Tara L S Kishbaugh Author

Tara L. S. Kishbaugh (Ph.D., Dartmouth College) is currently a Professor of Organic Chemistry at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, where she teaches courses in organic, general, medicinal, and environmental chemistry as well as seminars on ethics, land use, and food chemistry. Since 2013, she has chaired the biology and chemistry departments. She was a Dreyfus teaching postdoctoral fellow at the University of Massachusetts, North Dartmouth campus. Dr. Kishbaugh has published 29 papers, given over 30 presentations, and is PI on an NSF S-STEM grant: STEM Scholars Engaging in Local Problems. This was the first ACS symposium that she co-organized. Stephen G. Cessna (Ph.D., Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN) is a Professor of Biochemistry and the Daniel B. Suter Endowed Chair at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, where he teaches courses in introductory chemistry, biochemistry, plant physiology, and sustainable agriculture. He was a USDA visiting research fellow in the department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, 2008-09. He has published 17 papers, given more than 30 presentations, and serves on editorial boards for Natural Sciences Education and the Journal of Research in Science, Mathematics and Technology Education.