Danielle Garrett

Biography

Dr. Maria Danielle Garrett, Associate Professor, joined Belmont University in the fall of 2014. She graduated Suma Cum Laude with her B.S. from the University of Tennessee, where she majored in Chemistry and minored in English. After graduating, Dr. Garrett began her studies as a graduate student in the Chemistry Department at Vanderbilt University, where her research work focused on band edge recombination in cadmium selenide, cadmium sulfide and cadmium sulfo-selenide alloy nanocrystals observed by ultrafast fluorescence upconversion. After completing her Ph.D., Dr. Garrett went on to receive her MAT from Trevecca Nazarene University.

Dr. Garrett has a diverse perspective on teaching, as her teaching experience lies in the high school and college levels. Dr. Garrett strives not only to implement a teaching style that has a strong foundation of student interaction, emphasizes practical applications and encourages thinking outside the box, but also to help students grow and cultivate their love of learning and science, finding a deeper appreciation for the world around them. She has taught courses in physical science, chemistry, physics and physical chemistry.

Dr. Garrett has served as faculty research advisor for undergraduate students, several of whom have made presentations at the Tennessee Academy of Science (TAS), the Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (SERMACS), and the American Chemical Society (ACS) national meeting. Her primary research interest is greener options in the chemistry classroom. Dr. Garrett currently teaches general chemistry, GOB (general, organic, and biochemistry) for nursing majors, problem solving in chemistry and several special studies chemistry courses, including a survey of green chemistry and sustainability, principles and methods of peer tutoring in chemistry, and chemistry outreach through the lens of scientific literacy. Dr. Garrett is heavily involved in the development and implementation of STEM outreach events for high school students and teachers.  Dr. Garrett, an ACS Science Coaches program participant from 2014 to 2025, continues chemistry outreach with 4th grade students and teachers at a local school. She has also extended her work to include the 6th grade.

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