2010 Oregon Professor of the Year
Willamette chemistry Associate Professor Karen McFarlane Holman is the 2010 Oregon Professor of the Year.
Holman’s excellent classroom teaching style is part of what earned her the Oregon Professor of the Year award.
Holman teaches an introductory chemistry course at Willamette.
Holman also works collaboratively with her students on chemistry lab research.
One of Holman’s former advisees, Jeff Weber ’10, went on to earn a prestigious Hertz Foundation Fellowship that gives him $250,000 for graduate school studies.
Holman’s chemistry and punk rock sides intersect when she gets to play with fire in the lab or with the student Chemistry Club.
Playing guitar in a local punk rock band, The Funhouse Strippers, is one of Holman’s favorite pursuits outside of Willamette.
Holman’s students say they appreciate that she always makes time to talk with them about chemistry, or life in general.
Holman helps students interpret data in a chemistry lab class.
Holman works with students in a chemistry lab class.
Students in Willamette’s Chemistry Club practice an experiment demonstration with Holman.
