President Susan Rundell Singer

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About President Rundell Singer
Biography

Susan Rundell Singer was named St. Olaf College’s 12th president following a unanimous vote by the Board of Regents. She took office on June 1, 2023, succeeding David R. Anderson ’74, who retired after having led the college since 2006.

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An experienced leader in higher education who has led national efforts to advance undergraduate teaching and learning, Rundell Singer joined St. Olaf after serving as vice president for academic affairs and provost at Rollins College. She previously led the Division of Undergraduate Education at the National Science Foundation (NSF) and was the Laurence McKinley Gould Professor of Biology at Carleton College, where she directed the Perlman Center for Learning and Teaching.

Recruited to NSF, Rundell Singer was charged with implementing holistic, evidence-informed approaches to increase persistence and success of all undergraduates. She led 14 federal agencies in achieving the undergraduate goals of the first Federal STEM Education 5-year Strategic Plan, including producing one million more STEM graduates by 2018.

Rundell Singer’s scholarship focuses on partnerships and networks of organizations collaboratively advancing undergraduate STEM education, emphasizing diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Equitable, excellent undergraduate education is a top focus in her leadership at St. Olaf and has been a signature element of her successes throughout her career.

Her disciplinary expertise in plant biology fuels her passion for sustainability. As part of an NSF-funded, national network on advancing education through campus and community farms, she is an advocate for experiential learning.

Rundell Singer is an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow, and a recipient of the American Society of Plant Biology teaching award and Botanical Society of America Charles Bessey Award. She is a past chair of AAAS’ Education Section. She is an Association of American Universities Senior Scholar, chairs the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) Board on Science Education, and serves on the Board on Life Sciences and the Roundtable on Systematic Change in Undergraduate STEM Education. Additionally, Rundell Singer is a trustee at the Science Museum of Minnesota and a member of the HELIOS Open Executive Council.

She chaired several NASEM studies, including Discipline-Based Education Research. Rundell Singer earned her bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, and Ph.D. in biology from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York.

Leadership Experience

President, St. Olaf College, June 2023-present
Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, Rollins College, August 2016-May 2023
Division Director, National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Undergraduate Education, January 2013-July2016 (on leave from Carleton College)
Board Chair, National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicines Board on Science Education (2020-present)
Co-director, Carleton Interdisciplinary Science and Math Initiative, Carleton College 2005-2006
Director, Perlman Learning and Teaching Center, Carleton College, 2000-2003
Program Director, Developmental Mechanisms, National Science Foundation, 1999-2001
Department Chair, Carleton College, 1995-1998
Research Group Director, 1986-May 2023

Academic Positions

Association of American Universities (AAU) Senior Scholar, Undergraduate STEM Education, April 2020-present
Professor of Biology, St. Olaf College, June 2023-present
Professor of Biology, Rollins College, August 2016-May 2023
Laurence McKinley Gould Professor of the Natural Sciences, Emerita, Carleton College, October 2016-present
Laurence McKinley Gould Professor of the Natural Sciences, Carleton College 2006- 2016
Humphrey Doermann Professor of Liberal Education, Carleton College, 2000-2003
Professor of Biology, Carleton College, 1998-2016
Associate Professor of Biology, Carleton College, 1992-1998
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: College of St. Rose 1981
M.S. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1982
Ph.D. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1985
Professional Development:
- Embryology Course, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole Massachusetts, 1983 (summer)
- NSF Academy executive leadership development courses and coaching (2013 -2015)
- American Council on Education (ACE) Institute for New Chief Academic Officers (2016)
- Awarded an Executive Certificate in Public Leadership for completion of Woman and Power Program (May 2015), Leadership Decision Making Program (February 2019), Crisis Leadership in Higher Education Program (March 2019), John F. Kennedy School at Harvard University, Executive Education.
- American Council on Education Agile Administration (2021-2022)
- Harvard Seminar for New Presidents (2023)
- Education Advisory Board New Presidents Initiative (2023)
- Council of Independent Colleges New Presidents Program (2023)

