Introducing the Virtual Issue: Marcy H. Towns Festschrift

Professor Marcy Towns is a graduate of Linfield College (McMinn-ville, Oregon; BA. 1985) and Purdue University (West Lafayette, Indiana; M.S. 1990, Ph.D. 1994). Her career began as a high school chemistry and mathematics teacher at St. Mary of the Valley Catholic High School (Beaverton, Oregon). Thi...

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Published in:Journal of chemical education 2022-08, Vol.99 (8), p.2775-2776
Main Author: Raker, Jeffrey R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Careers
Chemistry
Education
Graduate studies
Graduate Study
High Schools
Mathematics Teachers
Organic Chemistry
Personal profiles
Physical chemistry
Secondary School Science
Teachers
Towns
Towns, Marcy
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Summary:Professor Marcy Towns is a graduate of Linfield College (McMinn-ville, Oregon; BA. 1985) and Purdue University (West Lafayette, Indiana; M.S. 1990, Ph.D. 1994). Her career began as a high school chemistry and mathematics teacher at St. Mary of the Valley Catholic High School (Beaverton, Oregon). This experience motivated her to pursue graduate studies in chemical education; while her goal was to return to high school teaching, her passion for physical chemistry and chemical education led her in another direction. Marcy joined the chemistry department of Ball State University (Muncie, Indiana) in 1995 where she taught for 12 years. In 2006, Marcy returned to Purdue University as faculty, where in 2020, she was recognized as the Bodner-Honig Professor of Chemistry. Marcy chose to have her professorship in the combined surnames of two significant scholars representing her two disciplinary interests: George M. Bodner, a chemical education researcher, and Jurgen M. Honig, a physical chemist.
ISSN:0021-9584
1938-1328
DOI:10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c00704