Sarah Miller

Sarah is the Executive Director of Tiny Earth, an international network of 800+ instructors in 33 countries who teach an estimated 16,000 students annually. Tiny Earth is a course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE). The goal of Tiny Earth is discover new antibiotics from soil bacteria and increase diversity in STEM. Sarah’s professional interests focus on STEM education, with an emphasis on active and inclusive learning, institutional transformation at scale, and faculty development in higher education. She has co-authored five publications in Science magazine, in addition to other science education journals. She founded the Scientific Teaching Book Series and is a co-author <a href="https://wid.wisc.edu/people/sarah-miller/"> [...]</a>

Executive Director, Tiny Earth

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Location: 330 North Orchard Street, Room 3120F
Education:
MS, Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Lab website: https://tinyearth.wisc.edu/

 

Leading the Tiny Earth network in the quest to studentsource antibiotic discovery from soil

Sarah is the Executive Director of Tiny Earth, an international network of 800+ instructors in 33 countries who teach an estimated 16,000 students annually. Tiny Earth is a course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE). The goal of Tiny Earth is discover new antibiotics from soil bacteria and increase diversity in STEM. Sarah’s professional interests focus on STEM education, with an emphasis on active and inclusive learning, institutional transformation at scale, and faculty development in higher education. She has co-authored five publications in Science magazine, in addition to other science education journals. She founded the Scientific Teaching Book Series and is a co-author of Scientific Teaching and Entering Mentoring. Sarah has been named a National Academies Education Mentor in the Life Sciences and received the UW-Madison Teaching Academy Distinguished Teaching Award. During her graduate work in Plant Pathology at UW-Madison, she investigated the environmental impact of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) by analyzing microbial communities affiliated with plant rhizospheres.

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