Faculty Friday: Meet Dr. Christine Brooms

Dr. Christine Brooms is Professor of Chemistry and Chair of the Natural Sciences Department at Prairie State College. Dr. Brooms teaches General Chemistry I and Organic Chemistry II  and is coordinator for the LSAMP (Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation) Grant. She is also the featured speaker at Wednesday’s 66th annual Commencement. We sat down and chatted about her areas of expertise and many other topics.

Favorite Part about working at PSC? 

Students

What does it mean to you to be asked to speak at Graduation?

It’s a big honor. I’m very excited, because I get to talk to the students. This gives me the opportunity and platform to speak to all of them at once.

What are some advantages of taking Science Courses at Prairie State College?

The faculty is amazing. We have some of the best trained faculty. We have great connections out into the scientific community. We have a whole suite of instrumentation that rivals a four-year college. We give students the time to explore things.

Fun Fact about yourself that No One Knows?

I worked as a scientific analyst at the Pentagon prior to my teaching career.

If you could have any Fictional Character as a best friend, who would it be?

Odie (Garfield). He’s always peppy and outgoing and kind of clueless to the mean terrible things in the world. He’s always just expecting things to go well.

Favorite Food

Sweet Potatoes

Favorite Ice Cream Flavor

Vanilla

Last Song Listened to

Something by Ice Cube or 2pac

Favorite TV Show

A Different World

Favorite Movie

Shawshank Redemption

Favorite Place traveled

St. John (Virgin Islands)

One place You’d like to travel

Some place in Africa. I’ve never been there.

Hobbies

Gardening, Running, Reading. I like doing maintenance stuff around the house and I love walking my dog.