AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION	The Role of History and Philosophy of Science for the Teaching and Learning of Science
AREAS OF COMPETENCE	Biology, History and Philosophy of Science, Science Education

PRESENT POSITION

2018-present

Professor, Western Michigan University

	Primary Appointment: Biological Sciences
	Secondary Appointment: The Mallinson Institute for Science Education

PAST EMPLOYMENT

2005-2018

Associate Professor, Western Michigan University, Biological Sciences & The Mallinson Institute for Science Education

1999-2005

Assistant Professor, Western Michigan University, Biological Sciences & The Mallinson Institute for Science Education

1997-1999	Temporary Assistant Professor, Iowa State University, Philosophy
1996-1997	Lecturer, Texas A&M University, Philosophy

EDUCATION
1996	Ph.D.	History and Philosophy of Science	University of Pittsburgh
		A Philosophical Analysis of the Role of Selection Experiments in Evolutionary Biology (Advisor: James G. Lennox)
1992	M.A.	History and Philosophy of Science	University of Pittsburgh
1990	M.S.	Biological Sciences	University of Pittsburgh
		The Hindlimb Myology And Relationships Of The Treerunner Complex (Aves: Passeriformes: Furnariidae, Genus Margarornis) (Advisor: Robert J. Raikow)
1986	B.S.	Zoology (minor: Philosophy)	Duke University

GRANTS AND AWARDS
2023	Recipient Western Michigan University Faculty Distinguished Teaching Award 2023-2024
2022	Michigan Science Teacher Association College Science Teacher of the Year
2018-20	Mentor, WMU Graduate Student Teaching Intensive
2017-18	WMU College of Arts and Sciences' Faculty Achievement in Teaching Award
2017	Dr. Darrell R. Latva Biological Sciences Teaching Excellence Award
2015-17	Michigan Science Teaching and Assessment Reform (Mi-STAR), Michigan Technological University, The Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation (co-PI on subaward $12,898)
2014-15	WMU Interdisciplinary Humanities Group: Interdisciplinary Workgroup on Humanities Funding, with co-proposer Mary Lagerwey ($500)
2014-15	WMU Faculty Research And Creative Activities Award (FRACAA) Grant ($6,318)
2010	WMU Instructional Development Grant ($3554.75)
2009	Sabbatical Leave (Fall Term 2009), Western Michigan University
2006	Co-winner, Best Poster Presentation at ERROR 2006 Conference, Blacksburg, VA ($150)
2005	Finalist, Michigan Science Teachers Association College Teacher of the Year
2002-8	NSF Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Teacher Preparation (STEMTP) Grant PI, with Co-PIs William Cobern (Biological Sciences), Robert Poel (Physics), Paul Vellom (College of Education), and Charles Pearson (Kalamazoo Public School District) ($899,294)
2002	American Philosophical Society Library Resident Research Fellowship ($2,000)
2002	WMU Faculty Research And Creative Activities Support Fund (FRACASF) Grant ($2,700)
2001	WMU Faculty Senate Teaching & Learning with Technology (TLT) Grant ($5,437)
2001	WMU Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology (PT3) Grant ($732)
2000	WMU Administrative Merit Award ($500)
1999	NEH Summer Seminar "Philosophy of Experimental Inference: Induction, Reliability and Error", Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA ($3,700)
1997	International Research Travel Assistance Grant, Office of the Assistant Provost for International Programs, Texas A&M University ($800)
1997	London Visiting Scholars Fellowship, Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science, London School of Economics and Political Science

