Presentations:
Seminars
Carleton College, 2008
 Texas Women’s University, 2007
American Chemical Society, Local Section, Durango, CO 2003
Baylor University, 2002
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, 2002
Florida State University, 2002
Baylor University, 2002
Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX, 2001
University of Colorado, 1998
Colorado State University, 1998
Regis University, 1998
University of Southern Colorado, 1998
Colorado College, 1998
University of Colorado-Denver
Fort Lewis College, 1997
University of Denver, 1997
Texas A & M University, 1997
Rice University, 1996
Texas Christian University, 1993
Texas Lutheran College, 1993
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 1993
Southwestern University, 1993
Grinnell College, 1993
Baylor University, 1992
University of Texas-San Antonio, 1992, 1986, 1981
Texas Chemistry/Biochemistry Forum, University of Texas-Austin, 1991 (invited to be a symposium speaker, forced to decline because of previous committments)
Washington University, 1989
Hendrix College, 1987
North Texas State University, 1984
University of Texas-Dallas, 1983
University of Texas-El Paso, 1983
Texas Christian University, 1982
Southwest Texas State University, 1982

Presentations at Regional, National, and International Meetings. Presentor is indicated in italics, undergraduate collaborators are indicated by asterisks.

235th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Chicago, IL, April 6-10, 2008, "Integrating teaching and research at Trinity University", Bert Chandler and Nancy Mills.

American Conference of Academic Deans and the Phi Beta Kappa Society, Promoting the Sciences: Science as Liberal Education, October 25-27, 2007, “The Liberal Arts Dimension of  Teaching and Doing Science with Liberal Arts, the Foundation of Science Education,” Mark Brodl, Michael Fischer, Nancy Mills, Moses Lee, and James Boelkins

176th Conference of the Two-Year College Chemistry Consortium, San Antonio, TX, November 10-11, 2006, “Resource Issues/Possible Solutions for Undergraduate Research at Two-Year Colleges”, Nancy Mills

176th Conference of the Two-Year College Chemistry Consortium, San Antonio, TX, November 10-11, 2006, “Aligning the ACS guidelines for two and four year programs: Enhancing student success.Jodi Wesemann and Nancy Mills

11th  CUR National Conference, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN, June 24-27, 2006, “Serendipity: How a Failed Experiment Opened the Door to Studies of Antaromaticity,” CUR  Fellows Award, Nancy Mills

31st  National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Atlanta, GA, March 26-30, 2006, “Role of research in the undergraduate curriculum: Comments from the Committee on Professional Training (CPT)”, Nancy Mills

231st  National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Atlanta, GA, March 26-30, 2006, “Aromaticity and antiaromaticity of dianions and dications of benzylidenefluorenes”,  N. S. Mills, D. Vasudevan. 

Pacifichem 2005, Honolulu, HI, December 15-20, 2005, “Fluorenylidene and Indenylidene Dications: Insights about Antiaromaticity”, Nancy Mills, invited talk for Symposium on Carbocations and Oxonium Ions

229th American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 13-14, 2005, “Undergraduate Research in chemistry at Trinity University: The Value of Enlightened Self-Interest”, Nancy Mills, invited talk for a symposium on establishing a departmental culture of research

229th American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 13-14, 2005, “A Dispersed REU Site”, Nancy Mills

229th American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 13-14, 2005, “ACS-CPT survey of 2001-2004 enrollments in selected chemistry courses”, Nancy Mills

229th American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 13-14, 2005, “Dications of tetrabenzo[5.5]fulvalenes. The relationship between oxidation potentials and antiaromaticity of 2,7- and 3,6-substituted tetrabenzo[5.5]fulvalene”, Cornelia Tirla and Nancy Mills

National Science Foundation workshop on the Undergraduate Research Centers Program, September 16-17, 2004, “Curricular  Models for the Involvement of First and Second Year Students in Research”, invited presentation, Nancy Mills

60th American Chemical Society Southwest Regional Meeting, Fort Worth, TX, September 29-October 2, 2004, “Outcomes from the Undergraduate Research Summit: Institutional/department activities to support undergraduate research”, Invited talk for a Symposium on the Undergraduate Research Summit, Nancy Mills

227th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Anaheim, CA, March 28-April1, 2004, “Designing a dispersed REU site: A virtual site with real interactions,” Nancy Mills, I. David Reingold, R. G. Brisbois, K. C. Russell, Kathleen Mondanaro, and Thomas Mitzel, invited talk for a symposium on partnerships.

