Christine Blaine

  • Chair, Chemistry Department; Professor of Chemistry
    Email Address:
    cblaine@carthage.edu
    Office location:
    Straz Center 182
    Phone
    262-551-5872

    Christine Blaine teaches inorganic, general chemistry, and advanced laboratory courses. She is also active in teaching and mentoring students in senior thesis.

    Prof. Blaine also serves as a Carthage Noyce Scholarship Program Co-Principal Investigator — an area she has brought expertise to due to her science outreach work with elementary and middle schools in the Kenosha area. She is committed to doing engaging and active science with all children to foster curiosity and a passion for science. She also serves as a liaison between KUSD schools and Carthage College.



    In 2010, she won the Distinguished Teaching Award at Carthage. Before coming to Carthage, she was a visiting assistant professor of chemistry at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine.

    Prof. Blaine is a member of the American Chemical Society. She earned her B.A. degree from the College of St. Benedict and a Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from the University of Minnesota. She joined the Carthage faculty in 1995.

    • Ph.D. — Inorganic Chemistry, University of Minnesota
    • B.A. — Chemistry, College of St. Benedict (Minn.)
    • CHM 1010: General Chemistry I
    • CHM 1020 General Chemistry II
    • CHM 2120 Inorganic Chemistry
    • CHM 3100: Advanced Synthesis Laboratory
    • CHM 3110: Advanced Integrated Laboratory
    • CHM 4000 Chemistry Senior Thesis
    • CHM 4120 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry

    “A Community Building Approach to Preparing Secondary Science and Math Teachers,” is under the direction of Julie Dahlstrom, Andrea Henle, Karin Sconzert, Aaron K. Trautwein, Christine A. Blaine. National Science Foundation Noyce Foundation Grant, Award: $1,197,872. Granting Period: (June 1, 2017 to May 31, 2022; one year extension.

    Blaine et al., Chloride Concentrations from Pike River. Surface Water Integrated Monitoring System (SWIMS) database of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WI DNR). http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/surfacewater/swims/