JUNG
R. OH
Associate professor, chemistry
Jung Oh has taught the introductory, general and general organic chemistry courses as a faculty member of the department of arts, sciences, and business at Kansas State University at Salina since 1998.
At K-State at Salina, Oh has worked on interdisciplinary scholarship projects on teaching and learning. She was one of K-State's Big 12 Fellowship recipients in 2006, one of K-State Peer Review of Teaching Fellows in 2006 and one of K-State's Wakonse Teaching Fellows in 2004. She served as a faculty mentor and a participant in the Plains Academy Co-Op Partnership Project for curriculum revision and technology incorporation.
She has shared her scholarship activities focusing on chemistry and interdisciplinary education at various conferences including the American Society for Engineering Education Global Colloquium on Engineering Education in 2006, the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education/ Global Colloquium on Engineering Education at Australia and the 2006 Biennial Conference on Chemical Education. During her residence at K-State at Salina, Oh has been a presenter/collaborator for three international, 13 national, 16 regional and numerous local conferences.
She has opened the K-State-Salina chemistry lab for public outreach activities as a presenter/task force member for the annual Teen Women in Science and Technology career fair to encourage female high school students to explore science and technology (1999-2007), a judge/session coordinator for annual regional Science Olympiad (1999-2007) and a local coordinator for U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad (2002-2003).
Oh earned her bachelor's degree with teaching credentials from Sogang University, Seoul, Korea, and her doctoral degree in inorganic and organometallic chemistry from University of California, Los Angeles. Before joining K-State, Oh taught at the joint science department, Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and Scripps Colleges in California and Minnesota State University at Mankato. She was listed in "Who's Who Among America's Teachers" in 1996. From 1992-1994, she worked at Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division in California as American Society for Engineering Education postdoctoral research fellow in the chemistry and materials division.
Oh is active in various professional and community organizations, including the American Chemical Society and the American Society for Engineering Education. She served as chair for the American Chemical Society Wichita section in 2006 and served as moderator for several American Chemical Society and the American Society for Engineering Education Midwest conference sessions. She also has served on the Board of Directors of the Central Kansas Council of Girl Scouts since 2002 and Salina Community Women of Achievement Selection committee since 2005.
Oh can be reached at 785-826-2915 or by e-mail at jroh@sal.k-state.edu.