JOHN TOWNSEND
- B.A., University of Delaware
- M.S., Ph.D., Cornell University
Courses taught:
- CHE 100 Concepts of Chemistry: 3 Credits.
- CHE 103 General Chemistry I: 3 Credits.
- CRL 103 Experimental General Chemistry I (LAB): 1 Credit.
- CHE 104 General Chemistry II: 3 Credits.
- CRL 104 Experimental General Chemistry II (LAB): 1 Credit.
- CHE 107 General Chemistry for the Allied Health Sciences: 4 Credits.
- CRL 107 General Chemistry Lab for Allied Health Science: 1 Credit.
- CHE 417 History of Chemistry
- SCI 102 Electricity with Physical and Biological Applications: 3 Credits.
Research Blurb:
My chemical research focused on the formation and hydrolysis of phosphodiester bonds between nucleosides in RNA. In recent years, I have moved more into the realm of chemical education.
Research Interests:
- Chemical Education
- Research: Chemical Education; RNA Chemistry
Selected Research Publications
- Kotz, J., Treichel, P., Townsend, J., and Treichel, D., Chemistry and Chemical Reactivity, Ninth Edition (Cengage, United States, 2015).
- Kotz, J., Treichel, P., and Townsend, J., Chemistry and Chemical Reactivity, Eighth Edition (Cengage, United States, 2012).
- Moran, M. and Townsend, J., Study Guide to Accompany Kotz, Treichel, and Townsend's Chemistry and Chemical Reactivity, Eighth Edition (Cengage, United States, 2012).
- Kotz, J., Treichel, P., and Townsend, J., Chemistry and Chemical Reactivity Enhanced Seventh Edition (Cengage - Brooks/Cole, United States, 2010).
- Kotz, J., Treichel, P., and Townsend, J., Chemistry and Chemical Reactivity, Seventh Edition (Cengage - Brooks/Cole, United States, 2009).
- Moran, M. and Townsend, J., Study Guide to Accompany Kotz, Treichel, and Townsend's Chemistry and Chemical Reactivity, Seventh Edition (Cengage - Brooks/Cole, United States, 2009).
- Townsend, J. Study Guide to Accompany Kotz, Treichel, and Weaver's Chemistry and Chemical Reactivity, Sixth Edition (Thomson - Brooks/Cole, United States, 2006).
- Townsend, J. "The Chemistry of Life: Biochemistry" in Chemistry and Chemical Reactivity, Sixth Edition by John C. Kotz, Paul M. Treichel, and Gabriela C. Weaver (Thomson - Brooks/Cole, United States, 2006), 530-545.
- Townsend, J., Kerrigan, J., Wood, K., Kelley, M., and Branton, R., "'The Mathematics Center' An NSF/CETP/SSHE Gift to West Chester University", Best Practices for Teacher Preparation in Mathematics and Science: A Monograph from the Collaborative for Excellence in Teacher Preparation in Pennsylvania 2004, 147-151.
- Kerrigan, J., and Townsend, J. "Level Local Funding: An Innovative Idea from West Chester CETP-PA" in CETP-PA Newsletter, Volume 4, Issue 1, 2004, 10-11.
- Shaulis, K. M., Hoskin, B. L., Townsend, J. R., Goodson, F. E., Incarvito, C. D., and Rheingold, A. L., "Tandem Suzuki Coupling- Norbornadiene Insertion Reactions. A Convenient Route to 5, 6-Diarylnorbornene Compounds", Journal of Organic Chemistry 2002, 67, 5860-5863.
- Townsend, J. R., "Synthesis and Kinetic Studies of the Cleavage of 3',3''-Uridyluridine, 2',2''-Uridyluridine, and 2',3''-Uridine", Ph.D. Dissertation, Cornell University: Ithaca, 1998.