Professor, Department of Chemistry Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs
Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Virginia
R1 University
Professor Sally S. Hunnicutt’s career at VCU has been split evenly among research, teaching, and service. Conducting research focused on pedagogy and faculty development, she obtained funding from the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Education, and SCHEV. She taught courses for majors and non‐majors, large and small courses, and lecture and laboratory courses. With financial support from the NSF, she worked with colleagues from across the U.S. to develop new guided inquiry physical chemistry laboratory experiments and build a vibrant community of physical chemistry instructors. VCU recognized Dr. Hunnicutt with its Distinguished Teaching Award in 2015.
Currently she is an Associate Dean in the College of Humanities & Science, focused on faculty affairs and on the design, construction, opening, and operation of a new instructional laboratory building. Sally is happy to serve the Richmond community as a member of the Blue Sky Fund board, and the professional community as a former steering committee member of The POGIL Project and reviewer for journals and for NSF proposals. In particular, Sally especially enjoys developing and facilitating faculty workshops. From 2007‐08 to present, she facilitated over 40 workshops – at VCU and across the U.S. – with over 1000 participants. These workshops provided a fantastic opportunity for mentoring, for promoting diversity and equity, and for sharing sound teaching and research practices among faculty. Sally and her husband, Mike, enjoy hiking, climbing, and mountain biking, especially when joined by their two sons, Patrick and Nathan.