EXPERIENCE:

2006- MIAMI-DADE COLLEGE, Miami, FL: Adjunct Professor teaching General Chemistry labs at the Wolfson (downtown) campus.

1995-99 NEWBURY COLLEGE, Brookline, MA: Adjunct Faculty teaching General Chemistry to students in Respiratory Therapy and Environmental Science programs.
 

1996-: ALTERNATE COUNCILOR, American Chemical Society, Division of the History of Chemistry ("HIST")
 

1985-95, 98-2000 WENTWORTH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Boston, MA: Adjunct Associate Professor (Full-time, 1991, 1998, 2000) teaching General Chemistry, Applied Chemistry, Technical Physics, and Atomic & Nuclear Physics.
 

1989: CHAIRMAN, HIST

1988: CHAIRMAN-ELECT, HIST.
 

1977-84 BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Boston, MA: Assistant Professor, College of Basic Studies, teaching Interdisciplinary Physical Science course for Freshmen. Gave principal lectures in all phases of the course; redesigned syllabus and lab materials. Chaired several committees; ran honors ("St. John's"-type) seminars.

In BU's evening division, created one-year core seminar around works of Copernicus, Newton, Einstein, and Darwin.
 

1983-87: Membership Chairman, HIST. Membership doubled.

1982-83: Exhibit Coordinator for ACS National Meetings, Beckman Center for History of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania.

1980-84: Feature Editor, "Chemical Bonds" (interdisciplinary subject matter), Journal of Chemical Education.

1980-81: Research Associate, Cytokinetics Lab, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, designing and building automated-flow cytometers.
 

1971-77 SHIMER COLLEGE, Mount Carroll, IL: Faculty (there was no rank at Shimer), teaching Great-Books core seminars in Science and Mathematics, electives in General and Physical Chemistry, Precalculus Mathematics.
 

1976-77: CHAIRMAN, Natural Sciences Area

1974 : Acting Associate Dean
 

1963-71 BROOKLYN COLLEGE, Brooklyn, NY: Instructor, teaching General Science and General and Analytical Chemistry courses, General Science seminars in evening division and in "SEEK" program for minority students.
 

1965-66: City University of NY Research Fellow
 
 
 

1961-63 RICE UNIVERSITY, Houston, TX: Teaching Assistant in General Chemistry. (1962-63: NASA Fellow)

EDUCATION:
 

1984: Certificate, Careers in Business Program for PhD's, Graduate School of Business Administration, New York University.

1971: Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, City Univ. of NY   Dissertation: "Association Theory and Liquid Structure"

1961: B. A., Chemistry, Columbia University
 
 

SOCIETIES, ETC.:
 

AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, Division of the History of Chemistry (officer)

SCIENCE-BY-MAIL "Pen Pal" for Grades 7-9 (1992-1994)

BOSTON FENCING CLUB (Silver Medal, Master's Division Epee, Bay State Games, 1990; Bronze Medal, New England Division Masters' Open Epee, 1992; Treasurer, 1989-1992)

NORTH AMERICAN VEXILLOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (Member, Design Committee); NEW ENGLAND VEXILLOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

NEW WORLD SYMPHONY (Subscriber)

PUBLICATIONS
 

1. Beitchman, M., Kirsch, A.S., Miller, D., Reed, M., & Moriber, G.: "An Experimental Approach to the Teaching of Physical Science to Non-Science College Students"; NARST National Meeting, Minneapolis, 8 March 1970.
 

2. Ginell, R., and Kirsch, A.S.: "Association Theory: The Discontinuous Case and the Structure of Liquids"; Journal of Physical Chemistry 74 2835 (1970).
 

3. Kirsch, A.S., and Ginell, R.: "Association Theory: The Critical State and the Saturated Liquid"; Third NY Metro Regional Meeting, ACS Division of Physical Chem., San Juan, PR, 1 May 1971.
 

4. Ginell, R., Kirsch, A.S., & Ginell, A.M.: "Association Theory and the Nature of the Critical State"; Berichte der Bunsen-Gesellschaft 76 292 (1972).
 

5. Kirsch, A.S.: "Democritus to Cannizzaro: An Historical Approach to Chemistry"; 166th ACS National Meeting, Division of Chemical Education, Chicago, 27 August 1973.
 

