Biography

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Education:
Ph.D., Ecology and Evolution, Ohio University
M.S., Biology, Saint Joseph's University
B.S., Environmental Science, Allegheny College

Teaching Narrative:
I am an educator specializing in freshwater ecology. I teach ecology courses at Rowan University and am active in developing innovative eco-education strategies, methods, and materials.  I also study seasonal succession, resource subsidy, and cyanobacterial blooms in stream impoundments (reservoirs).

Professional Memberships:
Ecological Society of America (ESA)
Society for Freshwater Science (SFS)
British Ecological Society (BES)
Association for the Science of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO)
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Selected Publications:
Ruhl N. 2024. Hybrid Group-Based Concept Mapping. Journal of College Science Teaching, 53:5, 480-485. https://doi.org/10.1080/0047231X.2024.2373020

Ruhl N and *Sanders B. 2024. Exploring the nature of science with abnormal frogs. Journal of Biological Education, 58:1, 209-225. https://doi.org/10.1080/00219266.2022.2041459

Ruhl N, *Ruggiero D, *Iuliucci S, Grove M, and Richmond C. 2023. Predicting the density of zooplankton subsidy to a stream with multiple impoundments using water quality parameters. Aquatic Sciences, 85:1, 29. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00027-022-00931-x

Ruhl N, Crumrine P, Oberle J, Richmond C, Thomas S, and Wright S. 2022. Harnessing the Four-Dimensional Ecology Education Framework to redesign an introductory ecology course in a changing higher education landscape. Ecosphere, 13:2, e03857. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3857

*Spicer RL, Lugo A, and Ruhl N. 2020. Landform type mediates compositional change in a hurricane-damaged forest. Ecological Processes, 9, 26. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13717-020-00223-y