Nurbanu Sapanova, Stephen Cessna, Lisa M. DeChano Cook, Dzhumadil Childibaev & Nuri Balta (2023).  Kazakhstani high school students’ environmental knowledge, attitudes, awareness and  concern, International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education,  DOI: 10.1080/10382046.2023.2281697

Raber AG, Peachey-Stoner RJ, Cessna SG, Siderhurst MS (2021). Headspace GC-MS analysis of differences in intra- and interspecific terpene profiles of Picea pungens Engelm. and P. abies (L.) Karst. Phytochemistry 181, 112541

Balta N, Cessna S, and Kaliyeva A (2020). Surveying Kazakh high school students' attitudes and beliefs about physics and learning with the Colorado learning attitudes about science survey. Physics Education 55, 065019

Cessna S, Leaman L, Britt L. Border Crossings: A Narrative Framework for Interventions Aimed at Improving URM and First-Generation College Student Retention in STEM; In 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.

Kishbaugh T, Cessna S, Leaman L, Showalter D. Seeking To Improve Retention through Teaching Strategies and Peer Tutoring; In 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.

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. A talk for the Biennial Conference for Chemical Education, 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

• Editor in Chief, JRSMTE: the Journal of Research in Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education, 2020-2024
• Associate Editor, JRMTE, 2016-2020 and 2024-present

• "STEM Scholars Engaging in Local Problems" - A National Science Foundation SSTEM grant, $649, 998 (PI: Kishbaugh, Co-PIs: Cessna, Tian, King, Showalter) 2018
• “Faculty-Led Institutional Transformation for Teaching Diverse Learners in STEM” — A National Science Foundation IUSE grant , $299,967 (PI: Cessna, Co-PIs: Kishbaugh, Leaman, Lepley, Showalter) 2016
• Outstanding Associate Editor , 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 – CCLI grant (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 – Major Research Instrumentation grant (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” – A United States Department of Agriculture National Research Initiative, Agricultural Research Enhancement Award. $67,000; 5/07
• “LEEF for EMU” – A grant from LiCor , 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

• American Chemical Society
• American Association for the Advancement of Science

• Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) (2025-present)
• Committee on Teacher Education (including the TEAC subcommittee), (ongoing)
• Pre-Professional Health Sciences Advisors Committee, (ongoing)
• Undergraduate Core Revision Committee (2020-2025)