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES
2023	Witucki, A. M., Rudge, D. W., Pleasants, B., Peng, D. & Beane. W. Redesigning a Course Based Undergraduate Research Experience for Online Delivery. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Education 51(6):670-677
2023	Witucki, A. M., Beane, W., Pleasants, B., Peng, D. & Rudge, D. W. An Explicit and Reflective Approach to Teaching Nature of Science in a Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience. Science & Education - published online but not yet assigned to a particular issue
2023	Lenning, E. & Rudge, D. W. Using the Discovery of Penicillin Resistance to Teach Nature of Science and Natural Selection. American Biology Teacher 85(3):135-140-featured article
2022	Nyarko, S. & Rudge, D.W. Using the History of Plate Tectonics to Teach Nature of Science. International Journal of Science Education, DOI: 10.1080/09500693.2022.2105977
2021	Dai, P., Williams, C. Witucki, A. & Rudge, D.W. Rosalind Franklin and the Discovery of the Structure of DNA: Using Historical Narratives to Help Students Understand the Nature of Science. Science & Education 30:659-692.
2021	Channell, A., Cobern, W. Rudge, D. & Benz, A. Teacher and Parent Perspectives on NGSS Alignment Following Professional Development. Science Education International 32(1):72-79.
2019	Williams, C. & Rudge, D.W. Effects of Historical Story Telling on Student Understanding of NOS. Science & Education 28(9):1105-1133.
2018	Witucki, A., Seals, L. & Rudge, D.W. Typhoid Mary: A Story-based Approach to the Teaching of Epidemiological Concepts. American Biology Teacher 80(7):477-482. -featured article
2018	Dai, P. & Rudge, D.W. Using the Discovery of the Structure of DNA to Illustrate Cultural Aspects of Science. American Biology Teacher 80(4):252-258. -featured article
2017	Taibu, R., Schuster, D. & Rudge, D. Teaching Weight to Explicitly Address Language Ambiguities and Conceptual Difficulties. Physical Review Special Topics: Physics Education Research 13(1): 010130(20)
2017	McNeal, P., Ellis, T.D. & Rudge, D.W. Sunrise, Sunset: Using Personal Observations to Understand Changing Sun Patterns from an Earth Perspective. Science Scope (March):78-85.
2016	Fulford, J. M. & Rudge, D.W. The Portrayal of Industrial Melanism in American College General Biology Textbooks. Science & Education 25(5-6): 547-574.
2016	Williams, C. T. & Rudge, D.W. Emphasizing the History of Genetics in an Explicit and Reflective Approach to Teaching the Nature of Science: A Pilot Study. Science & Education 25(3-4): 407-427.
2015	Williams, C.T. & Rudge, D.W. Mendel and the Nature of Science. American Biology Teacher 77(7): 492-499. -featured article
2015	Taibu, R., Rudge, D. & Schuster, D. Textbook Presentations of Weight: Conceptual Difficulties and Language Ambiguities. Physical Review Special Topics: Physics Education Research 11(1): 010117-1-20.
2014	Bierema, A.M. & Rudge, D.W. Using David Lack's Observations of Finch Beak Size to Teach Natural Selection and the Nature of Science. American Biology Teacher 76(5) :312-317.
2014	Rudge, D.W., Cassidy, D.P., Fulford, J. M. & Howe, E.M. Changes Observed in Views of the Nature of Science During a Historically Based Unit. Science & Education 23(9):1879-1909.
2010	Tut-tut Tutt, Not so Fast: Did Kettlewell Really Test Tutt's Explanation of Industrial Melanism? History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 32(4):493-520.
2009	Rudge, D.W. & Howe, E. M. An Explicit and Reflective Approach to the Use of History to Promote Understanding of the Nature of Science. Science & Education 18(5):561-580.
2009	H.B.D. Kettlewell's Research 1934-1961: The Influence of J.W. Heslop Harrison. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 99(5):243-270.
2006	H.B.D. Kettlewell's Research 1937-1953: The Influence of E.B. Ford, E.A. Cockayne and P.M. Sheppard. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 28(3): 359-388.
2006	Cutrim, E., Rudge, D., Kits, K., Mitchell, J. & Nogueira, R, "Changing Teaching Techniques and Adapting New Technologies to Improve Student Learning in an Introductory Meteorology and Climate Course" in Advances in Geosciences (ADGEO) Special Issue: Earth System Science Data Access, Distribution and Use for Education and Research Volume 8: 11-18. (www.adv-geosci.net/8/11/2006/adgeo-8-11-2006.pdf) .
2005	Howe, E.M. & Rudge, D.W. Recapitulating the History of Sickle-Cell Anemia Research: Improving Students’ NOS Views Explicitly and Reflectively. Science & Education 14(3-5):423-441.
2005	Did Kettlewell Commit Fraud? Re-examining the Evidence. Public Understanding of Science 14(3):249-268.
2005	The Beauty of Kettlewell's Classic Experimental Demonstration of Natural Selection. BioScience 55(4):369-375. -invited essay
2004	Rudge, D.W. & Howe, E.M. Incorporating History into the Science Classroom. The Science Teacher 71(9):52-57. -invited essay
2003	The Role of Photographs and Films in Kettlewell's Popularizations of the Phenomenon of Industrial Melanism. Science & Education 12(3):261-287.
2003	Do Unknown Risks Preclude Informed Consent? Essays in Philosophy 4(2)
2001	Kettlewell From an Error Statistician's Point of View. Perspectives on Science 9(1):59-77.
2000	Does Being Wrong Make Kettlewell Wrong for Science Teaching? Journal of Biological Education 35(1):5-11.
2000	The Complementary Roles of Observation and Experiment: Th. Dobzhansky's Genetics of Natural Populations IX and XII. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 22:167-186.
1999	Taking the Peppered Moth with a Grain of Salt. Biology and Philosophy 14(1):9-37.
1998	A Bayesian Analysis of Strategies in Evolutionary Biology. Perspectives on Science 6(4):341-360.
1995	Classroom Videotaping: A Protocol for Camera Operators and Consultants. The Journal of Graduate Teaching Assistant Development 2(3):113-123.
1992	Rudge, D.W. & Raikow, R. J. Structure, Function, and Variation in the Hindlimb Muscles of the Margarornis Assemblage (Aves: Passeriformes: Furnariidae). Annals of the Carnegie Museum 61:207-237.
1992	Rudge, D.W. & Raikow, R. J. The Phylogenetic Relationships of the Margarornis Assemblage (Furnariidae). Condor 94:760-766.

