Terry R. McGuire

Terry Russell McGuire was professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Genetics at Rutgers University.[1] His research has been in the fields of Mendelian, behavioral, and ecological genetics. He has also been involved in science education through the National Center for Science & Civic Engagement (NCSCE), of which he has been a senior fellow since 2008. He has also been a senior associate and core faculty member of Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities (SENCER), the NCSCE's primary initiative, since 2004. In 2007, Rutgers appointed him a Presidential Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Fellow.[2] He has taught at Rutgers since 1979. As of 2012, he lived in Clinton, New Jersey with his wife, Jeannette Haviland-Jones, a Rutgers psychology professor.[3] He retired from teaching at Rutgers at the end of the spring 2014 semester.[4]

Terry R. McGuire
Born
Terry Russell McGuire
NationalityUnited States
EducationOhio State University
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Known forScience education
Spouse(s)Jeannette Haviland-Jones
Scientific career
FieldsBehavioral genetics
InstitutionsRutgers University
ThesisBehavior-Genetic Analysis of Phormia Regina: Conditioning, Central Excitatory State, and Selection (1978)
Doctoral advisorJerry Hirsch

References
  1. "Terry R. McGuire". Rutgers University. Retrieved 2018-12-23.
  2. "Terry McGuire: Lead Editor". Scitable. Retrieved 2018-12-23.
  3. "For this Rutgers professor, science is part of life". Hunterdon County Democrat. 2012-12-13. Retrieved 2018-12-23.
  4. Chadwick, John. "New Approach to Teaching Science Takes Hold in Genetics". Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2018-12-23.


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