Society, 2009 |
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service to the public |
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Regularly judge elementary and middle school level science fairs. Volunteered as a “science specialist” for students at
Odyssey Day School, Wakefield, MA – grades K-7, AY 2001-02. Spent one
hour each week in each of four classrooms offering a hands-on science
experience to the students. Content Area Specialist, consulting to a grant entitled, "Teaching
Beginning Teachers to Align Instruction with Student Achievement",
awarded to Dr. Mari Koerner (UMB Graduate College
of Education) et al by the Massachusetts Improving Teacher Quality State
Grant Program. Clerk, Board of Directors, Odyssey Day School, 2000-present. Chair, Odyssey Day School Head of School Search Committee, AY 2007-08. |
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Memberships |
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American Chemical Society Northeastern Section, American Chemical Society Division of Chemical Education, American Chemical Society Division of Organic
Chemistry, American Chemical Society Association for Women In Science |
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