Faculty Profile for Dr. Heather Galloway

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Dr. Heather Galloway
Dean, Honors College — Honors College
Professor — Physics
LAMP 407
phone: (512) 245-2266

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Galloway, H. C., Benitez, J. J., Heredia-Guerrero, J. A., & San Miguel, M. A. (2017). Packing Defects in Fatty Amine Self-Assembled Monolayers on Mica as Revealed from AFM Techniques. Physical Chemistry B, 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.
  • Spencer, G., Anyamesem-Mensah, B., Galloway, H. C., Bandyopadhyay, A., & Frasier, D. (2011). Silicon nanoparticle synthesis by short-period thermal anneals at atmospheric pressure in argon. Journal Of Vacuum Science & Technology, 29(5). https://doi.org/051508-1-6
  • Monreal, G. H., Staggs, S. J., Blanda, M. T., Geerts, W. J., Galloway, H. C., & Spencer, G. F. (2005). Synthesis, characterization, and investigation of a conformationally immobile calix[6]arene as a negative electron beam resist. Journal Of Vacuum Science & Technology B 23, 5.

Selected Awards

  • 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

Selected Grants

  • 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, 2024). Grant.
  • Galloway, Heather C (Co-Principal), Dickinson, Gail (Principal), Lemke, Maureen. 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.

Selected Service Activities

Membership Officer
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi at Texas State University
2018-Present
Member
Campus Information Resource Advisor Council
2013-Present
Member
Institutional Effectiveness Council
2013-Present
Active panelist
National Science Foundation
2000-Present
President
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi at Texas State University
2013-2018