Research & Publications
RESEARCH
GRANTS:
NSF (DUE-1725320) - $1,798,710
Using Networks to Scale Improvement of STEM Undergraduate Education: A
Comparative Study of Network Goals, Processes, and Strategies to Advance
Organizational Change under the direction of Ann Austin (Michigan State) and
Susan Rundell Singer (8/15/2017-7/31/2021)
Mellon Foundation - $800,000
Implementing Rollins Foundations in the Liberal Arts (rFLA):
A New Model of
General Education (1/2016-12/2020)
NSF (DUE/EHR) - Intergovernmental
Personal Act award included Independent Research and Development funding for
research on scaffolding genomics learning (1/2013 – 7/2016)
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/BIO) - Intergovernmental
Personal Act award included Independent Research and Development funding for
research on inflorescence architecture (8/1999 – 8/2001)
NSF (IBN-9977087) - $331,767,
"Research at Undergraduate Institutions (RUI): Regulation of Inflorescence
Architecture in Pea (8/99-10/04) with Research Experiences for Undergraduates
(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 (SBE) - $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 (9037615516) - $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 Development
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)
NSF Pre-doctoral Fellowship (1981-1984)
PUBLICATIONS:
(student
authors are underlined)
Journal
articles:
Singer, S.R., (2019) Six Decades of National Science Foundation Commitment to Undergraduate Research. Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research (SPUR), in press
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
Bueno, E., T. Kisha, S. Maki, E .J. B. von Wettburg, S. Singer. (2019) Genetic diversity of Chamaecrista fasciculata (Fabaceae) from the USDASinger, 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
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
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)
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
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
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)
Books:
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
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)
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)
Raven, P., G. Johnson, J. Losos,
K. Mason and S. Singer (2008) Biology 8th edition, New York: McGraw-Hill
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
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
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
Singer, S.R. (ed.) 1992 Plant Developmental Biology Laboratory
Collection,Washington, D.C.: Society for Developmental Biology
Reviews, reports, and book chapters:
Russell, E., S.R. Singer, T. Holbrook (2019) 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, in press
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) Overview of
Plant Development. In: S. F. Gilbert. Developmental Biology (8th edition).
Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates
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. (2006) Inflorescence Architecture. In Genetic
Regulation of Flowering. C. Ainsworth, ed. Blackworth, Inc., London, pp.
98-113.
Singer, S.R., Hilton,
M. L., Schweingruber, H. A. (2005) Needing a new approach to science labs. The
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. (2003) Overview of
plant development. In Developmental Biology (7th edition) by S.F.
Gilbert, Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA
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
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.
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
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:
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
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