INVITED ESSAYS
2016	Industrial Melanism. Pp. 255-258 In Kliman, R. and Smocovitis, V. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Evolution. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier.
2015	Myth 21: That Melanism in Peppered Moths is Not a Genuine Example of Evolution by Natural Selection. Pp. 171-177 in Numbers, R and Kampourakis, K. (eds.) Newton's Apple and Other Myths About Science. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
2013	Rudge, D. W. & Howe, E. M. Whither the VNOS? Pp. 219-228 In Silva, C.C. and Prestes, M.E.B. (eds.) Latin American Conference of the International History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Group. (1st IHPST-LA), São Carlos: Universidade de São Paulo de São Carlos.-peer reviewed
2013	Essay 35 Ecological Genetics. In Ruse, M. (ed.) The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Darwin and Evolutionary Thought. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, pp. 293-299.
2011	Rudge, D. W. & Fulford, J.M. The Role of Visual Imagery in Textbook Portrayals of Industrial Melanism. Pp. 630-637 In Seroglou, F., Koulountzos, V. & Siatras, A. (eds.) Science & Culture: Promise, Challenge and Demand, Book of Proceedings for the Eleventh International History, Philosophy & Science Teaching (IHPST) and Sixth Greek History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Joint Conference, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1-5 July 2011, Epikentro Publications.- Presidential Address
2009	H.B.D. Kettlewell (1907-1979). In Ruse, M. and Travis, J. (eds.) Evolution: The First Four Billion Years. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, pp. 665-666.
2009	Chapter 12: H.B.D. Kettlewell's Research 1934-1961: The Influence of J.W. Heslop Harrison. In Cain, J. and Ruse, M. (eds.) Descended from Darwin: Insights into American Evolutionary Studies, 1925-1950. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, pp. 243-270- peer reviewed
2008	How Did Kettlewell's Experiment End?, 24th Regional Conference on the History and Philosophy of Science , University of Colorado, Bolder CO, Oct 10-12, 2008.-keynote address
2008	Peppered Moths. In Regal, B. (ed.) Icons of Evolution Vol. 1. Westwood CT: Greenwood Press, pp. 221-250.
2007	History of Science in the Service of Middle School Science Teacher Preparation. Pp. 227-241. In Heering, P. & Osewold, D. (eds.) Sixth International Congress for the History of Science in Science Education: Constructing Scientific Understanding Through Contextual Teaching, Carl-von-Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany. Berlin: Frank & Timme.
2007	Henry Bernard Davis Kettlewell: Postscript. In Koertge, N. (ed.) New Dictionary of Scientific Biography. New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, pp. 109-111.
2006	Myths about Moths: A Study in Contrasts. Endeavour 40(1):19-23

BOOKS & EDITED VOLUMES
2010	Rudge, D.W. and Kampourakis, K. (eds.) Darwin and Darwinism: Historical, Philosophical, Cultural and Pedagogical Perspectives. Science & Education 19(4-8)- invited guest editors
2005	Life Science for Elementary Educators I. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company [ISBN: 0-7575-1863-X].
1998	Klemke, E.D., Hollinger, R. & Rudge, D.W. (eds.) Introductory Readings in the Philosophy of Science (3rd ed.). Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books.

TRANSLATIONS OF PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED ARTICLES
2009	Rudge, D.W. Το γεγονός ότι έκανε λάθος καθιστά τον Kettlewell λανθασμένη ειλογή για τη διδασκαλία των ειστημών (Does Being Wrong Make Kettlewell Wrong for Science Teaching?) and Χρησιμοοιώντας την ιστορία της έρευνας άνω στο βιομηχανικό μελανισμό ροκειμένου να βοηθηθούν οι φοιτητές να εκτιμήσουν καλύτερα τη Φύση της Ειστήμης (Using the History of Research on Industrial Melanism to Help Students Better Appreciate the Nature of Science) in Zogza V, Kampourakis K and Notaras D (Eds) (2009) Teaching the theory of evolution: theoretical and pedagogical issues. Child Services Editions, Athens, pp. 317-336 and pp. 338-352. -invited chapters, previously published in 2000 and 2004.
2008	Rudge, D.W. & Howe, E. M. Ενσωματώνοντας την ιστορία στα μαθήματα των φυσικών ε_ιστημών (Incorporating History into the Science Classroom). In Koulaidis, V., Apostolou, A. & Kampourakis, K. (Eds.). The Nature of Sciences: Didactical Approaches. Child Services Editions, Athens, pp. 265-274. –invited chapter, previously published in 2004

