Plant High School

SUSAN RUNDELL SINGER

Department of BiologyCarleton College

Northfield, MN 55057

e-mail: *******@********.***

https://apps.carleton.edu/people/ssinger/

POSITIONS:

Laurence McKinley Gould Professor of the Natural Sciences, Carleton College2006- present

Co-director, Carleton Interdisciplinary Science and Math Initiative, Carleton College2005-2006

Director, Perlman Learning and Teaching Center, Carleton College, 2000-2003

Humphrey Doermann Professor of Liberal Education, Carleton College, 2000- 2003

Program Director, Developmental Mechanisms, National Science Foundation, 1999-2001

Professor of Biology, Carleton College, 1998-present

Associate Professor and Chair, Carleton College, 1995- 1998

Associate Professor of Biology, Carleton College, 1992-1995

Assistant Professor of Biology, Carleton College, 1986-1992

Postdoctoral research associate, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1986

EDUCATION:

B.S. summa cum laude Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1981

New York State teaching certification program: grades 6-12 life science, chemistry,

physics, and general science, College of St. Rose 1981

M.S. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1982

Thesis: Herbicide Tolerant Plants Via Cell Culture

Ph.D. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1985

Thesis: Spatial and Temporal Aspects of Floral Determination in Nicotiana tabacum L.

Advisor: Dr. Carl N. McDaniel

Embryology Course, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole Massachusetts, 1983 (summer)

FELLOWSHIPS AND HONORS:

Charles Edwin Bessey Award, Botanical Society of America (2011)

A.A.A.S. Fellow (2009)

Excellence in Teaching Award, American Society of Plant Biologists (2004)

N.S.F. Pre-doctoral Fellowship (1981-1984)

N.I.H. Training Grant Fellowship, Woods Hole (summer 1983)

Rensselaer Scholar Fellowship (1981-1982)

Class of 1902 Prize for best senior thesis at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1981)

RESEARCH AND EDUCATION GRANTS:

NSF (DUE-0837375) - $149,976 Scaffolding Conceptually Driven Genomics Education (12/08-

11/11)NSF (DEB-0746571) - $200,0000 Big Science at Small Schools Collaboration: Genomics of

Chamaecrista fasciculata, a native prairie plant with potential for mixed prairie biomass

(9/07-6/09)

NSF (IBN-0422840)-$390,000 Shoot Architecture- A Systems Approach in Pea (

7/04-6/09)

Teagle Foundation

$97,000 Bringing Big Science to Small Colleges: A Genomics

Collaboration (

April 2007- July 2010) [collaborative with colleagues at Williams, Vassar,

and Barnard; Lois Banta, project director]

Core member of NSF RCN (DEB 0234008) Molecular and Organismic Research in Plant History

$498,128 (3/03-1/08), PI - Ned Friedman, University of Colorado, Boulder

NSF (IBN-9977087)-$331,767, "RUI: Regulation of Inflorescence Architecture in Pea

(

8/99-

10/04)

with REU supplements: $10,000 (8/00) and $10,800 (8/02)

NSF - (DUE-9550097) $7,200 for Plant Biology Education Publication Workshop for the

American Society of Plant Physiologists (12/94 - 3/95) The journal Plant Physiology now

publishes education articles as a result of this effort.

NSF-REU - $44,500 to investigate "Acquiring, Organizing, and Using Knowledge"

(

5/95 -

12/96) with K. Galotti (cognitive psychologist, Dept. of Psychology, Carleton College)

NSF (IBN-9405799) - $215,000, "RUI: Specification of Meristem Identity in Pea

Infloresecences"

(

7/94 - 8/99)

USDA (9103136) - $90,000 to investigate "Inflorescence Development in Pisum sativum"

(

9/91 - 8/94)

NSF-REU (DIR - 9100846) - $85,700 for "Undergraduate Research in Development Regulation"

(

6/91 - 11/93)

USDA 903-***-****) - $32,000 for "Regulation of Floral Development in Pisum sativum"

(

9/90

- 8/92)

NSF-REU (DIR - 9000810) - $41,850 for "Undergraduate Research in Developmental

Regulation"

(

6/90 - 11/91)

Society for Developmental Biology - $3,100 for Plant Dev. Lab Collection (1990)

NSF-REU (DIR-8900679) - $39,850 for "Undergraduate Research in Developmental Regulation"

(

6/89 - 11/90)

NSF-REU (BBS-8803871) - $36,000 for "Undergraduate Research in Developmental Regulation"

