Kathleen Donnelly, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Department of Chemistry & Physics
The Sage Colleges
Troy, NY 12180 Member of The Sage Colleges Faculty since 1978
Office: Troy Campus, Science Hall room 305
Phone: (518) 244-2239
Fax: (518) 244-3174
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Educational Background

Ph.D., Biochemistry, Baylor College of Medicine
B.A., Chemistry, College of St. Catherine

Teaching Responsibilities

  • Introduction to General Chemistry, Introduction to Organic & Biochemistry with lab (CHM 103/104)
  • Introduction to Metabolism (CHM 220)
  • Biochemistry I & II (CHM 303/304)
  • Introduction to Experimental Biochemistry
    (CHM 313)
  • Current Topics in Biochemistry (CHM 420)
  • Science In Action (SCI 115)
  • Women In The World (Honors) (WLD 120H)
  • Founders Seminar (SST 111/112)

Research Interests

Inquiry-based science teaching and learning.
Isolation and characterization of carageenases.

Professional Activities

Project Director: Establishment of a Professional Development School at School 12 in the Enlarged City School District of Troy, New York Director: The Development and Implementation of an Inquiry-Based, Elementary School Mathematics / Science Staff Development Program, DDE Title II Higher Education Professional Development Program. Principal Investigator: Science Literacy, American Chemical Society Grant (national). Reviewer / Judge for Statewide Undergraduate Science Research Competition. Reviewer of GOALS 2000 grants for the State Education Department. Reviewer of National Science Foundation SSI Continuation grants. Master Gardener, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Rensselaer County Membership held in:

  • Society for Complex Carbohydrates
  • American Chemical Society
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Iota Sigma Pi (Honor Society for Women in Chemistry)
  • American Society of Biological Chemists
  • Federation of Experimental Biologists
  • Education Committee of the Eastern New York Section of ACS
  • New York State Systemic Initiative (SSI) Study Group
  • New York State Science Supervisors Association
  • American Society of Cell Biologists
  • Council on Undergraduate Research

Current Advising Responsibilities

Biochemistry/Chemistry

Departmental Responsibilities

Former Department Chairperson
Academic advisement

College Responsibilities

  • Member of the Russell Sage College Honors Council
  • Coordinator of Sage's participation in NCUR Symposia
  • Former member/leader of many committees including Institutional Resources Committee

last updated: May 4, 2007