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
2013	Lane, J. & Rudge, D.W. Using the History of Plate Tectonics to Help Students Better Appreciate the Nature of Science; Williams, C.T & Rudge, D.W. A Method for Improving Student Understanding of the Nature of Science Through the Use of the History of Gregor Mendel's Pea Experiments. Pp. 87-98, 175-185. In Heering, P, Klassen, S., Metz, D. (eds.) Enabling Scientific Understanding Through Historical Instruments and Experiments in Formal and Non-Formal Learning Environments, Flensburg University Press: Flensburg, Germany.
2011	Bierema, A. M-K. & Rudge, D.W. Teaching the Nature of Science Concept of Multiple Methods in Science and the Ecological Concept of Character Displacement Using a Historical Episode; Coleman, T.C. & Rudge, D.W. Darwin and the Culture That Shaped Evolution; Fulford, J.M. & Rudge, D.W. Rivers on Fire: Icebergs Melting, Using the History of Science to Teach the Nature of Science; Mamudi, W.O. & Rudge, D.W. The Historical Approach of Teaching Atomic Model. Pp 98-102, 150-153, 247-251, 467-472 In Seroglou, F., Koulountzos, V. & Siatras, A. (eds.) Science & Culture: Promise, Challenge and Demand, Book of Proceedings for the Eleventh International History, Philosophy & Science Teaching (IHPST) and Sixth Greek History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Joint Conference, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1-5 July 2011, Epikentro Publications.
2009	Rudge, D.W. & Howe, E.M. A Study on Using the History of Industrial Melanism to Teach the Nature of Science. Tenth International History, Philosophy & Science Teaching Conference University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN
2007	Rudge, D.W., Geer, U.C. & Howe, E.M. But is it Effective? Assessing the Impact of a Historically-based Unit. Ninth International History, Philosophy & Science Teaching (IHPST) Conference, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada. (Session 4.0.3)
2006	Howe, E.M. & Rudge, D.W. Using Explicit and Reflective Pedagogy and the History of Science to Affect Students' Nature of Science Conceptions: The Results of an Empirical Study. Proceedings of the 2006 Annual International Conference of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) San Francisco, CA, April 3-6, 2006.
2004	Rudge, D.W. & Burke, M. Lessons Learned from the E3 STEMTP Grant Project to Improve Middle School Science Teaching. Proceedings of the Teacher Preparation PI Conference Arlington, VA, March 14-15, 2004.
2004	Using the History of Research on Industrial Melanism to Help Students Better Appreciate the Nature of Science Pp. 761-772 and The Mystery Phenomenon: Lesson Plans Pp. 773-811. In D. Metz (ed.) Proceedings of the Seventh International History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Group meeting (Winnipeg, Canada) - Available from the International History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Group, www.ihpst.net.
2003	The Role of Photographs and Films in Kettlewell's Popularizations of the Phenomenon of Industrial Melanism (26 pp.). In W. F. McComas (ed.) Proceedings of the Sixth International History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Group meeting (Denver, USA) [File 120 on CD ROM]. Available from the International History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Group, www.ihpst.net.
2002	Ethics and Experimentation: Do Unknown Risks Preclude Informed Consent? In Kenneth Cust (ed.) Twentieth-Century Values, an on-line archive of papers from the 27th Conference on Value Inquiry, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO. (http://www.valuenet.org/Papers/20thCentury_Values/20thcentury_values.html)
2001	Does Being Wrong Make Kettlewell Wrong for Science Teaching? in Rubba, P., Rye, J., DiBiase, W. and B. Crawford (eds.) Proceedings of the 2001 Annual International Conference of the Association for the Education of Teachers in Science, ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED (453083) pp. 413-433.

BOOK REVIEWS
2017	The Invention of Science: A New History of the Scientific Revolution by David Wootton. Science Education 101(3):510-511.
2014	Teaching the Nature of Science: Perspectives & Resources by Douglas Allchin. Science Education 98(6):1111-1113.
2013	Nancy Anderson and Michael R. Dietrich's The Educated Eye: Visual Culture and Pedagogy in the Life Sciences. British Journal for the History of Science 46:734-735.
2011	Derek Hodson's Teaching and Learning About Science. Science Education 95(1):186-188.
2007	David Mindell's The Evolving World: Evolution in Everyday Life. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 29(2):246-248.
2006	Oren Harman's The Man Who Invented the Chromosome: A life of Cyril Darlington. Heredity 97(2):136.
2006	Michael Ruse's The Evolution-Creation Struggle. Science Education 90(4):762-764.
2005	Ernst Mayr's What Makes Biology Unique? Considerations on the Autonomy of a Scientific Discipline. ISIS 96(3):469-470.
2003	John L. Rudolph's Scientists in the Classroom: The Cold War Reconstruction of American Science Education. Journal of Curriculum Studies 35(6):739-742.
2003	Richard Creath and Jane Maienschein's Biology and Epistemology. ISIS 94(3):510-511.
2003	Judith Hooper's Of Moths and Men: An Evolutionary Tale: Intrigue, Tragedy and the Peppered Moth. Journal of the History of Biology 36(1):207-209.
2002	Cryptic Designs on the Peppered Moth. (Review of Jonathan Well's Icons of Evolution) International Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation (Revista de Biología Tropical) 50(1):1-7.
2001	Evelyn Fox Keller's The Century of the Gene. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 23(2):313-315.
2001	Elliott Sober and David Sloan Wilson's Unto Others: The Evolution and Psychology of Unselfish Behavior. ISIS 92(2):379-380.
2001	Michael Ruse's The Evolution Wars: A Guide to the Debates. Philosophy of Science Association 68(2):270-272.
2000	Recent Introductory Philosophy of Biology Texts. Journal of the History of Biology 33(1):181-187.
1997	Scientific Thinking by Robert M. Martin. Philosophy in Review/Comptes rendus philosophiques 17(5):350-352.