(

5/88 - 10/89) USDA (87-CRCR-1-2554): $145,000 total to study "Acquisition of Competence

for Floral Determination"

(

9/87 - 8/91

)

William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Grant of Research Corporation: $19,400 total to

study "Competence: A Prerequisite for Floral Determination" (7/1/87 - 6/30/89)

Carleton grants:

Carleton Faculty Development Grant - $3000 to study Origins of Chamaecrista fasciculata

in McKnight Prairie (2011)

Carleton Targeted Opportunity Grant 3 course releases (2007-2009)

Mellon New Directions Fellowship One term of leave and $5000 to study Mathematical

Modeling of Inflorescence Architecture

(

12/03-4/04)

Carleton Program in Ethical Reflections Curricular Development Grant Bioethics in

Introductory Biology (summer 2003)

Carleton Mellon Lifecycle Co-mentoring Grant with Debby Walser-Kuntz Active Learning in

Introductory Biology (2002)

Carleton Curricular Computing Grant 3D digital image capture and analysis to enhance 3D

visualization in biology, art, and archeology (2002)

Carleton Curricular Computing Grant Using laptops for data acquisition and analysis in

the field (1996)

Carleton Faculty Development Grant for Research - one term course release (Spring 1991)

Carleton Faculty Development Award for Research- $2,000 (summer 1987), $2500 (summer

1999)

PUBLICATIONS:

77: 1330-1335

McDaniel, C.N., K.A. Sangrey, S.R. Singer (1989) Node counting in axillary buds of

Nicotiana tabacum L. cv. Wisconsin 38, a dayneutral plant. Amer. J. Bot., 76: 403-408

Singer, S.R., C.N. McDaniel (1987) Floral determination in internode tissues of

dayneutral tobacco first occurs many nodes below the apex. L., Proc. Natl. Acad Sci., USA

84:2790-2792

Singer, S.R., C.N. McDaniel (1986) Floral determination in the terminal and axillary

meristems of Nicotiana tabacum L. Devel. Biol. 118:587-592

Singer, S.R., C.N. McDaniel (1986) Analyzing growth in cell cultures: II. Effect of

initial cell mass on growth. Can. J. Bot. 64: 238-241

Singer, S.R. (1986) Analyzing growth in cell cultures: I. Calculating growth rates. Can.

J. Bot. 64: 233-237

Singer, S.R., C.N. McDaniel (1985) Selection of glyphosate-tolerant tobacco calli and the

expression of this tolerance in regenerated plants. Plant Physiol. 78: 411-416

Singer, S.R., C.N. McDaniel (1984) Selection of amitrole tolerant tobacco calli and the

expression of this tolerance in regenerated plants and progeny. Theor. Appl. Genet. 67:

427-432

Singer, S.R., C.N. McDaniel (1982) Transport of the herbicide 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole by

cultured tobacco cells and leaf protoplasts. Plant Physiol. 69: 1382-1386 (my

undergraduate research)

Reviews, reports, book chapters, and books:

Singer, S.R., N. R. Nielsen, and H.A. Schweingruber (2012) Discipline-based

Education

Research: Understanding and Improving Learning in Undergraduate Science and Education.

Washington, DC: National Academies Press

Singer, S.R. (2011) STEM education: Time for integration. Peer Review 13 (3): 4-7.

Moon, J. and S.R. Singer (2012) Bringing STEM into focus. Ed Week, January 30, 2012

National Research Council (2011) Promising Practices in Undergraduate Science,

Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education. Washington, DC: National Academies

Press (S.R. Singer was committee chair)

Bauerle, C., A. DePass, D. Lynn, C. O Connor, S. Singer, and M. Withers (2011) Vision and

Change in Undergraduate Biology Education: A Call to Action. C. Brewer and D. Smith

(eds.). Washington, DC: AAAS

Losos, J., K. Mason, and S. Singer (2011) Biology 9th edition, New York: McGraw-Hill

National Research Council (2010) Challenges and Opportunities for Education About Dual

Use Issues in the Life Sciences. Washington, DC: National Academies Press (S.R. Singer was

study committee member and report author)

National Research Council (2009) Transforming Agricultural Education for a Changing

World. Washington, DC: National Academies Press (S.R. Singer was study committee member

and report author)

Deel, S., S. Singer, and D. Walser-Kuntz. (2009) Human single nucleotide polymorphism

(SNP) Determination. Pages 65

http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/201111114 (11/11/1//)

