Katie Gesmundo

Analytical chemistry PhD with a passion for chemical education and training excellent instructors #ChemEd Ashland • UNC • Ohio State • Northwestern

[Northwestern Chemistry @NUChemistry]

🎉 Congrats to Katie Gesmundo, promoted to Associate Professor of Instruction! At @NorthwesternU, Katie develops innovative experiments + strategies that help students feel a true sense of belonging in science. 🧪💜 #NUChemistry #FacultyExcellence

[Katie Gesmundo @KatieAMoga]

@L4n4_H3b3rt We (@squirrelchomp and I) have been doing a flavor of this in General Chemistry Lab at Northwestern! Class totals range from ~100 to ~450

[Northwestern PLU @NorthwesternPLU]

It has been a great year for PLU Awards! Join us in celebrating the winners of the Lambert Award, Gelewitz Award, TA Awards, and TA Honorable Mentions.

[Katie Gesmundo @KatieAMoga]

@katyhosbeinCER @STEMxicanEd Welcome to NU 🎉 Enjoy, even if just for a few days 😊

[Northwestern Chemistry @NUChemistry]

@KatieAMoga Yes! @emilyrmcclure received the "Outstanding Graduate Student Teacher Award". Thanks, Emily for all you have done for the Department. 👏
#thankyou

[Northwestern Chemistry @NUChemistry]

🎉 Congratulations Katie Gesmundo and Todd Gingrich!
#teachingexcellence #chemistry
@KatieAMoga

[Katie Gesmundo @KatieAMoga]

Thank you for having me, @TEACHxNU!!

[Northwestern TEACHx @TEACHxNU]

.@NorthwesternU GenChem Lab co-director and Canvas Hall of Fame winner, @KatieAMoga led an interactive session on alternative grading in large enrollment classes at #TEACHx23. Shifting away from points and grades can result in greater student focus on feedback. #ungrading

[Katie Gesmundo @KatieAMoga]

Thank you, Clover! Way to turn a scary situation into a positive change

[Northwestern Chemistry @NUChemistry]

Meet Katie Gesmundo! 👋👩‍🏫
A valued member of the #NUChem Teaching Faculty, her expertise in Analytical Chemistry and deep-rooted love for education has been instrumental in nurturing #academicexcellence in the Department.
#Chemistry #WomeninSTEM

➡️https://t.co/zCS1jfNOmk

[Katie Gesmundo @KatieAMoga]

@chemDrV I feel the same way! I wore some dresses in the fall on the one day I didn’t teach lab and it felt…wrong.

[Katie Gesmundo @KatieAMoga]

Congratulations Clover! This award is so well deserved. Can’t wait to see what you do next!! @NUChemistry

[Northwestern Chemistry @NUChemistry]

Congratulations to the many @NorthwesternU #chemistry students who received a @NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Your curiosity, creativity, and determination make #NUChem a better place!
#NSFGRFP

[Katie Gesmundo @KatieAMoga]

Congrats @emilyrmcclure!! You’re a rockstar!

[Northwestern Chemistry @NUChemistry]

Congratulations Emily McClure on receiving a WCAS Outstanding Graduate Student Teacher Award! Your commitment to fostering a love for science in the #NUChem students is remarkable. #teachingexcellence #WomenInSTEM

[Katie Gesmundo @KatieAMoga]

@Northwestern_IT @NorthwesternU Thank you!!

[Katie Gesmundo @KatieAMoga]

So honored to be selected for this honor! I love working with our amazing students 🥰

[Northwestern Chemistry @NUChemistry]

🎉 Congratulations @KatieAMoga on receiving a WCAS Alumni Teaching Award! Your dedication and passion for teaching are inspiring. Thank you for all that you do to make #NUChem a great place to study #chemistry. #teachingexcellence #WomenInSTEM

[Katie Gesmundo @KatieAMoga]

Thank you @IINanoNU for welcoming my Nanotechnology Seminar class to the symposium! My first year undergraduate students got a taste of how special nano research truly is at Northwestern @NUChemistry

[International Institute for Nanotechnology @IINanoNU]

Beautiful day for a symposium. #IINat20

[Katie Gesmundo @KatieAMoga]

@chemDrV I will add: this class is predominantly pre-med and engineers, and not GOB or truly a survey course and not a cohort of majors.

[Katie Gesmundo @KatieAMoga]

My goals tend to align with “skills of a scientist”. Here’s how I frame it: “How did all the data in your textbook get there? What did those privileged scientists with pictures in the book (let’s face it: white men) do that allows for their work to still be studied? Experiments!”

[Katie Gesmundo @KatieAMoga]

@chemDrV I’d say I aim to teach them how scientists do the thing and how data that they’ll see in daily life comes to be. I think in the end they might not be too different. If they see the process and love it, I hope they feel confident to go down that path.

[Katie Gesmundo @KatieAMoga]

We focus on experimental design, error analysis, science communication. Sometimes labs align with lecture content, but other times they don’t. Many of our labs don’t have 1 right answer, putting the value in data interpretation. I care more about reasoning than “correct” results