Fellowships and Honors

Phi Beta Kappa, Delta of Minnesota, honorary member (2023)
Rollins Decoration of Honor (2021) – in recognition of eminent service during the pandemic
Philip C. Hamm Memorial Lectureship in Plant Sciences, University of Minnesota (2014)
60th Anniversary of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Awardee profile – (2013)
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science Prize for Inquiry Based Instruction (2013)
Charles Edwin Bessey Award, Botanical Society of America (2011)
AAAS Fellow (elected in 2009)
Excellence in Teaching Award, American Society of Plant Biologists (2004)
National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship (1981-1984)
National Institutes of Health (NIH) 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)

Higher Education

Singer, S., H. Schweingruber, K. Brenner (2024) Boost Opportunities for Science Learning with Regional Alliances. Issues in Science and Technology, Spring 2024, 46-49

Kay, A., E. Chapman, J. Cheruiyot, S. Lowery, S. Singer, G. Small, A. Stone, R. Warthen, W. Westbroek (2022) Potential for urban agriculture to support accessible and impactful undergraduate biology education. Ecology and Evolution, DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8721

Singer, S.R., (2020) Six Decades of National Science Foundation Commitment to Undergraduate Research. Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research (SPUR), 3(2): 16-20

Singer, S.R., A.E. Austin, S. Bae, V. L. Baker, A. Grimm, M. Ring, L. Shanks, S. Starck, A. Storer (2019). Improving Quality and Inclusion in STEM Undergraduate Education Through Organizational Change Networks. AERA Online Paper Repository, http://www.aera.net/Publications/Online-Paper-Repository/AERA-Online-Paper-Repository/Owner/936357

Singer, S.R., J.A. Schwarz, C.A. Manduca, S.P. Fox, E.R Iverson, B.J. Taylor, S.B. Cannon, G.D. May, S.L. Maki, A.D. Farmer, J.J. Doyle (2013) Keeping an eye on biology. Science 339: 408-409

Deel, S., S. Singer, and D. Walser-Kuntz. (2009) Human single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) Determination. Pages 65-94, in Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, Volume 31 (K. Clase, Editor). Proceedings of the 31st Workshop/Conference of the Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE)

Galotti, K.M., R.O. Elveton, L.K. Komatsu, M.S. Rand, S.R. Singer (2000) Origins and mind: An integrated academic experience for new students. Liberal Education 86:32-39

Plant Development and Genetics

Bueno, E., T. Kisha, S. Maki, E. J. B. von Wettburg, S. Singer. (2019) Genetic diversity of Chamaecrista fasciculata (Fabaceae) from the USDA germplasm collection. BMC Research Notes, 12: 117, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-019-4152-0.

Young, N.D. et al. (2011) The Medicago genome provides insight into the evolution of rhizobial symbioses. Nature: 480: 520-524

Cannon. S.B., D. Illut, A.D, Farmer, S.L. Maki, G.D. May, S.R. Singer, J.J. Doyle (2010) Nodule evolution did not depend on early polyploidy in the legumes. PLoS ONE, 5(7): e11630. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011630

Singer, S.R., S.L. Maki, A.D. Farmer, D. Ilut, G.D. May, S.B. Cannon, and J.J. Doyle (2009) Venturing beyond beans and peas – What can we learn from Chamaecrista? Plant Physiology 151: 1041-1047

Maki, S.L., H. Mullen, R. Pharis, and S. Singer (2005) Improvement of yield in greenhouse grown determinate multiflowered peas with gibberellin treatments. Proceedings of the thirty-second annual meeting of the Plant Growth Regulation Society of America held July 24-27 in Newport Beach, CA. pp. 108-120.

Beveridge, C.A., James L. Weller, Susan R. Singer, and Julie M.I. Hofer (2003) Axillary meristem development. budding relationships between networks controlling flowering, branching, and photoperiod responsiveness. Plant Physiology 131: 927-934.