Exploring the Regulation of Flowering in the Non-papilionoid Legume Chamaecrista

fasciculata (Partridge Pea) American Society of Plant Biology Meetings, Minneapolis

(August 2011)

Scaffolding Whole Transcriptome Analysis for Genetics Students Society for the

Advancement of Biology Education, Minneapolis (July 2011)

Learning and Teaching the New Biology Michigan State Prom/SE meeting, Chicago, IL

(April 2011)

Flowering on the prairie: Genotype, environment, and floral development in Chamaecrista,

a model legume Northwest Developmental Biology Meeting, Friday Harbor, WA (March 2011)

Evidence of What Works in Undergraduate STEM Education AAAS meeting, Washington, DC

(February 2011)

Learning to Teach, Teaching to Learn Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Washington, DC

(October 2010)

Evidence for Interdisciplinary Science Learning? - PKAL/Keck National Colloquium on

Leadership in Interdisciplinary STEM Learning, Washington, DC (October 2010)

Flowering on the Prairie: Chamaecrista whole transcriptome sequencing project Hamline

University, St. Paul (October 2010)

Learning and Teaching the New Biology: Genomics in the Undergraduate Curriculum

Society for Developmental Biology Annual Meeting, Albuquerque (August 2010)

Faculty-coached Problem Solving Volunteer State Community College (June 2010)

A New Biology Education for the 21st Century MnCUBE, Minneapolis (May 2010)

Framing the National Lab Skills Inititiative with America s Lab Report National Lab

Skills Symposium, Washington, DC (April 2010)

From Evidence to Action Moving beyond America s Lab Report Center for Excellence in

Education/Howard Hughes Medical Institute meeting, Washington, DC (February 2010)

Insights from the Learning Sciences Dual Use Education keynote address, Warsaw,

Poland sponsored by the InterAcademies and US Department of State (November 2009)

Changes in Teaching in the Biological Sciences for the 21st Century American Society

of Horticultural Science annual meeting, colloquium on Effecting Change for the Future of

Horticulture Higher Education (July 2009)

Authentic Research in Genetics Lab Williams College, Big Science at Small Colleges

meeting (July 2009)

Exploring Whole Transcriptomes Washington University, iPlant meeting (June 2009)

Closing the Gap in Introductory Biology Learning: Effect of integrating faculty-coached,

in class problem solving Union College, Consortium for High Achievement and Success

meeting (June 2009)

Exploring Transcriptomes with Genetics Students University of Minnesota (May 2009)

Lessons from the prairie: Chamaecrista shoot transcriptome and flowering

International Conference on Legume Genomics and Genetics, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

(December 2008)

The shoot transcriptome of the non-papilionoid legume Chamaecrista fasciculata and

Integrating Chamaecrista research and education - Beyond the papilionoids

International Conference on Legume Genomics and Genetics satellite workshop on What can

we learn from Chamaecrista? (December 2008)

Role of Evidence in STEM Education Policy Innovation 2008 Conference, Humphrey

Institute of Public Affairs, Minneapolis (October 2008)

Linking Evidence and Learning Goals Promising Practices in Undergraduate Education

meeting, National Research Council, Washington, D.C. (October 2008)

"Comparative Genetic and Genomic Approaches to Understanding Flowering in Legumes" -

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (April 2008)

"Integrating Research with Education, Outreach, and Training" - CSHL, iPlant Kick-Off

(April 2008)

Big Science at Small Schools: Integrating genomics research and education Carleton

College (March 2008)

Inequity in the American Public School System: Current status of our education systems

and reform efforts to improve it Presenter on panel with Ted Kolderi (Education

Evolving) and Amy Wilson (Johns Hopkins) at Carleton College (January 2008)

Plant Genomics Education and Outreach The National Plant Genome Initiative:

Achievements and Future Directions, NRC Keck Center (July 2008)

"How Students Learn Mathematics and Science: Implications for the Classroom" panel

presenter for the Amgen - Teach for America Mathematics and Science Summit at McKinley

Technology High School in Washington, DC (March 2007)

Integrating Computational Modeling Across the Curriculum, PEW Midwest Consortium

Conference, St. Olaf College (February 2007)

Inclusive Science Education: Gathering Evidence and Building Community, University of

Washington Symposium on Diversity (November 2006)

America s Lab Report Harris County Science Supervisors meeting, Houston, TX (August

2006)

America s Lab Report ACS Western Regional Meeting, Anaheim, CA (December 2005)

