Rachel Jameton, who has been a member of the Lewis-Clark State College faculty for 20 years, has been named chairperson of the college’s Physical, Life, Movement and Sport Sciences Division, it was announced this week.
Jameton, a professor of chemistry, will begin her new duties July 1 and will replace Susan Steele, who will return as a faculty member of the division, according to an LCSC news release.
Jameton received her bachelor’s degree with honors in chemistry from Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pa., in 1993 and her doctorate in chemistry from the University of Utah in 2001.
Her first teaching position was in 1994-96, when she taught chemistry and physics as a Peace Corps volunteer in Zinder, Niger. She spent two years on the chemistry faculty at The Evergreen State College and then began teaching chemistry at LCSC in 2003.
From 2015-21, Jameton directed the LC Center for Teaching and Learning, which supports faculty in enhancing their professional practices, according to the news release. She returned to the classroom in 2021 and has served as assistant chairperson for PLMSS.