Taylor, S., J. Hofer, I. Murfet, J. Sollinger, S. Singer, M. Knox, N. Ellis (2002) PROLIFERATING INFLORESCENCE MERISTEM, a MADS-box gene that regulates floral meristem identity in pea. Plant Physiology 129: 1150-1159

Singer, S., J. Sollinger, S. Maki, J. Fishbach, B. Short, C. Reinke, J. Fick, Laura Cox, A. McCall and H. Mullen. (1999) Inflorescence architecture: a developmental genetics approach. Botanical Review 65:385-410

Reid, J.B., I.C. Murfet, S.R. Singer, J.L. Weller, S.A. Taylor (1996) Physiological-genetics of flowering in Pisum. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology 7:455-463

Singer, S.R., S.L. Maki, H.J. Mullen (1994) Specification of meristem identity in Pisum sativum inflorescence development. Flowering 18: 26-42

McDaniel, C.N., S.R. Singer, S.M.E. Smith (1992) Developmental states associated with the floral transition. Developmental Biology 153:59-69

Singer, S.R., C.H. Hannon, S.C. Huber, (1992) Acquisition of competence for floral determination in shoot apices of Nicotiana. Planta, 188:546-550

Singer, S.R. (1992) Floral morphogenesis in Lythrum. In: S.R. Singer, editor. Plant Development Lab Collection. Society for Developmental Biology, Washington, D.C.

Ferguson, C.J., S.C. Huber, Hong, P.H., S.R. Singer (1991) Determination for inflorescence development is a stable state, separable from determination for flower development in Pisum sativum buds. Planta 185: 518-522

Singer, S.R., L. Hsiung, S.C. Huber (1990) The determinate (det) mutant of Pisum sativum L. (leguminosae: papilionoidae) exhibits an indeterminate growth pattern. American Journal of Botany 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. American Journal of Botany 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., Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, USA 84:2790-2792

Singer, S.R., C.N. McDaniel (1986) Floral determination in the terminal and axillary meristems of Nicotiana tabacum L. Developmental Biology 118:587-592

Singer, S.R., C.N. McDaniel (1986) Analyzing growth in cell cultures: II. Effect of initial cell mass on growth. Canadian Jouranl of Botany 64: 238-241

Singer, S.R. (1986) Analyzing growth in cell cultures: I. Calculating growth rates. Canadian Jouranl of Botany 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 Physiology 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. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 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 Physiology 69: 1382-1386 (my undergraduate research)

Higher Education Policy

National Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (2021) Call to Action for Science Education Building Opportunity for the Future Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/26152. (S.R. Singer S.R. Singer was study committee member and report author, as well as chair of the NASEM Board on Science Education)

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 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)

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)

Singer, S.R., Hilton, M. L., Schweingruber, H. A. (eds.) (2005) America’s Lab Report: Investigations in High School Science, Washington, DC: National Academies Press

NRC CUSE Steering Committee 2003 Improving Undergraduate Instruction in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics: Report of a Workshop. R.A. McCray, R.L. DeHaan, J.A. Schuck (eds). Washington, D.C.:

National Academy Press (S. Singer was steering committee member), http://books.nap.edu/catalog/10024.html

Textbooks

Mason, K. J. Losos, J. and S. Singer (2016) Biology 11th edition, New York: McGraw-Hill

Mason, K., G. Johnson, S. Singer, and J. Losos (2015) Understanding Biology, New York: McGraw-Hill

Mason, K. J. Losos, J. and S. Singer (2014) Biology 10th edition, New York: McGraw-Hill

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

Raven, P., G. Johnson, J. Losos, K. Mason and S. Singer (2008) Biology 8th edition, New York: McGraw-Hill

Singer, S.R. and C. Rutz (eds.) 2004 Reflections on Learning as Teachers, Northfield, MN: College City Publications

Raven, P., G. Johnson, J. Losos, S. Singer (2005) Biology 7th edition, New York: McGraw-Hill

Singer, S.R. (ed.) 1992 Plant Developmental Biology Laboratory Collection, Washington, D.C.: Society for Developmental Biology

Higher Education

Singer, S.R. (2022) Power of Partnerships: The role of deans, department chairs, and institutional leaders in supporting change. The Disrupter. AAAS Improving Undergraduate STEM Education Initiative.