America s Lab Report Investigations in High School Science NRC Teachers Advisory

Council, Washington, DC (December 2005)

High School Lab Experiences America s Lab Report, sponsored by the Minnesota

Department of Education (October 2005)

Can Plant Molecular and Developmental Biology Improve Human and Environmental Well

Being? President s Plenary on Botany in the World s Service at the Botanical Society of

America annual meeting, Austin, TX (August 2005)

It s All About Learning: The case for scientific teaching plenary talk for Ecological

Society of America symposium on Scientific Teaching, Montreal, CA (July 2005)

Evolution and Development of Legume Architecture Model Legume Congress, Asilomar, CA

(June 2005)

Modeling Inflorescence Architecture Wroclaw, Poland (September 2004)

Regulation of Floral Meristem Identity: From Genes to Models International Conference

on Legume Genetics

and Genomics. Dijon, France (June 2004)

"Inflorescence Architecture," Department of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics,

University of

Queensland (December 2003).

"The Evolution of Inflorescence Development in Legumes," School of Plant Sciences

seminar, University

of Tasmania (December 2003)

COCH and PIM Redundantly Regulate Floral Meristem Identity in Pisum sativum, mini

symposium on the Evolution Plant Reproductive Development, Plant Biology meetings,

Honolulu (July 2003)

Maintaining Momentum: Sustaining Research at a PUI, keynote address at PUI luncheon,

Plant Biology meetings, Honolulu (July 2003)

Fear and Trembling: Technology and Faculty Inspiration/Intimidation, The Collaboraton

conference on The Connected Campus: How technology is changing teaching and learning

Bloomington, Minnesota (Feburary 2003)

Inflorescence Development in Pisum sativum: Role of Floral Meristem Identity Genes,

International Legume Genetics and Genomics Conference, Minneapolis (June 2002)

Genetic Regulation of Inflorescence Architecture in Pea: Role of Arabidopsis floral

meristem identity gene orthologs, University of Minnesota, College of Biological Sciences

(May 2002)

Learning to Do Biology, University of Minnesota, College of Biological Sciences (May

2002)

Life at a Liberal Arts College, University of Missouri, Columbia (May 2002)

Evolution of Inflorescence Development: Arabidopsis flowering gene homologs in pea,

CSHL Evolution of Developmental Diversity Meeting (April 2002)

Integration of research and education workshop for NSF Biocomplexity awardees, sponsored

by the NAS (April 2002)

Besler s Florilegium Carleton library talk as part of a larger exhibition and series

of talks on Likeness into Presence Facsimilies Across the Carleton Curriculum

Genetic regulation of Pisum sativum architecture, Edible Legumes session of PAG-X

meeting in San Diego (January 2002)

Pea plants have fronts and backs: Role of COCHLEATA in asymmetry, 4th International

Legume Conference, Canberra, Australia (July 2002)

Regulation of inflorescence development, symposium speaker in Understanding Floral

Induction and Morphogenesis session, American Society for Horticultural Sciences (July

2001)

Six presentations at meetings and colleges on funding opportunities at the National

Science Foundation (2000)

Learning Communities Carleton s Triad - opening plenary session speaker, with Ruby

Sheets, Carleton 02, for PKAL s 10th Anniversary Conference (October 2000).

Genetic Regulation of Inflorescence Architecture in Pea, Yale University Department

of Molecular and Cellular Biology (February 2000)

Making Flowers, James Madison University plenary speaker for student research

symposium, (April 2000)

Two presentations at the Society for Developmental Biology meetings (June 1999)

Integrating Research and Education in Biology NSF CAREER Awardees Meeting, Arlington,

VA

(January 1999)

"Making Flowers" - for the Northfield Elder Collegium (October 1998)

Floral Architecture in Pea - FASEB research conference, Vermont (August 1998)

Genetic Regulation of Inflorescence Architecture in Pea - National Science Foundation,

Virginia, (July 1998)

CELS Recommendations for Professional Societies - Collaborations in Undergraduate

Biology Education. A meeting held at Airlie Conference Center in Virginia and attended by

the leadership of the major life science societies in the US (July 1998)

Professional Societies and the Faculty Scholar - presentation focused on a monograph I

helped the Coalition for Education in the Life Sciences (CELS) write. Joint meeting of the

American Society of Plant Physiologists and CELS in Madison, WI, (July 1998)

Making Flowers - a historical and current day analysis of the study of flowering and

flowers. Linda Hall Library talk, Kansas City, MO (May 1998 )

Global Warming and Hornworms - part of the Carleton Learning and Teaching Center series

on Learning Communities (April 1998)

Flowering in Peas Sussex Plant Development Symposium, Berckeley (June 1997)

Life at a Liberal Arts College University of Wisconsin s Life Science Career Day (May

1997)

Regulation of Floral Development in Pea Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (April 1997)

Colloquia prior to 1997

Carleton College, Carnegie Institute of Embryology, Mankato State, Massachusetts General

Hospital - Dept. of Molecular Biology. Molecular Genetics Inc., Minneapolis, Plant

University of Minnesota - Plant Science Dept.

