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April French received her Bachelors in Science in ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú, with a minor in Communication from the University of Tulsa in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 2002. She received her PhD. in Chemical Education from the University of Kansas in 2007. Her dissertation work was on informal science education occuring within science museums. She worked as a Assistant Professor in ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana, for four years. There she taught General, Organic, Biochemistry for Nursing students, it's laboratory, Organic ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú Laboratory, and Physical Sciences, among other courses, both in-person and online.

At the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú, she is the General ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú Laboratory Coordinator. In this role, she oversees approximately 55 sections of students, 25 teaching assistants each semester, over two courses. During her time here at UK, she oversaw the move of the General ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú Labs from the basement of the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú-Physics Building to the new Jacobs Science Building. 

She also coordinates ChemCamp, is involved in Science Olympiad, and is the Biennial Conference on Chemical Education (BCCE) 2024 Workshop and Safety Chair.