OTHER NONREFEREED PUBLICATIONS
2010	Rudge, D.W. & Kampourakis, K. Darwin and Darwinism: An Introduction. Science & Education. 19(4):319-321.-invited contribution
2002	Geer, U.C. & Rudge, D.W. A Review of Research on Constructivist-Based Strategies for Large Lecture Science Classes The Electronic Journal of Science Education 7(2)
2002	Lichens. and Selection. in Ness, B. (ed.) Magill's Encyclopedia of Science: Plant Life. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, Inc., pp. 632-634 and 941-942.
2001	Butterflies and Moths. in Irons-George, T. (ed.) Life Science: The Animal World. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, Inc., pp. 152-155.
1999	Sickle-Cell Anemia. in Knight, J. A. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Genetics. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, Inc., pp. 505-508.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS
"Strategies for Using the History of Science to Teach Content and the Nature of Science", 2024 Gordon Cain Conference– Storytelling as Pedagogy: Historical Biographies in STEM and Social Studies, Science History Museum and Library, Philadelphia, PA 15-16 Jul 2024. - panelist
"Is there knowledge beyond science? Two biologists discuss faith, science and philosophy", Veritas Forum, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, 10 Feb 2023. - panelist
"Using Interrupted Stories to Teach Nature of Science (NOS)", WMU Center for the Humanities, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, 16 Oct 2020.
"Discovering a Unit's Mission", Academic Leadership Academy 2013-2014, Second Annual Teaching & Learning Bash, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, 5 Sep 2014. - poster
Fulford, J. M. & Rudge, D.W. "Assessing the Impact of Historical Story Telling on Student Learning", 10th International Conference on History of Science & Science Education: History & Inquiry., University of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN, 22 Jul 2014. - talk
"Myth 21: That Melanism in Peppered Moths is Not a Genuine Example of Evolution by Natural Selection", Newton's Apple and Other Historical Myths About Science., Washington & Lee University, Lexington, VA on May 10, 2014. - talk
Rudge, D. W., Cassidy, D.P., Fulford, J.M & Howe, E.M. "Assessing the Impact of a Historically Based Unit on Preservice Teachers' Views of the Nature of Science", Teaching Science through the History & Philosophy of Science. Boston University Interdisciplinary Conference, Boston University, Boston, MA on December 7, 2012. - paper
Rudge, D.W., Cassidy, D.P., Fulford, J.M. & Howe, E.M. "Assessing the Impact of the Explicit Reflective Approach to Teaching the Nature of Science", Ninth International Conference for the History of Science in Science Education: Enabling Scientific Understanding through Historical Instruments and Experiments in Formal and Non-Formal Learning Environments, Flensburg University, Flensburg, Germany on July 30, 2012.- paper
Rudge, D.W. & Fulford, J.M. "The Role of Visual Imagery in Textbook Portrayals of Industrial Melanism" Mathematics and Science Education, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, April 10, 2012.- invited seminar, paper
Rudge, D. W. & Fulford, J.M. "The Role of Visual Imagery in Textbook Portrayals of Industrial Melanism", Eleventh International History, Philosophy & Science Teaching (IHPST) and Sixth Greek History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Joint Conference, University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, July 1, 2011.- Presidential Address, paper
Leonard, W., Clough, M., Rudge, D., McComas, W. & Allchin, D. "What is the Nature of Biology? Four Different Perspectives", 2010 National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) Professional Development Conference, Minneapolis, MN, November 5, 2010.- panel discussant
Rudge, D. W. & Howe, E. M. "Whither the VNOS?" 8th International Conference for the History of Science in Science Education (8th ICHSSE): Learning science and about science through history, Universidade de Sao Paulo Instituto de Fisica de Sao Carlos, Sao Carlos, Brasil, August 19, 2010 - paper
"The Reception of Darwin's Two Theories: Then and Now", Reflecting on Two Hundred Years of Darwin, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, November 12, 2009- panel discussant
"How the History of Research on Industrial Melanism can Promote Learning about the Nature of Science", Darwin 2009 GEITONAS School Conference-Teaching Evolution: Theoretical and Pedagogical Issues, Athens, Greece, November 8, 2009 - talk
"How Did Kettlewell's Experiment End?", 24th Regional Conference on the History and Philosophy of Science , University of Colorado, Bolder CO, October 10, 2008.-keynote address, paper, received $500 honorarium
"History of Science in the Classroom", Cookbook to Inquiry Workshop, Kalamazoo Area Math and Science Center (KAMSC), September 28, 2007- talk.
"History of Science in the Service of Middle School Science Teacher Preparation", Sixth International Congress for the History of Science in Science Education: Constructing Scientific Understanding Through Contextual Teaching, Carl-von-Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany on July 14, 2006- paper.
"Kettlewell from an Error Statistician's Point of View", The First Symposium on Philosophy, History, and Methodology of E.R.R.O.R. 2006, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia on June 3, 2006- winner best poster award ($150).
"History of Science in the Classroom", Conference on Units of Historical Presentation in the Science Classroom, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada December 9, 2005.- talk
H.B.D. Kettlewell's Research 1937-1953: The Influence of E.B. Ford, E.A. Cockayne and P.M. Sheppard" Descended from Darwin: Insights into American Evolutionary Studies 1925-1950, a conference sponsored by the American Philosophical Society Philadelphia, PA on October 23, 2004. - paper

