Dr. Eileen M. Kowalski, Ph.D.

Dr. Eileen Kowalski teaches chemistry. In 2024, she received the Dean’s Career Award for Distinguished Teaching Excellence. She currently serves as the department reviewer of curriculum proposals and as a member of the Faculty Development Committee. She is a former head department academic counselor (2009–18, 2021–22) and member of the USMA Steering Committee (2013–22). She has previously served on the Continuing Intellectual Development Goal Team (2008–09; chair 2010–13), the Assessment Steering Committee (2010–13), and the Corbin Forum mentoring circles (2012–15). She was an officer representative with the Army cross country and track and field teams (2002–21) and now serves as the officer in charge of the choir at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Chapel.

Since 2016, she has supported the POGIL Project with strategic planning and resource development, including curating submissions to the POGIL Activity Clearinghouse. Dr. Kowalski is a faculty member of the Gamma Sigma Epsilon Chemistry Honor Society. She previously worked for The Upjohn Company and the Tennessee Department of Agriculture. She has been on the West Point faculty since 2001.