Physical Organic Chemistry Gordon Conference, Holderness School, Plymouth, NH, June 30-July 4, 2003,  “Understanding Aromaticity through Antiaromaticity: Dications of Fluorenylidenes and Indenylidenes.” Nancy S. Mills. Plenary lecture.

225th American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 23-27, 2003, “Teaching/Research Post-doctoral Training as Preparation for an Academic Career”, Nancy S. Mills, an invited talk for a symposium on “Preparing Future Faculty”.

224th National American Chemical Society Meeting, Boston, MA, August 18-22, 2002, " The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Scholar/Fellow Program at Undergraduate Institutions: What it is and how it helps in planning a career at an undergraduate institution," Nancy S. Mills, an invited talk for a symposium on "How to Get A Tenure-Track Position at a Predominately Undergraduate Institution".

223rd National American Chemical Society Meeting, Orlando, Fl, April 7-11, 2002, "Recruiting and Mentoring Students: the Advantages for a Multiage Research Group", Nancy Mills
57th Southwest Regional American Chemical Society Meeting, San Antonio, October 17-20, 2001, "Tenure Track Careers at Undergraduate Institutions:What Does the Job Entail", Nancy Mills
221st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, April 1-5, 2001, “Fluorenyl dications. Redox potentials in conjunction with NICS as a measure of antiaromaticity” Nancy Mills, Michelle Benish, Christie Ybarra*

Rocky Mountain Chairs Conference, Denton, TX, October 5-7, 2000. “Council on Undergraduate Research. Research Institutions and the CUR Liaison Program,” Nancy Mills.

219th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, March 26-31, 2000,” The Role of Undergraduate Research in the Preparation of Professional Chemists”, Nancy Mills. Invited talk by the Division of Professional Relations.

219th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, March 26-31, 2000, “Dications of Methylidenefluorene: The Role of Geometry in Antiaromaticity”, Nancy Mills.

218th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, New Orleans, August 22-26, 1999, “Antiaromaticity of Fluorenyl Cations: Experimental and Calculational Evidence,” Nancy Mills.

            (Invited talk at the Symposium Honoring the Award in Education in Analytical Chemistry.)

1998 Annual Meeting of the American Associate of Clinical Pharmacists, July, 1998, Aspen, CO

“Undergraduate Collaborations and the Council on Undergraduate Research.” (invited presentation)

23rd Annual South East Regional American Chemical Society Meeting-1996, Greenville, SC      "Balancing the Demands:The Professional and Personal Life of a Chemist", N. S. Mills

2YC3 Meeting-1996, San Antonio, TX "Undergraduate Research in a Community College Setting" N. S. Mills

Rocky Mountain Regional American Chemical Society Meeting, Symposium on Chemical Education, (1995)  "A Retrospective Look at Computational Chemistry in the Classroom. What Works and What Doesn't", Paper #39.Nancy S. Mills
American Chemical Society, 1993, Chicago, "Molecular Modeling Throughout the Curriculum," N. S. Mills, P. L. Holt, W. E. Kurtin, L.K.Steffen

National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, 1989, Miami, "The First Year Course at Trinity University" N. S.Mills

National Science Foundation Workshop on Organometallic Chemistry, 1983, "Delocalized Dicarbanions in the Preparation of Transition Metal Complexes" N. S. Mills

National Science Foundation Workshop on Physical Organic Chemistry, 1983, "Stability of Cross-Conjugated Dianions"  N. S. Mills

National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, 1982, "Undergraduate Research from the Perspective of a New Faculty Member", N. S. Mills

Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, 1981, "Relative Stabilities of Linear and Cross-Conjugated Ions", A. Rusinko and N. S. Mills

International Union of Pure and Applied Chemists, 1979,  "Dianions of 2-Methyl-2-Butene and the Question of Y-Aromaticity", N. S. Mills and M. Hollingsworth