Citizens First! Democracy, Social Responsibility and Chemistry
Edited by Cynthia Fay Maguire and Richard D. Sheardy
Author Information
Edited by Cynthia Fay Maguire, Senior Lecturer in Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, Texas Woman's University, and Edited by Richard D. Sheardy, Professor and Chair of Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, Texas Woman's University
Cynthia Maguire was born in Cheyenne, WY and raised in Oklahoma where she earned her Bachelor of Science in medical technology from Central State University (now UCO) in 1976. She later earned two M.S. degrees-biology teaching (2001) and chemistry teaching (2003), both from Texas Woman's University. She remained at TWU as a faculty and is now a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Maguire teaches the introductory chemistry course and several environmental science courses for non-majors. She has been active in Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities (SENCER), an NSF-supported science education reform pedagogy since she created the first SENCER course at TWU in 2007. Ms. Maguire is Co-Director of the SENCER Center for Innovation-Southwest at TWU and is also a SENCER Leadership Fellow and a TWU Senior Experiential Learning Fellow. Her work has been published as a chapter in three ACS Symposium books about SENCER, and several journal articles.
Richard D. Sheardy was born in Lake Orion, MI and received his BS in Chemistry Education at Michigan State University. After earning his PhD in organic chemistry at University of Florida, he had a Post Doctoral Fellowship in biophysics at University of Rochester. Sheardy began his academic career at the Hazleton Campus of Penn State University and then went to Seton Hall University where he initiated his research on DNA conformation and stability. At Seton Hall, Sheardy mentored sixteen PhD students. In 2006, Sheardy moved to Texas Woman's University where he is currently Professor and Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. He teaches freshman and biophysical chemistry and continues his research focusing on the structure, stability and ligand binding properties of unusual DNA conformations such as the G Quadruplex and the i-Motif. Sheardy is Conference Chair for the North American Calorimetry Conference and is a SENCER Leadership Fellow and has organized many symposia at
regional and national conferences on nucleic acid biophysics and science education reform.
Contributors:
W. Robert Midden
Robert Thomas
Mary Baker
Cathy Cross
Michael Miehl
Mary E. Railing
Philip J. Carlson
Leslie Robinson
David O'Gwynn
Elizabeth Brandon
John Estes,
Joel Oakley
Dave Wetzel
Paul Griffin Jones III
Beth Poff
Harley McAlexander
G. Reid Bishop
Cynthia Fay Maguire
Richard D. Sheardy
Regis Komperda
Jack Barbera
Erin E. Shortlidge
Gwendolyn P. Shusterman
Samantha Glazier
Heather MacCleoud
Nasrin Mirsaleh-Kohan
Sidrah Khan
Cynthia Maguire
Richard D. Sheardy
Stephen B. Carroll
