Smieja
Professional Activities
Participated in a five
week Spanish immersion in Cali, Colombia, as part of the Gonzaga
University-Javeriana University Jesuit Twinning Agreement, June-July 2011,
Organized a symposium
entitled “International Experiences for Undergraduate Students” for the 21st
Biennial Conference on Chemical Education. University Of North Texas,
Denton, Texas. August 1-5, 2010.
Supervised the Environmental
Chemistry event at the 2010 Regional Science Olympiad tournament. Spokane
Falls Community College. March 6, 2010.
Reviewed “Essentials of
Inorganic Chemistry, 1st Edition” by Hagerman and Schnabel. W. H. Freeman,
March 2010.
Reviewer for the NSF-CCLI Program,
Washington, D. C. 2003, 2004
Program Co-Chair for NORM
2002. Over 300 in attendance.
Reviewer for the ACS
Petroleum Research Fund, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998.
Reviewer for the National
Science Foundation 2001, 2000, 1999, 1997.
Membership Committee of
the Chemical Education Division of the American Chemical Society, 2000-2002.
Reviewer for NSF-ILI
Program, Washington, D. C., 1998, 1997, 1995 and 1994.
Chair of the Chemistry
Department, January 1996-January 1997.
Co-organizer of the
Regional Science Olympiad, February, 1997, held on Gonzaga's Campus.
Candidate for
Member-at-Large for the Chemical Education Division of the American Chemical
Society, fall 1995.
Reviewer for the
Associated Western Universities, Inc., Northwest Division Academic Program,
Richland, WA, February 10-11, 1995.
Appointed to the Local
Sections Activities Committee of the American Chemical Society as associate
member for 1995.
Elected as Councilor for
the Inland Empire Section of the American Chemical Society for a three year
term, 1995-1998.
Elected to serve on the
Board of Directors of the Northwest College and University Association for
Science, 1992-1994.
Acted as a judge for the
Qualitative Analysis event at the Regional Science Olympiad, February 19, 1994;
January 6, 1993; and February 1, 1992.
Chairperson of the Inland
Empire Section of the American Chemical Society, January 1991-December
1991.Chairperson-Elect of the Inland Empire Section of the American Chemical
Society, January 1990-December 1990.
Secretary-Treasurer of the
Inland Empire Section of the American Chemical Society, January 1989-December
1989.
Member of the American
Chemical Society, Divisions of Chemical Education and Inorganic Chemistry.