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Dennis Smithenry, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Science Education
Before coming to Santa Clara University, Dr. Dennis W. Smithenry has been actively involved in the theory and practice of science education as a high school chemistry teacher, science education researcher, and recent co-author of a book entitled Teaching Inquiry-Based Chemistry: Creating Student-Led Scientific Communities. Supplementary to his work in the field of education, he has worked as a chemical engineer, obtained a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and conducted postdoctoral research at Stanford University in the fields of science education and environmental engineering. Dennis' current science education research focuses on the "community inquiry" curriculum, which is a unique approach to science teaching and learning where students are periodically challenged to lead themselves and work together as a class (i.e., inquire together as a community) in order to solve the complex problems posed by their teacher.
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