OTHER PRESENTATIONS (all papers unless otherwise noted)

Williams, C.T. & Rudge, D. W. " Exploring the Effects of Using Historical Studies During Genetics Instruction on Student Understanding of Nature of Science." Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Toronto, Canada, 6 Apr 2019.

Dai, P. & Rudge, D. W. "Rosalind Franklin and the Discovery of the Structure of DNA: Using History to Help Students Understand the Nature of Science." Annual meeting of the National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT), San Diego Hotel and Marina, San Diego, CA, 8-11 Nov 2018.

Dai, P. & Rudge, D. W. "Effects of a Historical Story on Student Understanding of NOS." Research and Creative Activities Poster and Performance Day, Western Michigan University, 12 Apr 2018- Poster

Williams, C.T. & Rudge, D. W. "Effects of a Historical Story on Student Understanding of NOS and Mendelian Genetics." NARST (National Association of Research in Science Teaching) Annual Conference, Atlanta GA, 10-13 Mar 2018

Halm, D. & Rudge, D. W. "A critique of Elliott Sober's characterization of inclusive fitness." Australasian Postgraduate Philosophy Conference, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, AU, 24-27 Nov 2017- talk

Elliot, L. & Rudge, D. " Student Understanding and Misconceptions of the Nature of Chromosomes Related to Genetic Material and Cell Division in an Introductory Biology Course at a Community College." National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) Annual Conference , St. Louis, MO, 11 Nov 2017- talk

Williams, C.T. & Rudge, D. W. "Effects of a Historical Story on Student Understanding of NOS and Mendelian Genetics." FRACAA portion of Research and Creative Activities Poster and Performance Day, Western Michigan University, 13 Apr 2017- Poster

Halm, D. & Rudge, D. "Elliott Sober's Definition of Fitness: Strengths and Weaknesses"; Peng, D. & Rudge, D. "Using the History of Research on the Structure of DNA to Help Students Understand the Nature of Science"; Rudge, D., Fulford, J. & Williams, C. "Nature of Science as a Skill"; Wittuchi, A. & Rudge, D. "Typhoid Mary: A Historical Episode to Teach Central Themes in an Introductory Microbiology Course." Michigan Academy of Science Art and Letters Conference, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, March 10, 2017. - Talks

Fulford, J.M. & Rudge, D. W. "The Impact of a Story-Based Lesson on Student Learning and Attitudes. " Research and Creative Activities Poster and Performance Day, Western Michigan University, 14 Apr 2016- Poster

Barot, A. & Rudge, D. "Formative Assessment in an Online Graduate Science Education Course"; Taibu, R., Schuster, D. & Rudge, D. "Teaching Weight, Weightlessness and Freefall: Conceptual and Language Issues"; Williams, C. & Rudge, D. "The Impact of Using History of Science on Preservice Teachers' Views of the Nature of Science" Michigan Academy of Science Art and Letters Conference, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, February 28, 2014.

Barot, A. & Rudge, D. "Formative Assessment in an Online Graduate Science Education Course" Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research, University of Minneapolis, MN, 11-14 Jul 2013- poster

"H.B.D. Kettlewell's Pioneering Use of Radioactive Tracers to Study Insect Migration, 1949-1955." XII Biennial Meeting of the International History, Philosophy & Science Teaching Group, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 20 Jun 2013.

Barot, A. & Rudge, D. "A Lesson Plan Using the Discovery of the Genetic Material of the Cell to Develop Student Understanding of the Nature of Science"; Fulford, J. & Rudge, D. "The Portrayal of Industrial Melanism in American College Biology Textbooks"; Lane, J. & Rudge, D. "Using the History of Research in Plate Techtonics to Help Students Better Appreciate the Nature of Science"; Williams, C. & Rudge, D. "A Method for Improving Student Understanding of the Nature of Science Through the Use of the History of Gregor Mendel's Pea Experiments." XII Biennial Meeting of the International History, Philosophy & Science Teaching Group, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 20 Jun 2013 - posters

Rudge, D.W. & Petcovic, H. "Earth Science in an On-line Environment" Geological Society of America North Central Section 47th Annual Meeting, Kalamazoo, MI, May 2, 2013 (Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs Vol. 45, No. 4, p.21) - talk