Singer, S.R., K. Garg, L. Zia, and M. Schneider (2022) Funding learning at scale. L@S ’22: Proceedings of the Ninth ACM Conference on Learning @ Scale, pp. 246–247, https://doi.org/10.1145/3491140.3529956

Russell, E., S.R. Singer, T. Holbrook (2020) Building a Developmental, Interdisciplinary General Education Curriculum for the Future: Rollins Foundations in the Liberal Arts (rFLA). In: W. Moner, P. Motely, and

R. Pope-Ruark (eds.) Redesigning Liberal Education: Innovative Design for a Twenty-First Century Undergraduate Education, Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Press

Singer, S.R. (2016) Integrating STEM with the Liberal Arts. Carleton Voice (alumni magazine)

James, S.M. and S.R. Singer (2016) From the NSF: The National Science Foundation’s Investments in Broadening Participation in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education through Research and Capacity Building, CBE-Life Sciences Education, 17:fe7, 1-8

Singer, S.R. (2015) Partnering to advance learning in a technology-enhanced world, EDCUASE Review. 50 (2)

Singer, S. (2015) Implementing Evidence-based Undergraduate STEM Teaching Practice. In: Shelton, R.N. and H.R. Rawlings, III (eds.) Searching for Better Approaches: Effective Evaluation of Teaching and Learning in STEM, Tucson, AZ: Research Corporation for the Advancement of Science, pp. 1-5

Ferrini-Mundy, J., L. Scherer, and S.R. Singer (2015) The Reform of Undergraduate Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education in Context: Preparing Tomorrow’s STEM Professionals and Educating a STEM- Savvy Public. Indiana: Purdue University Press

Singer, S.R. (2015) Learning in a world of convergence. In: Bainbridge, W.S and M.C. Roco (eds.) Handbook of Science and Technology Convergence, Springer, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-04033-2_63-1

Singer, S.R. (2013) Advancing research on undergraduate science learning. Journal of Research in Science Teaching. 50: 768-772

Bonvillian, W.B. and S.R. Singer (2013) The online challenge to higher education. Issues in Science and Technology. 29 (4)

Singer, S.R. and W.B. Bonvillian (2013) Two revolutions in learning. Science. 339: 1359

Singer, S. and K. A. Smith (2013) Discipline-based education research: Understanding and improving learning in undergraduate science and engineering. Journal of Engineering Education. 102: 468-471, DOI: 10.1002/jee.2003

Singer, S. and K. Smith (2013) Follow the evidence: Discipline-based education research dispels myths about learning and yields results – if only educators would use it. PRiSM

Singer, S.R. N.R. Nielsen, and H.A. Schweingruber (2013) Biology education research: lessons and future directions. CBE – Life Science Education. 12: 129-132

Banta, L.M., E.J. Crespi, R.H. Nehm, J.A. Schwarz, S. Singer, C. Manduca, et al. (2012) Integrating genomics research throughout the undergraduate curriculum: a collection of inquiry-based genomics lab modules. CBE – Life Science Education. 11: 203-208

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

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

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

Labov, J.B., S.R. Singer, M.D. George, H.A. Schweingruber, and M.L. Hilton (2009) Effective practices in undergraduate STEM education part 1: Examining the evidence. CBE – Life Sciences Education. 8:157-161

Banta, L., Crespi, E, Manduca, C., Nehm, R., Schwarz, J., and Singer, S.R. (2009) Big science at small colleges: A collaborative model for genomics curriculum development at liberal arts colleges. Teagle Foundation paper