Molecular Genetics Institute - Univ. of Minnesota, Smith College, St. Olaf College,

University of Georgia, University of Northern Iowa, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison

Invited symposia talks prior to 1997

International Society for Plant Molecular Biology meeting flowering symposium (Tuscon,

AZ)

Society for Developmental Biology (Vanderbilt University)

Botanical Society of America meetings - inflorescence symposim (Montreal)

International Developmental Biology meetings (Utah)

Gordon conference on plant development (New Hampshire)

EXTERNAL BOARDS AND COMMITTEES:

Biological Sciences Curriculum Study board of directors (2012-present)

Botanical Society of America board of directors (2012-present)

Member at large (elected position), AAAS Education Section (2011-2014)

AP Labs Vision Committee (2010)

Chair, NRC Committee on Discipline Based Education Research (2010-2012)

http://www7.nationalacademies.org/bose/DBER_Homepage.html

NRC Committee on Education on Dual Use Issues in the Life Sciences (2009-2010)

American Society of Plant Biologists Education Foundation Board (2009- present)

National Science Foundation Education and Human Resources Advisory Committee (2009-

present)

NRC Board on Science Education (2004-2011) http://www7.nationalacademies.org/bose/

Legume Information Services Advisory Board (2010-present)

iPlant Advisory Board and chair of Education, Outreach and Training Committee (2008-

present, group shifted to a full working group in 2011) http://iplantcollaborative.org/

Chair, NRC committee on Evidence on Selected Promising Practices in Undergraduate

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education (2007-2008)

http://www7.nationalacademies.org/bose/Promising%20Practices_Homepage.html

Teaching Genomics Consortium (2006-present) http://serc.carleton.edu/genomics/

Chair, NRC committee on Evidence on Selected Promising Practices in Undergraduate

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education (2007-2008)

http://www8.nationalacademies.org/cp/projectview.aspx?key=7110

Biology Consultant, NRC Learning Science Kindergarten through Eighth Grade

http://www7.nationalacademies.org/bose/High_School_Science_Labs.html

Chair, NRC High School Science Laboratories: Role and Vision Committee

http://www7.nationalacademies.org/bose/High_School_Science_Labs.html

Board of Directors Project Kaleidoscope (2005-2009) http://pkal.org/

PKAL National Steering Committee (2002-2005)

Columbia University Genomes and Undergraduates: Science as Inquiry Initiative steering

committee (2004-2007)

Planting Science teacher and student mentoring program advisory board (2005-2008) -

http://plantingscience.org/

Society for Developmental Biology review committee for the BioScieEd Net NSDL portal

http://www.biosciednet.org/portal/ (2003-2007)

Chair, NSF Committee of Visitors for review of the Plant Genome Program (2004)

http://www.nsf.gov/od/oia/activities/cov/bio/2004/BIO_PG2004COV.pdf

NRC Committee on Undergraduate Science Education (2002-2004)

Core member of NSF RCN: Molecular and Organismic Research in Plant History (P.I. Ned

Friedman, University of Colorado, $498,128, 2003-2008) http://www.colorado.edu/eeb/MORPH/

PKAL Task Force on Evaluation and Assessment (2002-2004)

NSF working groups: RUI (Research at Undergraduate Institutions), UMEB (Undergraduate

Mentoring in Environmental Biology), Biology Directorate Education Philosophy, Evolution

of Development, and NSDL (National Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Education

Digital Library). Also organized monthly meetings for the Biology Directorate and the

Education and Human Resources Directorate (1999- 2001)

Society for Developmental Biology Professional Development and Education Committee (1997-

2002)

American Society of Plant Biologists Education Committee (member 1989-1995, chair 1992-

1995)

Coalition of Educators in the Life Sciences (CELS) board (member 1994-1999, chair 1998-

1999)

Coalition for Education about Environment, Food, Agriculture and Renewable Resources

