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Nurbanu Sapanova, Stephen Cessna, Lisa M. DeChano Cook, Dzhumadil Childibaev & Nuri Balta (2023).  , International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education,  DOI: 10.1080/10382046.2023.2281697

Raber AG, Peachey-Stoner RJ, Cessna SG, Siderhurst MS (2021). Phytochemistry 181, 112541

Balta N, Cessna S, and Kaliyeva A (2020). . Physics Education 55, 065019

Cessna S, Leaman L, Britt L. : A Narrative Framework for Interventions Aimed at Improving URM and First-Generation College Student Retention in STEM; : Increasing Retention of Under-Represented Students in STEM through Affective and Cognitive Interventions. Editors: Kishbaugh and Cessna, ACS Symposium Series; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 2018.

Kishbaugh T, Cessna S, Leaman L, Showalter D. Seeking To Improve Retention through Teaching Strategies and Peer Tutoring; : Increasing Retention of Under-Represented Students in STEM through Affective and Cognitive Interventions. Editors: Kishbaugh and Cessna, ACS Symposium Series; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 2018.

Kishbaugh T and Cessna S. Preface for book: Increasing Retention of Under-Represented Students in STEM through Affective and Cognitive Interventions. Editors: Kishbaugh and Cessna, ACS Symposium Series; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 2018.

Presentations in the last 10 years:

S Cessna, Framing GOB chemistry content using medical case studies, University of Kentucky, August 2024

S Cessna The ‘knot of contradictions’: Dialectical tensions that describe the varied experiences and shifting attitudes of students in relation to the lab curriculum. A talk for the Biennial Conference for Chemical Education, Notre Dame University, South Bend, IN, July, 2018

S Cessna. How do you alter a university culture? A summary of interventions aimed at shifting a small college’s STEM division for better retention of under-represented groups. A talk for the Biennial Conference for Chemical Education, Notre Dame University, South Bend, IN, July, 2018

S Cessna, T Kishbaugh, Improving retention through teaching strategies and peer tutoring. A talk for the 254th American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition, Washington D.C., August, 2017

S Cessna, L Britt, A grounded theory study of undergraduate student identity and their (mis)understanding the nature of science and chemistry. A talk for the Biennial Conference for Chemistry Education, Northern Colorado University, Greeley, CO, August, 2016

S Cessna, A qualitative assessment of student experience of an authentic research project in general chemistry. A talk for the Biennial Conference for Chemistry Education, Northern Colorado University, Greeley, CO, August, 2016

(2020/21)

• Editor in Chief, : the Journal of Research in Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education

• "STEM Scholars Engaging in Local Problems" -, $649, 998 (PI: Kishbaugh, Co-PIs: Cessna, Tian, King, Showalter) 2018
• “Faculty-Led Institutional Transformation for Teaching Diverse Learners in STEM” — , $299,967 (PI: Cessna, Co-PIs: Kishbaugh, Leaman, Lepley, Showalter) 2016
• , 2014, Natural Sciences Education
• “Sustaining Organic Blueberry Production: Analysis of Practices and Assessing Outcomes” — A USDA Block Grant through the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (PI: Roman Miller , Co-PIs: Kishbaugh and Cessna ) $26,300, 2011
• “Promoting learning through authentic and relevant research experiences in environmental monitoring and remediation across ten chemistry and biology laboratory courses” — A National Science Foundation – (PI: Cessna, Co-PIs: Kishbaugh, Neufeld, Siderhurst and Leaman) $137,932; 5/09
• “Acquisition of Instrumentation to Support Integrated Research and Teaching in Interdisciplinary Environmental Plant Biology” — A National Science Foundation – (PI: Cessna; CoPI: Yoder) $103,130; 9/08
• “A sabbatical to investigate the relationships of protective measures against excess light, antioxidants, defense signals, and drought stress in plants” – $67,000; 5/07
• “LEEF for EMU” – , manufacturers of instrumentation for plant/crop assessment. $25,000 3/07 and 1/08
• “REU: Shenandoah Valley Molecular Biology” A National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, in collaboration with the biology departments at James Madison University and Bridgewater College. (PI: Rife; Co-PIs: Monroe, Temple; Co-administrators: Cessna and Puffenbarger) $216,000; 2/07-1/10.
• “Reactive oxygen production during salinity tolerance responses in tobacco cells: Relationship to Ca2+ fluxes” – A Jeffress Research Grant from the Thomas F. and Kate Miller Jeffress Memorial Trust: Cessna SG $30,000; 1/02; First renewal: $10,000; 1/03; Second renewal: $10,000; 1/04

(2020/21)

• Council on Undergraduate Research
• American Chemical Society
• AAAS

(2024/25)

• Committee on Teacher Education (including the TEAC subcommittee)
• Pre-Professional Health Sciences Advisors Committee
• Undergraduate Core Revision Committee
• SEAN CRC member