Biography

Professor Elizabeth Steeves earned a B.S. from Fairfield University with a double major in Chemistry and Biology and a M.S. in Chemistry from Southern CT State University with a Secondary Educator’s Certificate in Chemistry. She has taught Chemistry at HCC since 1997. She has worked as an industrial chemist developing analytical methods for Uniroyal Chemical and U. S. Surgical Corporation and is a former chemistry adjunct faculty at Southern CT State University and Quinnipiac University.

Her Master’s thesis work “The Quantitation and Characterization of Organic Pollutants in the Quinnipiac and Naugatuck Rivers by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry and High Performance Liquid Chromatography” was instrumental in the CT DEEP’s decision to significantly modify Cytec Industry of Wallingford’sProfessor Elizabeth Steeves earned a B.S. from Fairfield University with a double major in Chemistry and Biology and a M.S. in Chemistry from Southern CT State University with a Secondary Educator’s Certificate in Chemistry. She has taught Chemistry at HCC since 1997. She has worked as an industrial chemist developing analytical methods for Uniroyal Chemical and U. S. Surgical Corporation and is a former chemistry adjunct faculty at Southern CT State University and Quinnipiac University. Her Master’s thesis work “The Quantitation and Characterization of Organic Pollutants in the Quinnipiac and Naugatuck Rivers by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry and High Performance Liquid Chromatography” was instrumental in the CT DEEP’s decision to significantly modify Cytec Industry of Wallingford’s Toxic Release permit forcing them to pay $3 million dollars in reparations. They had been releasing upwards of 200,000 pounds of formaldehyde illegally into the Quinnipiac River annually, making it the second most polluted river in the United States.

Professor Steeves is formerly the chair of HCC Math/Science Department and coordinates HCC’s Pathway to Teaching Careers program. She also is a Project Manager and strong advocate for HCC’s Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center. She loves teaching Chemistry and hopes that her students will learn to think critically and quantitatively as they appreciate how so much of the world makes sense when you understand Chemistry! Professor Steeves has taught Concepts of Chemistry (CHE 111), Principles of Organic and Biochemistry (CHE 112), and General Chemistry I/II (CHE 121/122) at HCC. Professor Steeves has raised three nearly perfect children with a lot of help from her wonderful husband, who is a proud HCC Alumnus. She enjoys volunteering at her church, working in the garden on her small farm and playing ping pong whenever she canToxic Release permit forcing them to pay $3 million dollars in reparations. They had been releasing upwards of 200,000 pounds of formaldehyde illegally into the Quinnipiac River annually, making it the second most polluted river in the United States.

Professor Steeves is formerly the chair of HCC Math/Science Department and coordinates HCC’s Pathway to Teaching Careers program. She also is a Project Manager and strong advocate for HCC’s Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center.

She loves teaching Chemistry and hopes that her students will learn to think critically and quantitatively as they appreciate how so much of the world makes sense when you understand Chemistry! Professor Steeves has taught Concepts of Chemistry (CHE 111), Principles of Organic and Biochemistry (CHE 112), and General Chemistry I/II (CHE 121/122) at HCC.

Professor Steeves has raised three nearly perfect children with a lot of help from her wonderful husband, who is a proud HCC Alumnus. She enjoys volunteering at her church, working in the garden on her small farm and playing ping pong whenever she can.