Reinke, C.A., and S.R. Singer (2006) From Observers to Participants: joining the scientific community. In Building Collaborations. C. Rutz and M. Savina (eds.), Northfield, MN, College City Publications,

Singer, S. R. (2006) Everything Old is New Again: Circularity and Singularity in Science as a Liberal Art. Journal of the Liberal Arts 4: 71-80

Singer, S.R., Hilton, M. L., Schweingruber, H. A. (2005) Needing a new approach to science labs. Science Teacher. 72(7): 10

Walser-Kuntz, D. Deel, S., Singer, S. (2005) “SNPs and snails and puppy dog tails, and that’s what people are made of …” A Case Study on Genome Privacy. The National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science Case Collection, SUNY Buffalo.

Walser-Kuntz, D, Singer, S., Deel, S. (2005) Closing the Gap in Introductory Biology Learning: Effect of Problem Solving Sessions.” Proceedings of the Innovations in Scholarship of Teaching and Learning at the Liberal Arts Colleges, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN

Singer, S.R. (2004) Talking about teaching: the importance of colleagues. In Reflections on Learning as Teachers.

S. R. Singer, and C. Rutz (eds.) College City Publications, Northfield, MN, pp 5-13

Singer, S. R. (2002) Learning and teaching centers: Hubs of educational reform. In Building Robust Learning Environments in Undergraduate Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. J. L. Narum and K. Conover (eds), pp. 59-64, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco CELS (1998) Professional Societies and the Faculty Scholar: Promoting Scholarship and Learning in the Life Sciences. L. Liao (ed.). with R. Bloodgood, J.R. Jungck, and S.R. Singer (monograph advisors), Madison, W.I.

Singer, S. (1997) Arms and Camp’s Biology: Though it has some faults, this is a solid biology text. The Textbook Letter 8: 3-4

Plant Development and Genetics

Singer, S.R. (2006) Overview of Plant Development. In: S. F. Gilbert. Developmental Biology (8th edition). Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates

Singer, S.R. (2006) Inflorescence Architecture. In Genetic Regulation of Flowering. C. Ainsworth, ed. Blackworth, Inc., London, pp. 98-113.

Singer, S.R. (2003) Overview of plant development. In Developmental Biology (7th edition) by S.F. Gilbert, Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA

Singer, S.R. (contributing author) (2001) Plant chapters, In Biology (6th edition), McGraw-Hill, New York, N.Y.

Plesset, J., S. Scheiner, S. Singer (2001) Evolution and Development at the National Science Foundation, USA. Evolution and Development 3: 1-2

Plesset, J., S. Scheiner, S. Singer (2000) Evolution and Development at the National Science Foundation, USA. Genesis 28: 45-46

Plesset, J., S. Scheiner, S. Singer (2000) Evolution and Development at the National Science Foundation, USA. Journal of Experimental Zoology 288: 285-286

Singer, S.R. (2000) Plant Development, In Developmental Biology (6th edition) by S.F. Gilbert, Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, M.A.

Singer, S.R. (1997) Plant Life Cycles and Angiosperm Development. In Embryology: Constructing the Organism,

S.F. Gilbert and A.M. Raunio, eds., pp. 493-513, Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, M.A.

Singer, S.R. (1991) Flowering regulation. In McGill’s Survey of Science: Life Sciences, Salem Press, pp.1010-1016

Singer, S.R. (1991) Homeotic genes and homeoboxes. In McGill’s Survey of Science: Life Sciences, Salem Press, pp. 1314-1320

McDaniel, C.N., S.R. Singer, J.S. Gebhardt (1987) Developmental patterns of floral induction in tobacco. In UCLA Symposium on Molecular and Cellular Biology, Plant Gene Systems and their Biology, J.L. Key and L. McIntosh (eds.), pp. 39-52

McDaniel, C.N., S.R. Singer, J.S. Gebhardt, K.A. Dennin (1986) Floral determination: A critical process in meristem ontogeny. In: The Manipulation of Flowering, J.G. Atherton (ed.), pp. 109-120

