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The People
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Cathy Middlecamp || Tony Jacob
Jose Laboy || Teri Larson
Agnes Lee || Shea Ramey
All staff members can be contacted at
(608) 265-5497
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Cathy Middlecamp, Director
Cathy is the Director of the Chemistry Learning Center at UW-Madison and a
Distinguished Faculty Associate. She teaches Chemistry 108
(Chemistry in Context) and co-teaches Chemistry 201 (Environmental Chemistry & Ethnicity).
In the Integrated Liberal
Studies Program, she also teaches ILS 251 ("The Radium Girls and the Firecracker Boys"). Over the past 30
years, she has designed, supervised and taught in a number of programs for
students under-represented in the sciences, both collegiate and pre-collegiate. On
campus, she is a member of the UW Teaching Academy, served for four years as a faculty fellow at the Bradley
Learning Community.
Cathy is a co-author of the 3rd - 5th and
upcoming 6th editions of Chemistry in Context, a project of the American Chemical Society. She will serve
as the Editor-in Chief for the 7th edition. She also has
contributed book chapters on women in science and on diversity. Currently, Cathy
serves on the national Executive Board of the Association for Women in
Science (AWIS), and is a senior associate for Science Education
for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities (SENCER) project for
undergraduate science curriculum reform.
Cathy did her undergraduate studies at Cornell University (1968-1972),
graduating Phi Beta Kappa. She was awarded a Danforth Fellowship in 1972 and earned
her doctoral degree in chemistry at UW-Madison in 1976. She also has a masters
degree in counseling and is both a student and a teacher in Aikido, a Japanese martial art.
email: chmiddle@wisc.edu
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Tony Jacob, Associate Director
Tony has been with the Chemistry Learning Center since 1990 and is
the Associate Director. Tony earned a BS in Chemistry from Harvey
Mudd College in 1984 and PhD in Inorganic Chemistry in 1990 from
UW-Madison. Tony has had a wide range of teaching experiences: He
runs the Chemistry Peer Mentor Tutor Program and worked with the
National Institute for Science Education's (NISE) College Level
One Team. He was the Chemistry Coordinator for the Summer
Enrichment Program for 7th-9th grade minority students, lectured in
the UW Chemistry Department and Beloit College, worked as a science
demonstrator doing hands-on activities in the K-12 system, done K-8
in-service teacher workshops, and was a Scientist in Resident in 1992
with the Stoughton School District. Tony was honored in 1999 with
the Student Personnel Association's (SPA) Norman Bassett Award for
Outstanding Student Services, and was inducted into the UW-Madison's
Teaching Academy in 1996. In 2002, he received the Letters & Science
Academic Staff Mid-Career Acheivement Award. During the last couple of summers he
has advised new incoming students during SOAR. When he's not busy at work, he
spends his time playing Dad to his two fantastic kids, Shauna and Quinn. Most of
the time this involves helping with homework, driving them to lessons (piano,
drum, ice skating, and wrestling), and refereeing when they squabble. Doh! In
his "leisure" time,
he likes to ski, bike, ice skate, bowl, roller blade, and just socialize on the
Terrace. He can almost swim ("drowns slower"), and tried meditation and Tai Chi,
took pottery, Tango dance, and golf lessons. He also wants to get back into
photography and try his hand at target practice. Any remaining time he has he
sleeps soundly.
email: atjacob@wisc.edu
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Jose Laboy
Jose did his undergraduate at the University of Puerto Rico-Cayey Campus. He was
twice recipient of the Minority Bio-Research Support Program award, and taught at
High School level for more than 15 years. During that period he received the
Space Shuttle Involvement Program award, and the District and Regional Awards for
teaching. He then decided to pursue graduate work in pharmacology at UW-Madison
earning a MS in Pharmacology. After that, he pursued research in toxicology for a
couple of years.
He eventually wanted to return to the classroom and teach once again. He started
teaching chemistry as a Faculty Assistant in the Department of Chemistry at UW-
Madison in fall, 2000. During spring, 2002 he received an Excellence in Teaching
award.
When Jose isn't teaching he likes to cook Caribbean and Catalan food (yum!). This
includes Cuban, Puerto Rican, and Paella Valenciana. He also has some special
interest using needle-point to generate geometrical forms and patterns. He has
designed some doily tatted pentagrams, heptagonal bobbing lace patterns, and oval
Sun's of Maracaibo patterns to name a few.
email: jilaboy@wisc.edu
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Teri Larson
Teri is a Madison native, and graduated from the UW in 1991 with a degree in
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. She worked in research for 5 years before
returning to school for a secondary education teaching license in chemistry and
biology. She began working at the Chemistry Learning Center in 1997. During her
CLC career, she received a Master's degree in Bacteriology, and worked as an
adjunct professor on other college campuses. Currently she is pursuing her PhD in
science education. Outside the classroom, Teri is a competitive barefoot water
skier. She is currently world ranked in the senior division top 20, and open
division top 40. She also competes for the UW Waterski team.
email: tclarson@wisc.edu
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Agnes Lee
A transplant from New York City, I came to Madison for grad school and eventually
established my roots, obtaining a Ph.D. in chemistry and raising 2 kids. I have
worked and taught in a number of places: UW-Whitewater, Edgewood College,
OSHA, Madison
Crime
Laboratory, Forest
Products Laboratory, and the Journal of Chemical Education. But I must say that teaching has been
most rewarding because of the students. In my spare time, I enjoy running, hiking,
spicy food (I think that's a hobby, right?), reading, and volunteer travel. My
trips have taken me to a Blackfeet Indian reservation in Montana, construction of
an adobe house in Taos, New Mexico, and building ICF (insulated concrete form) houses in Grey-Bruce, Canada. It
is when we step outside of our boxes that we learn more about ourselves and the
amazing good we are able to accomplish. Learning elevates, but learning while
helping others takes us beyond.
Thanks! Agnes
email: ama@wisc.edu.
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Shea Ramey
Shea was hired at the Chemistry Learning Center in August 2002. She earned her
Bachelor's degree from Case
Western Reserve University in Cleveland and her Master's degree from UW-
Madison. Since 1994, Shea has won 4
teaching awards in recognition of her work with undergraduate students. She is the
proud aunt of 2 nieces and 4 nephews
(little Trent is shown in the picture). A longtime practitioner of voluntary
simplicity, she lives without a cell phone, DSL or
cable TV... and has been without a vehicle for 12 years! In the summertime, she
grows and preserves organic vegetables in
Eagle Heights Community Gardens and takes interesting classes. Recent endeavors
include Chinese brush painting, Reiki,
kung fu, African drum crafting, sign language, yoga and tai chi.
email: smramey@wisc.edu
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