Karen Goodwin

Goal-oriented Chemist offering strong knowledge in chemical instrumentation. To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills. Hardworking and passionate job seeker with strong organizational skills eager to secure entry-level or higher position in the hops industry. Ready to help team achieve company goals. Proficient in performing tests and documenting results. Keeps laboratory equipment and instruments in optimal condition. Teachable and ready to learn from experienced professionals.

• American Chemical Society
• Puget Sound Section of the American Chemical Society, Regional Member
• Secretary - 2015
• Chair-elect/Chair/Past Chair 2016-2018
• Earth Day Coordinator 2016-2020
• Washington College Chemistry Teacher’s Association, Treasurer – 2019-present
• Two-Year College Chemistry Consortium
• American Chemical Society, Chemical Education, Professional Relations, Agriculture and Food Chemistry Division member

• SAGE 2YC Cohort 3 Leadership Extension, 01/21/21 - 05/08/21
• SAGE 2YC Change Agent - Supporting and Advancing Geoscience Education in Two Year Colleges - Centralia College Team, Cohort 3, 2019-2020
• Chemistry Community of Practice, SBCTC sponsored CANVAS group, 2019-2020
• Northwest Regional meeting of the American Chemical Society, June 2018
• PNW-WSR (Pacific Northwest Women in Science Retreat), July 8-10 2016 - panelist
• Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference, Portland, June 2016
• Northwest Regional meeting of the American Chemical Society, June 2015
• Annual Conference of the Washington College Chemistry Teachers Association, 2013 - 2022 yearly
• Leadership Institute Sponsored by the American Chemical Society, January 2015
• Green Chemistry in Education Workshop - Oregon State University, July 2014
• Pacific Northwest Great Teachers Seminar, June 2014
• Annual Conference of the Washington College Chemistry Teachers Association, Oct. 2013
• Vernier Data Acquisition System Training at Vernier headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon
• Competency Based Learning Workshop (State Board sponsored, WGU program)
• Curriculum for the Bioregion Sustainability Workshop - The Washington Center, The Evergreen State College, June 2013
• Instructional Skills Workshop - Sierra College, May 23-26, 2011

• Thinking About Thinking – Strategies to Develop Life-long Learners, WCCTA Annual Conference, Oct. 8th, 2021
• Thinking about Thinking II, Zoom presentation for faculty development, Jan 29th, 2021
• Using Course Level Data to Increase Student Success, Faculty In-service day presentation, May 21st, 2021
• Data Acquisition in the Chemistry Lab, WCCTA 26th Annual Conference, 2018
• Hit the floor and give me 20 – moles! Development and utilization of chemistry boot camp, WCCTA 25th Annual Conference, Oct. 7th 2017
• Wait… Don’t They Take an English Class? Teaching Writing in the Organic Chemistry Lab, WCCTA 24th Annual Conference, Oct. 2016
• How Green is My… Reaction? A Green Metric Workshop for the Undergraduate Organic Chemistry Lab, WCCTA 24th Annual Conference, Oct. 2016
• Practical Applications of Green Chemistry Techniques - Incorporating Green Chemistry Into the Teaching Laboratory, WCCTA 22nd Annual Conference, Oct. 10th 2014
• Insights into Green Chemistry, Rising Tide Seminar Series, Centralia College, October 23rd, 2013
• Green Chemistry, ACS Speaker Series (ACS Sacramento Local Section), Sacramento City College, April 2011
• Development of a Greener Synthesis of Lidocaine, CSUS Chemistry Department, Master’s Thesis Defense Seminar, April 29, 2009
• Atmospheric Pressure Photoionization – An Alternative Ionization Technique for LC-MS, CSUS Chemistry Department Seminar, November 2, 2007
• Green Chemistry, GreenForce Initiative press conference, Los Rios Community College District, September 20, 2007
• Microwave-Assisted Organic Synthesis in the Organic Teaching Lab: A Versatile Fischer Esterification Reaction, Karen Goodwin, Cynthia Kellen-Yuen
• Paper submitted to Journal of Chemical Education
• Fischer Esterification by Microwave Irradiation: A Simplified Technique for the Undergraduate Organic Chemistry Laboratory, Karen Goodwin, Cynthia Kellen-Yuen, Presented at the 18th Annual Northern California ACS Undergraduate Research Meeting, San Jose, CA, May 7, 2006
• Development of an Economical Detector for HPLC Utilizing Spray Electrification, Karen N. Goodwin, Roger H. G. Wong, Roy W. Dixon, William DeGraffenreid, Presented at the CSUPERB Symposium, San Jose, CA, January 13-14, 2006

• Faculty Award, Phi Theta Kappa honors society Centralia College chapter, 2016
• Exceptional Faculty Award, Centralia College, 2015-2016 AY
• Dean’s Medalist, College of Natural Science and Mathematics, CSU Sacramento, May 2007
• Graduated Cum Laude, B.S. in Chemistry, CSU Sacramento, December 2006
• Hypercube Scholar for Scholastic Excellence in Chemistry, Hypercube Inc., CSU Sacramento, May 2006
• Levi Poage Scholarship Award (Alumni Scholarship), Trinity Scholarship Foundation, Trinity High School, May 2005
• Members-at-large Educational Re-entry Award, Iota Sigma Pi National Honors Society for Women in Chemistry, May 2005
• Sophomore Chemistry Award, American River College, Spring 2003

• January 2007 - Spring 2009, Research, Chemistry Department, CSU Sacramento, Masters Thesis Work, "Development of a Greener Synthesis of Lidocaine", Dr. Cynthia Kellen-Yuen
• October 2005 - December 2006, Student Research Assistant, Chemistry Department, CSU Sacramento, Microwave Assisted Organic Synthesis - Fischer Esterification, Dr. Cynthia Kellen-Yuen
• January 2005-August 2006, Student Research Assistant, Chemistry Department, CSU Sacramento, Development of an Aerosol Charge Detector for use with High Performance Liquid Chromatography, Dr. Roy Dixon and Dr. William DeGraffenreid

• Dr. Joyce Hammer, Vice President of Instruction, Centralia College, 600 Centralia College Blvd, Centralia, WA, 98531, (206) 920-8101
• Christian Bruhn, Executive Director, Lewis County United Way, 450 NW Pacific Ave, Chehalis, WA, 98532, (206) 383-3696
• Dr. Lisa Carlson, Emeritus – Former Associate Professor of Biology/Botany, Centralia College, 1940 Pine Ave NE, Olympia, WA, 98506, (360) 789-5890

Certificate Series - Four course Specialization in Foundations of Sensory Science - UC Davis via Coursera