McDaniel, C.N., S.R. Singer, K.A. Dennin, J.S. Gebhardt (1985) Floral determination: timing, stability and root influence. In UCLA Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology, Plant Genetics, M. Freeling (ed.), pp. 73-88

McDaniel, C.N., S.R. Singer (1982) Mutant selection in tobacco. Plant Molec. Bio. News. 3: 67-72

Other media

Students Learned Valuable Skills in the Pandemic: A Conversation with Susan Singer by John Mitchell and Maxwell Bigman (Decade Ahead Project), Feb. 26, 2021 – https://medium.com/decade-ahead/students-learned-valuable-skills-in-the-pandemic-47f0b786f08d

Biobot story about Rollins COVID wastewater testing – https://biobotanalytics.medium.com/biobot-customer-success-story-95c88e8391b0

Interview on student learning during the pandemic – https://medium.com/decade-ahead/students-learned-valuable-skills-in-the-pandemic-47f0b786f08d

Interview with Susan Singer on “Rollins College testing campus wastewater for COVID-19,” October 2020, Fox 35 (https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/rollins-college-testing-campus-wastewater-for-covid-19)

Interview with Susan Singer on “COVID-19 cases tracked by testing wastewater,” October 2020, Orlando Sentinel (https://www.orlandosentinel.com/coronavirus/os-ne-coronavirus-rollins-sewage-testing-20201023-f7d23pkpzrcy7gnfeb73xvb7le-story.html)

Singer, S.R. PER Identity and Sense of Belonging Blog (https://www.compadre.org/per/conferences/2020/blog.cfm?PID=119756&ViewType=2)

Singer, S.R. and C. Fuleihan Intersection: Millennium Fellows Work Towards Sustainable Goals, WMFE Orlando (http://www.wmfe.org/intersection-millennium-fellows-work-towards-sustainable-goals/90660)

Singer, S.R. Catalyzing Advances in Undergraduate STEM Education – epiSTEME-7 – Seventh international conference to review research on Science, Technology and Mathematics Education in Mumbai, India, (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4wES9nM7Y4&index=1&list=PLyQwaGYZFhmxPxrJTrN_pqmvQ9BkcUCDX&t=24s)

Singer, S.R., and others, Developing Indicators for Undergraduate STEM Education –(http://sites.nationalacademies.org/DBASSE/BOSE/DBASSE_174122)

Singer, S.R., and others, Reaching Students webinar

Singer, S.R., “A Conversation between Susan Singer and Harvard Science Faculty about Improving Undergraduate Science Education”

Singer, S.R., Science Live Chat with Hal Saltzman and Jeff Mervis on The Making (or Breaking) of a STEM major

Singer, S.R., guest on NPR’s Science Friday Video of Discipline-Based Education Research Report Release Event on 11/8/12 (Committee chair and event moderator)

Teaching Tips (2017)

Challenging Non-Traditional Students
Set Style and Formatting in Context
Working with Evidence
Community in Science

Websites

“Exploring the Chamaecrista Gene Space” (2011) – serc.carleton.edu/genomics/units/33519.html and serc.carleton.edu/exploring_genomics/chamaecrista/index.html

“Faculty-coached, In Class Problem Solving” (2009) – serc.carleton.edu/sp/library/coached_problems/index.html

“Big Science at Small Schools.” Teaching and Assessing Genomics Consortium (2006-present) – http://serc.carleton.edu/genomics/

“Human Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Determination” (2006) – serc.carleton.edu/genomics/units/snp.html

“Reconstructing the Evolution of Cauliflower and Broccoli” (2006) – serc.carleton.edu/genomics/units/cauliflower.html

“SNPs and snails and puppy dog tails, and that’s what people are made of …” A Case Study on Genome Privacy (2005). The National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science Case Collection, SUNY Buffalo. http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/collection/detail.asp?case_id=337&id=337