(CEEFAR) steering committee member (1994-1996)

OTHER PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS:

Minnesota Next Generation Science Standards Committee

http://www.nextgenscience.org/Minnesota

HHMI CourseSource Cell Biology and Plant Biology groups, review committee

Session organizer, Tools for Change group of Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology

Education (AAAS and NSF) (Washington, DC, July 2009) http://www.visionandchange.org/

Tuning USA Project member (Lumina funded, MN, IN, UT higher education learning outcomes

initiative, 2009-present) http://www.luminafoundation.org/our_work/tuning/

Minnesota Renewable Energy Roundtable member (2006-present) http://www.mnrer.org/

Workshop organizer for December 2008 International Conference on Legume Genomics and

Genetics (Beyond the papilionoids - What can we learn from Chamaecrista?)

http://www.ccg.unam.mx/iclgg4/

Panel leader, The National Plant Genome Initiative: Achievements and Future Directions

National Academies, Board on Life Science (Washington, DC, July 2007)

Session moderator, Teaching and Learning to Improve Undergraduate Education: A Leadership

Summit to Effect Change in Teaching and Learning, National Academy of Sciences Board on

Agriculture and Natural Resources and Board on Life Sciences, (Washington, DC October

2006) (http://dels.nas.edu/banr/summit/)

Participant, Workshop on the Conceptual Basis of Biology, National Academies, Board on

Life Science (Washington, DC, December 2006)

http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12026)

Computational and Mathematical Biology working group of the Mathematical Association of

America - http://www.maa.org/prep/2006/

Member, midcourse evaluation workshop for the NSF Arabidopsis 2010 program (Arlington, VA

August 2005) produced a report titled Midcourse Assessment of Arabidopsis 2010

(http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/bio0601/bio0601.pdf)

Botanical Society of America, Scientific Inquiry through Plants outreach (working with

science superintendent of the Chicago Public Schools to broadly implement program piloted

in other urban and rural schools) http://www.plantbiology.org/

Member, workshop on Cross-Legume Genomics, Santa Fe, NM (December 2004) see Paul Gepts,

William D. Beavis, E. Charles Brummer, Randy C. Shoemaker, H. Thomas Stalker, Norman F.

Weeden, and Nevin D. Young Legumes as a Model Plant Family. Genomics for Food and Feed

Report of the Cross-Legume Advances through Genomics Conference Plant Physiol. 137: 1228-

1235

Organizer (with Shirley Tucker), Development and Structural Morphology Symposium, Fourth

International Legume Conference, Canberra, Australia July 2001

Organizer, PKAL Summer Institute, Science for All: Integrated Biology, July 2001

(Snowbird, Utah)

NSF observer for workshop on the future of Evo-Devo, October 2001 (Arlington, VA,

workshop report is printed and on the web at http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2001/bio012)

Organizer, PKAL Future of Plant Biology Workshop, July 2000 (Keystone, CO)

McGraw-Hill General Biology Symposium 1999 and 2000 (St. Louis, MO and Key West, FL)

Session chair Society for Developmental Biology Education Symposium (University of

Virginia, 1999, organizing 2002 session in Madison)

Session chair - US-Australian Flowering Meeting (1991)

Session chair - Developmental Processes, ASPP meeting (1991)

Organized ASPP Fast Plants Workshop, Madison, WI (1990)

Participant in ASPP workshop on Role of the Society in Science Education (1989)

Helped organize Plant Development pre-meeting held in conjunction with national meeting

of Society for Developmental Biology, St. Paul, MN (June 1987)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

American Society of Plant Biologists

Society for Developmental Biology

Botanical Society of America

International Society of the Learning Sciences

National Association of Biology Teachers

National Science Teachers Association

National Association for Research in Science Teaching

Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research

AAAS

Sigma Xi

Pisum Genetics Association

CARLETON COLLEGE SERVICE:

Strategic Planning Curriculum Committee (2011-present)

Faculty Compensation Committee (2010-present)

Philosophy Department internal review committee (2010-2011)

Churchill Fellowships advisor (2010-present)

Biology Department assessment coordinator (2009-present)

Fellowships committee (2008-2010)

Carleton reaccreditation committee on assessment (2007)

Mayo Scholars faculty mentor (2006-present)

Carleton Interdisciplinary Science Math Initiative Co-director (2005-2006)

Organized campus-wide workshop on Interdisciplinary Computational Modeling (2006)

Teacher Education Committee (1995-1998, 2004-2007)

