Research Interests
My interests lie in the areas of science education (K-12 as well as at the University level), and in adaptations of science activities for learners with mobility, learning or sensory impairments. Recent professional activities have included a K-12 Faculty Training Institute to help school districts implement and incorporate the state science frameworks in their curricula. Dr. De Luca is also a scholar with The National Faculty.
Education
- Ph.D.: Inorganic Chemistry, (1978), Ohio State University - Columbus, Ohio
- MS: Inorganic Chemistry, (1974), Ohio State University - Columbus, Ohio
- BA: Chemistry, (1972), The City University of New York - Queens, New York
Biosketch
My interests lie in the areas of science education (K-12 as well as at the University level), and in adaptations of science activities for learners with mobility, learning or sensory impairments. Recent professional activities have included a K-12 Faculty Training Institute to help school districts implement and incorporate the state science frameworks in their curricula. De Luca is also a scholar with The National Faculty
Selected Awards and Honors
- Difference Makers Award (2012) - UMass Lowell Honors Program
- Difference Makers Award (2012) - UMass Lowell Honors Program
- Honors Faculty of the Year Award (2011) - UMass Lowell
- Honors Faculty of the Year Award (2011) - UMass Lowell
- Teacher Award (2008), Teaching - Student Government Association Academic Affairs Committee
- Teacher Award (2008), Teaching - Student Government Association Academic Affairs Committee
- Teacher Awards (2008), Teaching - Student Government Association Academic Affairs Committee
- Excellence in Teaching Award (2001), Teaching - Department of Chemistry
- Excellence in Teaching Award (2001), Teaching - Department of Chemistry
- Excellence in Teaching Award (2001), Teaching - Department of Chemistry
- Chairês Merit Award (1996), Service, Professional - UMass Lowell
- Chairês Merit Award (1996), Service, Professional - UMass Lowell
- ChairÕs Merit Award (1996), Service, Professional - UMass Lowell
- Disability Service Award (1996), Service, University - Office of University Life
- Disability Service Award (1996), Service, University - Office of University Life
- Disability Service Award (1996), Service, University - Office of University Life
- Diversity in Teaching Award (1996), Teaching - Council on Diversity and Pluralism
- Diversity in Teaching Award (1996), Teaching - Council on Diversity and Pluralism for service to persons with disabilities
- Diversity in Teaching Award (1996), Teaching - Council on Diversity and Pluralism for service to persons with disabilities
- Congressional Resolution of Appreciation and Merit (1992), Service, Community - Committee on Science, Space and Technology for the Science Enrichment for the Disabled
- Congressional Resolution of Appreciation and Merit (1992), Service, Community - Committee on Science, Space and Technology for the Science Enrichment for the Disabled
- Congressional Resolution of Appreciation and Merit (1992) - Committee on Science, Space and Technology for the Science Enrichment for the Disabled program
Selected Presentations
- Multi-Initiative Dissemination Project; Innovations in Chemical Education, March 2004 - Housatonic Community College, Bridgeport, CT
- - Massachusetts Educational Computing Conference, June 2002
- - 1996 Working Conference on Teaching Science to Students with Disabilities, March 1996 - St. Louis
- Hands-on Activities in Science- a Multisensory Approach - Science Teachers Area Resource Swap, April 1995 - Tewksbury, MA
- Science Activities for Students with Disabilities - Massachusetts Association of Science Teachers Conference, November 1994 - Worcester, MA
- The Disabled Student in Higher Education, April 1994 - Lowell, MA
- Outreach Activities, February 1992 - Cambridge, MA
- Science Enrichment for the Disabled - National Science Foundation Young Scholars Project Directors Meeting, April 1991 - Washington, D.C.