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Dr. Heather Galloway

  • Professor - Physics
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Education

Doctorate Degree

PhD in Physics

Univ of California, Berkeley, 1995

Master's Degree

MA in Physics

Univ of California, Berkeley, 1990

Bachelor's Degree

BS in Physics

University of Texas at Austin, 1988

  • Galloway, Heather C (Co-Principal), Gutierrez, C (Co-Principal). Advanced Electronics Interface and Computer Simulation Labs: Preparing Students for High-tech Careers, Texas State University – computer funds, $36461. (Funded: 1999). Grant.
  • Galloway, Heather C. Unsolicited Research Award –Galloway and C. Gutierrez co-PIs (GFT), Motorola, $25000. (Funded: 1998). 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, 2025). Grant.
  • Galloway, Heather C (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %33, Dickinson, Gail (Principal), Percent Contribution: %34, Lemke, Maureen, Percent Contribution: %33. Transforming teaching methodologies at Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP) and Svay Rieng University (SRU) from lecture to inquiry, Royal University of PhnomPenh, $150000. (Funded: June 1, 2011 - September 1, 2011). Grant.
  • Galloway, Heather C (Principal). The Gallery of Common Experience, National Collegiate Honors Council Portz Grant, $1000. (Funded: September 2007 - May 2008). Grant.
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  • Feng, L., Close, E. W., Luxford, C. J., Pierson, J. A., Olmstead, A., Shim, J., … Galloway, H. C. (2025). Transforming Undergraduate STEM Education: The Learning Assistant Model and Student Retention and Graduation Rates. Research in Higher Education, 66(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11162-024-09823-5
  • Feng, L., Close, E. W., Luxford, C. J., Pierson, J. A., Olmstead, A. R., Shim, J., … Galloway, H. C. (2025). Transforming Undergraduate STEM Education: The Learning Assistant Model and Student Retention and Graduation Rates. Research in Higher Education, 66(4). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11162-024-09823-5
  • Benítez, J. J., Heredia-Guerrero, J. A., San-Miguel, M. A., & Galloway, H. C. (2018). Packing Defects in Fatty Amine Self-Assembled Monolayers on Mica as Revealed from AFM Techniques. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 122(2), 493–499. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b03603
  • Galloway, H. C. (2013). Elementary Physics I, Guide to Syllabus Change. In S. Mayo & P. J. Larke (Eds.), Integrating Multiculturalism into the Curriculum: From the Liberal Arts to the Sciences. Peter Lang Publishers.
  • Dickinson, G., Un, L., Ford, D., Galloway, H. C., Lemke, M., & Ly, M. (2013). Moving Towards Inquiry in a Culture That Values Authority: Cambodian Student Perceptions.
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  • Award / Honor Nominee: Presidential Award for Teaching, College of Science. 2005
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Presidential Award for Teaching, College of Science. 2001
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Presidential Award for Scholarly/Creative Activity, College of Science. 2001
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Committee on Careers and Professional Development of the American Physical Society. 2000
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Presidential Award for Service, College of Science. 2000
  1. Other

    The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi at Texas State University

  2. Member

    Campus Information Resource Advisor Council

  3. Member

    Institutional Effectiveness Council

  4. Other

    National Science Foundation

  5. Other

    The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi at Texas State University

  6. Member

    Scholarship Committee

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