Cognitive Studies Concentration (1997-present)

Writing Advisory Committee (2004)

Mellon Information Literacy Grant Advisory Committee (2000-2003)

Program in Ethical Reflections advisory committee (2002-2003)

Carleton coordinator for University of Minnesota PFF program (2000-2003)

Coordinator, Perlman Center for Learning and Teaching (2000- 2003,

http://www.acad.carleton.edu/campus/LTC/)

Co-director, Mellon Faculty Lifecycles collaborative grant with Macalester College (2001-

2003)

Workshop for Swedish university administrators (participated in planning and facilitating

week long workshop in 2001)

Mid-career Faculty Conversation facilitator (December 2001, 2002)

College Committee on Convocation and Conversation (2000-2003)

Coordinator for Fall 2001 Faculty Retreat (sexual harassment training, technology in the

classroom workshops)

Learning and Teaching Center Advisory Committee (1998-present, chair 2000-present)

DIG (Diversity Initiative Group, 2000-2003)

Faculty Personnel Committee (tenure committee, 1996-1999)

New Faculty December Teaching Workshop facilitator (1994-2004)

Faculty Computing Liaison for the sciences (1994-1997)

Chair of Academic Computing Advisory Committee (1996-97)

Junior Faculty Affairs Committee

Commission on the Status of Women

Sexual Harassment Education Committee

Air Toxic Study Group including seminar on methylene chloride emissions in Northfield

ACM and Ford Mellon minority fellowships selection committees

Multicultural Affairs freshman intern and summer research program participant

Exhibits Coordinator for Regional Science Fair at Carleton

Observing/working with student teachers in Educational Studies program

College panels for high school guidance counselors (women in science and faculty life at

Carleton)

Girl Scout Science Day (organized in 1995, now this yearly event is completely organized

and run by Carleton students)

REVIEWING RESPONSIBILITIES:

PNAS

Science

Editorial responsibilities:

Review Editorial Board of Frontiers in Plant Genetics and Genomics

Series Editor, Wiley/American Society for Plant Biology Plant Biology Education series

(2010-present)

Consulting editor for McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology (Yearbooks for

7th edition and revision for 8th edition)

Undergraduate education editor for Plant Developmental Biology Newsletter (1986-1992)

Grant reviews:

NSF REESE Panel

NSF UBM Panel

NSF site visit teams

NSF Developmental Mechanisms Panel

NSF NATO Postdoctoral Fellowship Panel

NSF BAC Library Construction Panel

NSF REU Panel

NSF CCLI and NSF ILI Panel

Ad hoc reviewer - NSF (Developmental Mechanisms, Plant Genome, Integrated Plant Biology,

Science and Technology Centers, MRI, REU, ILI), USDA (Plant Growth and Development), DOE

(Energy Biosciences), M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust

VISITING COMMITTEES AT OTHER INSTITUTIONS:

Mount Holyoke, Department of Biology (2011)

Vassar College, Department of Biology (2010)

Hamline University, Science Division (2009)

Davidson College, Department of Biology (2008)

Kenyon College, Department of Biology (2008)

Lake Forest College, Department of Biology (2004)

Williams College, Department of Biology (2003)

University of Wisconsin, Stout, Department of Biology (2003)

Wabash College, Department of Biology (2002)

Colby College, Department of Biology (2001)

Amherst College, Department of Biology (2000)

Swarthmore College, Department of Biology (1998)

COURSES TAUGHT:

Introduction to Biology I: Energetics and Genetics

Introduction to Biology II: Diversity, Form, and Function

Genes, Evolution and Development

Genes, Evolution and Development with Problem Solving

Genetics

Plant Biology

Plant Development

Learning Science: Introduction to Cognitive Science

Developmental Genetics

Food and Cooking (first year seminar focused on biology and chemistry)

Origins and Mind a first year, linked course program with Philosophy and Psychology

Interdisciplinary Biochemistry Senior Integrative Exercise

RESEARCH STUDENTS:

Undergraduate research colleagues (

1986-present)

Cole Hannon ( 87) Competence for floral development in tobacco seedlings. Clinical

program manager, Medtronic.

Lois Bauer ( 87) Effect of plant growth substances on Drosera rotundifolia. Went to

Johns Hopkins Medical School, now a pediatrician.

Sarah Huber ( 88) Floral development of asters. Peace Corps in Boliva, research

technician at Cornell, high school teacher in Maryland.

