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

  • 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
  • Trate, J., Teichert, M., Murphy, K., Srinivasan, S., Luxford, C. J., & Schneider, J. (2020). Remote Interview Methods in Chemical Education Research. Journal of Chemical Education, 97, 2421–2429. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c00680
  • Luxford, C. J., & Holme, T. (2016). How do Chemistry Educators View Items that Test Conceptual Understanding? In M. Schultz (Ed.), Technology and Assessment Strategies for Improving Student Learning in Chemistry (Vol. 1235, pp. 195–210). San Marcos, United States: American Chemical Society. https://doi.org/10.1021/bk-2016-1235.ch011

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