Faculty Profiles

Colleges and Departments

Dr. Cynthia J Luxford

  • Associate Professor at Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Science & Engineering

Grants

2023

  • 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.

2022

  • 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.

2019

  • 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, 2025). Grant.

2017

  • 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.

2016

  • 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.
  • Schneider, Jamie (Principal), Luxford, Cynthia J (Co-Principal), Murphy, Kristen (Co-Principal), Teichert, Melonie (Co-Principal). Research on Optimizing Testing Feedback for Improved Student Learning, NSF IUSE (Informing Undergraduate STEM Education), Federal, $498483. (Submitted: January 12, 2016, Funded: September 1, 2016 - August 31, 2020). Grant.
  • Luxford, Cynthia J. Comparing short-term and long-term learning effects on the retention of chemistry students as they progress through a chemistry curriculum, Research Enhancement Program, Texas State University, $8000. (Funded: January 1, 2016 - August 31, 2017). Grant.