6. Kirsch, A.S.: "How Do You Know It's H₂O?"; Tenth ACS Great Lakes Regional Meeting, Division of Chemical Education, Evanston, Ill., 19 June 1976.
 

7. Kirsch, A.S.: "Lavoisier's 'Reflections on Phlogiston'";

a) 174th ACS National Meeting, Division of the History of Chemistry, Chicago, 30 August 1977.

b) CHEMTECH 10 722 (1980).
 

8. Kirsch, A.S.: "A Team Approach for Freshmen: The CBS Physical Science Course"; Eighth ACS Northeast Regional Meeting, Division of Chemical Education, Boston, 27 June 1978.
 

9. Kirsch, A.S.: "A Pre-Kinetic Explanation of Graham's Law";

a) 176th ACS National Meeting, Division of the History of Chemistry, Miami Beach, 12 September 1978.

b) American Journal of Physics 49 1076 (1981).
 

10. Kirsch, A.S.: "Introducing 'Chemical Bonds': A Chemist's Approach to the Novel Ragtime"; Journal of Chemical Education 58 200 (1981).
 

11. Shapiro, H.M., Feinstein, D.M., & Kirsch, A.S.: "Multistation Multiparameter Flow Cytometry: Is Small Beautiful?";

a) Eighth Conference on Analytical Cytology and Cytometry, Society for Analytical Cytology, Portsmouth, NH, 24 May 1981.

b) Cytometry 2 126 (1981).
 

12. Kirsch, A.S.: "'Chemical Bonds': A New Feature of the Journal of Chemical Education";

a) Sixth International Conference on Chemical Education, College Park, Md., 9 August 1981.

b) 182nd ACS National Meeting, Division of Chemical Education, New York, 26 August 1981.

13. Shapiro, H.M., Feinstein, D.M., Kirsch, A.S., & Christenson, L.: "Multistation Multiparameter Flow Cytometry: Some Influences of Instrumental Factors on System Performance"; Cytometry 4 11 (1983).
 

14. Orna, M.V., and Kirsch, A.S.: "The Center for History of Chemistry: A Resource for the International Chemical Community"; Seventh International Conference on Chemical Education, Montpellier, France, 21 August 1983.
 

15. Kirsch, A.S.: "The Center for History of Chemistry: A Resource for Teachers"; SCST National Meeting, Boston, 6 April 1984.
 
 
 

16. Shapiro, H.M., and Kirsch, A.S.: "Fluorescence Cytometry Marches On"; 199th ACS National Meeting, Division of the History of Chemistry, Boston, 25 April 1990.

FLAGS

1. Kirsch, A.S.: "A Suggestion for a Flag for Brookline, MA", New England Journal of Vexillology 4 7 (1997)

2. Flag of Carroll County, IL.

3. Personal flag (two sites, NAVA and Drapeaux Personnels des Vexillologues)
 
 

1. Young, J.A.: "Science and the Fine Arts"; 58 329-330 (1981).
 

2. Bent, H.A.: "A Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Art and Science"; 58 331-333 (1981).
 

3. Marshall, W.L.: "Implementing Cultural Science in the High Schools"; 58 770-772 (1981).
 

4. Benfey, O.T.: "The Concepts of Chemistry -- Mechanical, Organicist, Magical, or What?"; 59 395-398 (1982).
 

5. Herron, J.D.: "Science, Society, and the Reformation"; 59 560-562 (1982).
 

6. Labianca, D.A.: "The Chimney Sweeper's Cancer: An Interdisciplinary View of Chemical Carcinogenesis"; 59 843-846 (1982).
 

7. Kauffman, G.B.: "August Strindberg's Chemical and Alchemical Studies"; 60 584-590 (1983).
 

8. Marshall, W.L.: "On Publicizing Viewpoints in Science Education"; 60 761 (1983).
 

9. Labianca, D.A.: "The Role of the Humanities in the Teaching of Chemistry in Two-Year Colleges"; 61 148-151 (1984).
 

10. Kauffman, G.B.: "Emil Fischer: His Role in Wilhelminian German Industry, Scientific Institutions, and Government"; 61 504-506 (1984).