Taibu, R., Rudge, D. & Schuster, D. "Textbooks' Presentation of the Ambiguous Concept of 'Weight'" 2013 Spring Meeting of the Michigan Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, MI, April 20, 2013- talk

Fulford, J.M. & Rudge, D. W. "The Depiction of the Phenomenon of Industrial Melanism in Textbooks" Annual International Conference of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, April 7, 2013- poster

Barot, A. & Rudge, D. "A Lesson Plan Using the Discovery of the Genetic Material of the Cell to Develop Student Understanding of the Nature of Science"; Fulford, J. & Rudge, D. "The Portrayal of Industrial Melanism in American College Biology Textbooks"; Lane, J. & Rudge, D. "Using the History of Research in Plate Techtonics to Help Students Better Appreciate the Nature of Science"; Williams, C. & Rudge, D. "A Method for Improving Student Understanding of the Nature of Science Through the Use of the History of Gregor Mendel's Pea Experiments." Second Annual Graduate Humanities Conference, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, 22 Mar 2013 - posters

Fulford, J.M. & Rudge, D. W. "The Depiction of the Phenomenon of Industrial Melanism in Textbooks" Annual Meeting of the Association for Science Teacher Education, Charleston, SC, January 10-12, 2013.

Fulford, J.M. & Rudge, D.W. "The Depiction of the Phenomenon of Industrial Melanism in American Biology Textbooks"; Lane, J.M. & Rudge, D.W. "Using the History of Research on Plate Tectonics to Help Students Better Appreciate the Nature of Science"; Williams, C.T. & Rudge, D.W. "A Method for Improving Student Understanding of the Nature Science Through the Use of the History of Gregor Mendel's Pea Experiments" Ninth International Conference for the History of Science in Science Education: Enabling Scientific Understanding through Historical Instruments and Experiments in Formal and Non-Formal Learning Environments, Flensburg University, Flensburg, Germany on July 31, 2012. -poster presentations

Mataka, L. & Rudge, D. "Incorporating the History of Science to Address a Specific Nature of Science Learning Objective" Annual Meeting of the National Science Teacher Association, Indianapolis, IN, March 30, 2012 -talk

Rudge, D. W. & Fulford, J.M. "The Role of Visual Imagery in Textbook Portrayals of Industrial Melanism", Department of Biological Sciences, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, October 21, 2011.

Rudge, D. W. & Fulford, J.M. "The Role of Visual Imagery in Textbook Portrayals of Industrial Melanism", 2011 Annual Conference of SHARP, Washington D.C. July 16, 2011.

Bierema, A. M-K. & Rudge, D.W. "Teaching the Nature of Science Concept of Multiple Methods in Science and the Ecological Concept of Character Displacement Using a Historical Episode"; Coleman, T.C. & Rudge, D.W. "Darwin and the Culture That Shaped Evolution"; Fulford, J.M. & Rudge, D.W. "Rivers on Fire: Icebergs Melting, Using the History of Science to Teach the Nature of Science"; Mamudi, W.O. & Rudge, D.W. "The Historical Approach of Teaching Atomic Model" Eleventh International History, Philosophy & Science Teaching (IHPST) and Sixth Greek History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Joint Conference, University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, July 2, 2011.- poster presentations

"H.B.D. Kettlewell's Pioneering Use of Radioactive Tracers to Study Insect Migration, 1949-1955", Conference on British Nuclear Culture: Themes, Approaches and Perspectives, School of History, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK, June 18, 2010

Rudge, D.W., Pennock, P.H. & Howe, E.M. "A Study on Using the History of Industrial Melanism to Teach the Nature of Science", Tenth International History, Philosophy & Science Teaching (IHPST) Conference, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, June 28, 2009.

"How Did Kettlewell's Experiment End?", Philosophy Department, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI October 3, 2008.

"Images as Rhetoric: H.B.D. Kettlewell's Use of Photographs and Films to Silence Skeptics ", Sixth Joint Meeting of the BSHS, CHSPS and HSS , Keble College, Oxford University, UK, July 5, 2008.

"Images as Rhetoric: H.B.D. Kettlewell's Use of Photographs and Films to Silence Skeptics ", Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, March 7, 2008.

Rudge, D.W., Geer, U.C. & Howe, E.M. "But is it Effective? Assessing the Impact of a Historically-based Unit", Ninth International History, Philosophy & Science Teaching (IHPST) Conference, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, June 28, 2007.

Geer, U.C. & Rudge, D.W. "Pedagogic Revision and a College Science Instructor: Impacting Views of Teaching and Learning", Annual International Conference of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), New Orleans, LA, April 18, 2007- accepted for "works in progress" session.

Howe, E.M. & Rudge, D.W. "Using Explicit and Reflective Pedagogy and the History of Science to Affect Students' Nature of Science Conceptions: The Results of an Empirical Study", Annual International Conference of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), San Francisco, CA April 3, 2006.

"H.B.D. Kettlewell's Research 1937-1953: The Influence of E.B. Ford, E.A. Cockayne and P.M. Sheppard", British Society for the History of Science Annual Meeting, Leeds, England on July 16, 2005.

