Collaboration

Successful collaboration between disciplines requires excellent communication between collaborators before, during, and after the collaboration. Clarity of expectations, identification of challenges and potential solutions, and evaluation of results are all iterative processes that benefit from equitable participation and contribution of all members.

Example of Multidisciplinary Collaborations

• Element Stories 
• Collins, Sibrina, Tiffany Steele, and Michelle Nelson. “Storytelling as pedagogy: The power of chemistry stories as a tool for classroom engagement.” Journal of Chemical Education 100.7 (2023): 2664-2672.
• Nivens, Delana A., et al. “Art, meet chemistry; Chemistry, meet art: Case studies, current literature, and instrumental methods combined to create a hands-on experience for nonmajors and instrumental analysis students.” Journal of chemical education 87.10 (2010): 1089-1093.
• Hamilton, Jason G., et al. “Multidisciplinary collaborations in the traditional classroom: Wrestling with global climate change to improve science education.” Transformations: The Journal of Inclusive Scholarship and Pedagogy 21.1 (2010): 89-98.

Element Haikus

• Elemental Haiku by Mary Soon Lee

Calls for Interdisciplinary Curricular Development in Chemistry

• Hardy, John G., et al. “Potential for chemistry in multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary teaching activities in higher education.” Journal of Chemical Education 98.4 (2021): 1124-1145.
• Constable, David JC. “Green and sustainable chemistry–The case for a systems-based, interdisciplinary approach.” IScience 24.12 (2021).

Thoughts on Interdisciplinary Projects

• Blythe, Richard A., and William Croft. “Can a Science—Humanities collaboration be successful?.” Adaptive Behavior 18.1 (2010): 12-20.
• Gunawardena, Sidath, Rosina Weber, and Denise E. Agosto. “Finding that special someone: Interdisciplinary collaboration in an academic context.” Journal of education for library and information science (2010): 210-221.