Faculty Profile for Dr. Cynthia J Luxford

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Dr. Cynthia J Luxford
Associate Professor — Chemistry and Biochemistry
CHEM 212
phone: (512) 245-1290
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Murphy, K. L., Schreurs, D. G., Teichert, M. A., Luxford, C. J., Trate, J. M., & Schneider, J. S. (2024). Optimizing testing feedback in introductory chemistry: a multi-treatment study exploring varying levels of assessment feedback and subsequent performance. Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 25, 1018–1029.
  • Feng, L., Close, E. W., Luxford, C. J., Pierson, J. A., Olmstead, A., Koka, V. S., & Galloway, H. (n.d.). Transforming Undergraduate STEM Education: The Learning Assistant Model and Student Retention and Graduation Rates. Research In Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11162-024-09823-5
  • Daniel, K. L., & Luxford, C. J. (2023). Building your personal pitch using a message framework. In Teaching Science Students to Communicate: A Practical Guide (pp. 507–512). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer Nature. Retrieved from https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-91628-2
  • An, J., Guzman, G., Brooks, A., To, K., Vu, L., & Luxford, C. J. (2022). Cluster Analysis of Learning Approaches and Course Achievement of General Chemistry Students at a Hispanic Serving Institution. Journal of Chemical Education, 99(2), 669–677. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00759
  • Lewis, K. A., & Luxford, C. J. (2020). Integrating Manipulatives and Animations to Visualize Holliday Junctions. CourseSource, 7. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.24918/cs.2020.37

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: College Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching, College of Science and Engineering, Texas State University. 2022
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Commendable Award, Student Chapter of the American Chemical Society, American Chemical Society. 2022
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Honorable Mention Award, Student Chapter of the American Chemical Society, American Chemical Society. 2021
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Teaching, College of Science and Engineering, Texas State University. 2021
  • Award / Honor Recipient: 2020 Teaching Award of Honor, Texas State University Alumni Association. 2020

Selected Grants

  • Lewis, Karen A (Principal), Luxford, Cynthia J (Co-Principal), Wheeler, Brittany Marie (Co-Principal), Webre, Whitney Ann (Co-Principal), Holland, Cory Lee (Co-Principal), Betancourt, Tania (Supporting), Brittain, William J (Supporting), Hudnall, Todd W (Supporting), Irvin, Jennifer A (Supporting), Kerwin, Sean Michael (Supporting), Kornienko, Alexander Vladimir (Supporting), Peterson, Ryan Loren (Supporting), Rhodes, Christopher Peter (Supporting). REU Site: A Chemistry REU on Molecular Innovation and Exploration (CheMIE), National Science Foundation, Federal, $378188. (Submitted: August 25, 2021, Funded: April 15, 2022 - Present). Grant.
  • Close, Eleanor W (Principal), Close, Hunter Garth (Co-Principal), Huling, Leslie L (Co-Principal), Ortiz, Araceli Martinez (Co-Principal), Luxford, Cynthia J (Co-Principal). Responsive, Attentive, Dialogic, and InterActive Noyce Scholars Project, National Science Foundation, Federal, $1254627. (Funded: June 1, 2016 - May 31, 2023). Grant.
  • Close, Eleanor W (Principal), Strickland, Sharon K (Co-Principal), Luxford, Cynthia J (Co-Principal), Van Overschelde, James P (Co-Principal), Collins, Kristina Henry (Co-Principal), Close, Hunter G (Supporting). Preparing Engaged STEM Teachers through Multi-level Peer Mentoring and Early Teaching Experiences, National Science Foundation Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program, Federal, $1200000. (Submitted: August 31, 2022, Funded: June 15, 2023 - June 14, 2028). Grant.
  • Galloway, Heather C, Close, Eleanor W, Olmstead, Alice R, Luxford, Cynthia J, Feng, Li. Building Capacity: Creating Faculty-Student Communities for Culturally Relevant Institutional Change, National Science Foundation Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI Program), Federal, $2499933. (Submitted: March 6, 2019, Funded: October 1, 2019 - September 30, 2024). Grant.
  • Savelyev, Alexander, Daniel, Kristy Lynn, Roundtree, Aimee Kendall, Luxford, Cynthia J. Visual Education and Communication Across Science Domains, Texas State University, $2500. (Funded: June 2017 - August 2019). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Member
University Curriculum Committee
September 2022-Present
Member
COSE Curriculum Committee
September 2022-Present
Member
Indoor Air Quality Committee
October 2020-Present
Reviewer / Referee
CourseSource
February 2020-Present
Advisor
ACS Student Chapter
September 2016-Present