Rudge, D.W. & Burke, M. "Lessons Learned from the E3 STEMTP Grant Project to Improve Middle School Science Teaching" Teacher Preparation PI Conference Arlington, VA, March 15, 2004.

"Using the History of Research on Industrial Melanism to Help Students Better Appreciate the Nature of Science" Seventh International History, Philosophy & Science Teaching Conference, Winnipeg, Canada, August 1, 2003- also served as session organizer

Rudge, D.W., Henderleiter, J., Collick, C. & Geer, U.C. "E3: Preparing and Serving Middle School Science Teachers," Annual Meeting Michigan State Teachers Association, Grand Rapids, MI, March 15, 2003.

Rudge, D.W. & Howe, E.M. "Using History and Philosophy of Science to Address Student Misconceptions About the Nature of Science" Department of Biological Sciences, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, March 22, 2002.

"The Role of Photographs and Film in Kettlewell's Popularizations of the Phenomenon of Industrial Melanism," Sixth International History, Philosophy & Science Teaching Conference, Denver, CO, November 10, 2001.

"The Role of Photographs and Film in Kettlewell's Popularizations of the Phenomenon of Industrial Melanism," International Society for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology meeting, Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT, July 21, 2001.

"Does Being Wrong Make Kettlewell Wrong for Science Teaching?" Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, St. Louis, MO, March 26, 2001.

"Does Being Wrong Make Kettlewell Wrong for Science Teaching?" Annual Meeting of the Association for the Education of Teachers in Science Conference, Costa Mesa, CA, January 19, 2001.

"Kettlewell from an Error Statistician's Point of View," Philosophy of Science Association Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, November 3, 2000.

"Kettlewell from an Error Statistician's Point of View," Philosophy Department, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, October 11, 2000.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

During the first half of my career my research focused on a set of interconnected conceptual questions at the intersection of history, philosophy and science education as illustrated by the work of H.B.D. Kettlewell on industrial melanism. My current research focus is on documenting whether and how narratives constructed with respect to the history of science can promote the learning of and about science.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE (see Teaching Portfolio for further details)
Undergraduate:	Life Science for Non-Majors
Graduate:	Issues in Evolution/Ecology for Teachers, Science: Historical and Philosophical Perspectives, Science Education Seminar, Teaching of Biological Sciences

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

International History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Group (IHPST)

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

Director, Executive Board, WMU Faculty Senate (2024-present)

Advisory Board Member, WMU University Center for the Humanities (2010-present)

Chair, Faculty Specialist in Laboratory Instruction Search Committee (2008)

Member, WMU Graduate Program Review Team, Arts & Sciences: Social Sciences (2005-2006)

Member, Chemistry Educator Search Committee (2004-5)

Member, Ad-Hoc BIOS Assessment Committee (2004-9)

Chair, Biology Educator Search Committees (2001-2, 2002-3)

CONSULTING/REVIEWER SERVICES

Chair of the Advisory Board of Science & Education (2013-2014)

Member of the Editorial Committee/Board of Science & Education (2004-present)

Member, Editorial Board, Science & Engineering Education Sources (2009-present)

Member of the International Reviewers Panel of Medical Science Monitor (2004-present)

Member of the Editorial Review Board of The Electronic Journal of Science Education (2006-2007)

Ad hoc Reviewer of Journal Manuscripts for American Biology Teacher; Canadian Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education; Evolution: Education and Outreach; Hereditas; Heredity; History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences; International Journal of Science Education; Journal of Geoscience Education; Journal of the History of Biology; Perspectives on Science; Philosophy of Science; Science Education; and The Quarterly Review of Biology

Ad hoc Reviewer of Grant Proposals for the National Science Foundation

Ad hoc Reviewer of Book Manuscripts and Proposals for Kluwer Academic Publishers (Science & Technology Education Series)

Member, Review Committee for Outstanding Paper Award, National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST 2006-2008)

Reviewed proposals for Strand 13 (History, Philosophy and Sociology of Science) of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching annual conferences (NARST 2002-2008)

Reviewed proposals for the Association for Science Teacher Education annual conferences (ASTE 2009-2010)

Consultant, Pearson Evaluation Systems 2008-2011

SERVICE TO PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Past President, International History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Group (IHPST) (2011-2013)

President, International History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Group (IHPST) (2009-2011)

President-Elect, International History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Group (IHPST) (2007-2009)

Member, Executive Committee, International History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Group (IHPST) (2007-2013)

Webmaster and Member of Program Committee for The First Symposium on Philosophy, History, and Methodology of E.R.R.O.R. 2006

Member of the Education Committee of the International Society for History Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology (ISHPSSB) 2001-2005

Served on the Selection Committee for The Marjorie Grene prize for ISHPSSB (2001)

Member of the Advisory Committee of the Michigan Scientific Evolution Education Initiative (MSEEI), sponsored by the Michigan Science Teachers Association (MSTA) -1999-present