Elaine K. Haub, President's award

Elaine K. Haub Associate Professor of Chemistry School of Natural Sciences IU Southeast

Interim President Gerald Bepko, Haub and IU Southeast Chancellor Sandra Patterson-Randles at the Founders Day ceremony

Though this story undoubtedly increases her students’ self-confidence, it’s the experience of studying under Haub’s guidance that shapes their futures in science. Heather Hill, a student of Haub’s as well as her laboratory assistant, found a new direction in life through Haub’s teaching. “Going into C106, I was an accounting major,” Hill said. “By the end of the course and after some advising from Dr. Haub, I realized that accounting was not my passion, so I changed to chemistry and have not looked back.”

One factor in Haub’s teaching success is her ability to relate chemical concepts to everyday things. And while making chemistry accessible, Haub also holds high expectations for her students’ performance, and they respond admirably. She routinely administers the American Chemical Society’s standardized subject exams in her major-level courses, and her students score above the national median.

Haub continually publishes articles both on college teaching methods and on her research. She also spends innumerable hours in outreach activities.

First as a student and now as a chemistry instructor, IU Southeast’s Elaine Haub relates to the experience of being a first-generation college student.