Ann Holtz ( 88)-Competence of tobacco internode tissue for floral development. Staff

scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Lab

Lynn Quam ( 88, St. Olaf) Effect of position o pea axillary bud development. Research

technician at Mayo.

Quynh Nguyen ( 89)-Effect of the veg mutation on axillary bud development in pea.

University of Minnesota Medical School.

Scott Moses ( 89)-Transposon tagging of the Maryland mammoth gene in Nicotian tabacum.

University of Minnesota Medical School, family physician in MN.

Daniel Christ ( 89, St. Olaf)- Developmental physiology of the det mutant of Pisum

sativum. Horticulturist for a commercial greenhouse.

Tim Jegla ( 90)-Stability of determination for vegetative shoot formation in cultured

tobacco. Ph.D. in neurobiology from Washington University, postdoc at Stanford. assistant

professor at Penn State

Marti Louw ( 90)-Competence for floral development. Associate producer, WGBH/NOVA,

pursuing a media degree at Carnegie Mellon.

Heidi Asbjorensen ( 89)-Readings in agroforestry. Graduate school at Yale in forestry.

Bev Nazarian ( 89)-Leaf processes in flowering in tobacco. University of Minnesota

Medical School. Currently a pediatrician in MA

Yvonne Stephanie Carrasco ( 92)-Effect of veg on inflorescence determination in pea.

Research coordinator, University of Texas, El Paso.

Erik Stokstad ( 92)-Isolating plasma membrane proteins from single shoot apices. Reporter

for Science Magazine.

Tracy Smith ( 90)-Gene expression in photoperiodically induced leaves of Pharbitis and

Nicotiana. Ph.D. MIT, postdoc at UCSF, currently a science writer

Tanya Halvorsen ( 91, MIT)-Photoperiodic induction of gene expression in Nicotiana. Ph.D.

MIT

Pat Carriere ( 91)-Effects of high levels of B-chromsoomes on embryo development in

maize. Chair, Dept. of Theatre & Communication Arts, Bemidji State University

Carolyn Ferguson ( 90)-Inflorescence determination in pea. Ph.D. University of Texas,

Austin, postdoc Washington University, Associate Professor, Kansas State.

Steve Halligan ( 91)-Assay to isolate plasma membrane proteins form individual shoot

apices. Senior technician, Geek Squad

Louise Latterell ( 91)-Stability of determination for shoot organogenesis in tobacco.

University of Minnesota Medical School, family physician and clinical professor,

University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Chris Navia ( 92)-Competence for floral determination in tobacco. Went to graduate school

in political science, University of Michigan.

Phillip Chung ( 91) Effect of genotype on timing of inflorescence determination in pea.

Physician

Samara Reck-Peterson ( 93)-Stability of determination for floral shoot organogenesis in

tobacco internodes. Ph.D. Yale, postdocs at Standford and UCSF. Assistant professor,

Department of Cell Biology, Harvard.

Andrea Winbauer ( 92)-Effects of light and sucrose on stability of shoot organogenesis in

tobacco internodes. Attended graduate school at Washington State University, Pullman.

Technologist, ARUP Labs.

Karen Ong ( 94)-Effect of light and sucrose on timing of initiation of shoot meristems in

culture. High school teacher, Brookline, MA.

Monique Oliver ( 94) Analysis of growth of rapid cycling Brassicas. News producer, WTVD

ABC11, Durham, NC

Eugene Hong ( 93)-det-a heterochronic mutation affecting apical senescence in pea.

M.D./Ph.D. University of Washington.

Pam Holloway ( 92) - Flowering in culture apices of pea. Career in teaching and directing

high school theater.

Paula Hong ( 91) - Shoot regeneration from cultured pea meristems. Pediatric

opthalmogist, Reno, NV

David Remucal ( 93) Heterostylous development in purple loosestrife. Graduate school,

University of Colorado, Denver

Renee Delozier Read ( 94) Role of flowering time genes in pea on meristem development

in culture. Graduate school Washington University

Charles Johnston ( 95) Role of leaf primordial in early flowering in pea. Editor, Lost

Planet

Glen Rundell (Rochester Institute of Technology) - Image analysis to quantify meristem

size differences between det and wild-type peas. President and CEO, Advanced Information

Management Group, Schenectady, NY

Mark Havrilla (Kenyon College) - Image analysis of meristem shape in pea mutants.

Amy Horan (University of Wisconsin, River Falls) - Premature senescence in det mutants of

pea, administrative associate, Northfield Middle School

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