University Scholarship
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Regis Komperda

rkomperda@sdsu.eduorcid.org/0000-0003-4837-7141

Appointments

  • Associate Professor, 2024-Present
    Chemistry & Biochemistry, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, US
  • Assistant Professor, 2019-2024
    Chemistry & Biochemistry, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, US
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2016-2019
    Chemistry, Portland State University, Portland, OR, US
  • Instructor/Lecturer, 2010-2012
    Chemistry, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, US

  • PhD in Chemical Education, 2016
    Chemistry, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, US
  • MS in the Teaching of Chemistry, 2008
    Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, US
  • BS in Chemistry, Minor in Secondary Education, 2007
    Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, US

Profile updated October 8, 2026.

Grants

Mentored Pathways from Community College to Graduate School and Chemistry Careers
Regis Komperda
Directorate for Education & Human Resources, 2019 - 2024, USD 1,768,107.00
Career development Community colleges Education, Higher
Collaborative Research: Building Assessment Capacity in Chemistry Education - The CHemistry Instrument Review and Assessment Library (CHIRAL) Project
Regis Komperda
Directorate for Education & Human Resources, 2019 - 2022, USD 249,316.00
Chemistry Collaborative Research Support Program Educational evaluation Science and education

Scholarship

Academic Publications

Student perceptions of a flipped second-semester postsecondary organic chemistry course through the lens of the community of inquiry framework
Caroline J. Crowder; Regis Komperda; Kimberly Bliss-Roche; Jeffrey R. Raker
Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2026, journal article
Chemistry, Organic Flipped classrooms Postsecondary education
Design, development, and evaluation of the organic chemistry representational competence assessment (ORCA)
Lyniesha Ward; Fridah Rotich; Jeffrey R. Raker; Regis Komperda; Sachin Nedungadi; Maia Popova
Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2025, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 12
Chemistry, Organic Evaluation Psychometrics
Testing a Reciprocal Causation Model between the Organic Chemistry Representational Competence Assessment and Examination Performance in Postsecondary Organic Chemistry
Caroline J. Crowder; Lyniesha W. Ward; Maia Popova; Regis Komperda; Fridah Rotich; Jeffrey R. Raker
Journal of Chemical Education, 2025, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 5
Academic achievement Chemistry, Organic Postsecondary education
Importance of undergraduate institution prestige in physics faculty hiring networks
Daniel Z. Grunspan; Regis Komperda; et al.
Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2024, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 5
Education Physics Prestige Universities and colleges
Validity and Reliability of Survey Data: Key to Empowering Chemical Health and Safety Research
Qi Cui; Jordan T. Harshman; Regis Komperda
Acs Chemical Health & Safety, 2024, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 2
Chemistry Reliability Surveys

Empowerment through Inclusiveness and Collaboration: Introducing the Virtual Issue for Diane M. Bunce Festschrift
Regis Komperda
Journal of Chemical Education, 2024, journal article
Chemistry Education
Impact of Clicker and Confidence Questions on the Metacognition and Performance of Students of Different Achievement Groups in General Chemistry
Diane M. Bunce; Maria J. Schroeder; Dianne J. Luning Prak; Melonie A. Teichert; Debra K. Dillner; Lauren R. McDonnell; Daniel P. Midgette; Regis Komperda
Journal of Chemical Education, 2023, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 12
Educational technology Metacognition Student response systems
Practices in instrument use and development in chemistry education research and practice 2010–2021
Katherine Lazenby; Kristin Tenney; Tina A. Marcroft; Regis Komperda
Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2023, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 6
Chemistry Psychometrics
The Chemistry Instrument Review and Assessment Library (CHIRAL): A New Resource for the Chemistry Education Community
Jack Barbera; Jordan Harshman; Regis Komperda
Journal of Chemical Education, 2023, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 8
Chemistry Psychometrics
Characterizing Graduate Student Identity Development in the Context of an Integrated Research and Teaching Graduate Student Training Course
Adriana Corrales; Regis Komperda
Journal of Chemical Education, 2022, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 14
Education Graduate students Universities and colleges
Clarity on Cronbach’s Alpha Use
Jack Barbera; Nicole Naibert; Regis Komperda; Thomas C. Pentecost
Journal of Chemical Education, 2021, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 144
Psychometrics Research methods
Addressing diversity and inclusion through group comparisons: a primer on measurement invariance testing
Guizella A. Rocabado; Regis Komperda; Jennifer E. Lewis; Jack Barbera
Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2020, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 52
Inclusive education Methodology
Investigation of evidence for the internal structure of a modified science motivation questionnaire II (mSMQ II): a failed attempt to improve instrument functioning across course, subject, and wording variants
Regis Komperda; Kathryn N. Hosbein; Michael M. Phillips; Jack Barbera
Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2020, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 22
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY Motivation in education
Problem-Solving Behaviors of Different Achievement Groups on Multiple-Choice Questions in General Chemistry
Melonie A. Teichert; Maria J. Schroeder; Shirley Lin; Debra K. Dillner; Regis Komperda; Diane M. Bunce
Journal of Chemical Education, 2020, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 8
Academic achievement Chemistry EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY Problem solving
Evaluation of the influence of wording changes and course type on motivation instrument functioning in chemistry
Regis Komperda; Kathryn N. Hosbein; Jack Barbera
Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2018, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 24
Chemistry EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY Motivation in education Psychometrics
Connecting Chemistry to Community with Deliberative Democracy
Regis Komperda
Citizens First! Democracy, Social Responsibility and Chemistry, 2018, book chapter, Cited by: OpenAlex: 10
Chemistry Deliberative democracy Political participation
Moving beyond Alpha: A Primer on Alternative Sources of Single-Administration Reliability Evidence for Quantitative Chemistry Education Research
Regis Komperda; Thomas C. Pentecost; Jack Barbera
Journal of Chemical Education, 2018, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 98
Educational statistics Quantitative research Research methods
Choice of Study Resources in General Chemistry by Students Who Have Little Time To Study
Diane M. Bunce; Regis Komperda; Debra K. Dillner; Shirley Lin; Maria J. Schroeder; JudithAnn R. Hartman
Journal of Chemical Education, 2017, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 13
Academic achievement Education, Higher Learning strategies
Differential Use of Study Approaches by Students of Different Achievement Levels
Diane M. Bunce; Regis Komperda; et al.
Journal of Chemical Education, 2017, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 38
Academic achievement EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY Learning strategies
Likert-Type Survey Data Analysis with R and RStudio
Regis Komperda
Computer-Aided Data Analysis in Chemical Education Research (Cadacer): Advances and Avenues, 2017, book chapter, Cited by: OpenAlex: 29
Likert scale Quantitative research Statistics Surveys
Matching the evaluation plan to the question
Bunce, D.M.; Regis Komperda
Acs Symposium Series, 2014, book
Research design and methods

Other

PME-NA 2026 paper-- Self-Concept and Situational Interest in College Mathematics
Abel Sekone; Regis Komperda
Osf, 2026, other
Measurement Invariance of the Community of Inquiry Framework Across Diverse In-person College Chemistry Environments
Regis Komperda; Jungwon Kim
Osf, 2024, other
Practices in instrument use and development in Chemistry Education Research and Practice 2010-2021
Katherine Lazenby; Regis Komperda
Osf Registries, 2021, other