Selected publications
On the kinetics of proton-coupled electron transfer in
substituted hydroquinone systems.
W. H. White and L. A. Martens.
Journal of Physical Chemistry, 1986. (PhD work.)
Crystallographic analysis of phase boundaries in low-temperature
organic glasses.
W. H. White, L. A. Martens, and E. Schwartz.
Acta Crystallographica B, 1988.
Notes on bench-scale recrystallization of high-melting
intermediates.
W. H. White. Internal technical report, Gray Matter
Technologies, 1990. (Available on request.)
What proton-coupled electron transfer can teach us about redox
in introductory courses.
W. H. White.
Journal of Chemical Education, vol. 102, 2024.
Demonstrating equilibrium without combustion: a survey of
classroom-safe alternatives to historical chemistry demos.
W. H. White.
The Science Teacher, March 2025.
Current interests
I am presently most interested in the pedagogy of equilibrium and
kinetics — specifically, how the introductory student forms
(and is required to unlearn) intuitions about reaction reversibility.
I am also slowly working on a short monograph on the history of
crystallographic instrumentation in mid-century North American
universities, which I hope to finish before the next eclipse passes
over the Sandia Mountains.
Note
I do not maintain a Google Scholar or ORCID page. If you need
a copy of any older paper that is not available through your
institution’s subscription, please write directly and I will
send a PDF.