I work to bring course content home to students and to create an environment that allows all students to be successful. I evaluate the impact of evidence-based practices in my own classroom, develop resources for other instructors, and support faculty through a variety of professional development opportunities, both at NMSU and beyond.

 Teaching and Learning Publications

• Salehi, S., Berk, S.A., Brunelli, R., Cotner, S., Creech, C., Drake, A.G., Fagbodun, S., Hall, C., Hebert, S., James, A.C., Shuster, M., St. Juliana, J.R., Stovall, D.B., Whittington, R., Zhong, M., Ballen, C. (2021) Context matters: social psychological factors that underlie academic performance across three institution types. CBE-Life Sciences Education 20(4). https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.21-01-0012

• Odom, S., Bosco, H., Bowling, S., Brownell, S. Cotner, S., Creech, C., Drake, A., Eddy, S., Fagbodun, S., Hebert, S., James, A., Just, J., St. Juliana, J., Shuster, M., Thompson, S. Whittington, R., Wills, B., Wilson, A., Zamudio, K., Zhong, M. and Ballen, C. (2021) Meta-analysis of gender performance gaps in undergraduate natural science courses. CBE-Life Sciences Education (https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.20-11-0260)

• Thompson, S., Hall, C., Creech, C., Ballen, C., Harshman, J., Garcia-Ojeda, M., Shuster, M., Robnett, R., Brunelli, R., Hebert, S., Berk, S., Cotner, S., Fagbodun, S., Lamb, t., Drake, A. (2020) A call for data-driven networks to address equity in the context of undergraduate biology. CBE-Life Sciences Education (LSE) 19:mr2,1-12. https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.20-05-0085  PMID: 33001771; PMCID: PMC8693933.

• Shuster, M., Glazewski, K. Villa, C. (2020) Design, Development, and Evaluation of a Teacher Workshop Enhanced with DNA Instructional Cases to Impact Content Knowledge and Confidence. Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-Based Learning 14. PMID: 32788886; PMCID: PMC7418893.

• Thompson, B., O’Connell, M., Peterson, K., Shuster, M., Drennan, M., Loest, H., Holte, S. Simon, J., Unguez, G. (2019) Long-term tracking demonstrates effectiveness of a partnership-led training program to advance the careers of biomedical researchers from underrepresented groups. PLoS ONE 14(12): e0225894. PMID: 31830107; PMCID: PMC6907819.

• Shuster, M. and Peterson, K. A short teaching residency spanning 1,657 miles. (2019) International Journal of Designs for Learning 10:78-90. PMID: 32733774; PMCID: PMC7392218.

• Shuster, M., Curtiss, J., Wright, T., Champion, C., Sharifi, M., Bosland, J. (2019) Implementing and Evaluating a Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) at a Hispanic-Serving Institution. Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-Based Learning 13(2). https://doi.org/10.7771/1541-5015.1806

• Shuster, M. Claussen, K. Locke, M. and Glazewski, K. (2016) Bioinformatics in the K-8 Classroom. Designing Innovative Activities for Teacher Implementation. International Journal of Designs for Learning (7):1, 60-70. PMID: 27429860; PMCID: PMC4946248.

• Glazewski K, Shuster M, Brush T, Ellis A. Conexiones: Fostering Socioscientific Inquiry in Graduate Teacher Preparation. Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-Based Learning. 2014; 8(1). https://doi.org/10.7771/1541-5015.1419.

• Shuster, M. and Preszler, R. (2014) Introductory biology course reform: A tale of two courses. International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Vol. 8: No. 2, Article 5.  Available at: http://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/ij-sotl/vol8/iss2/5

• Coronado, G., Shuster, M., Ulrich, A., Anderson, J. and H. Loest. Strategies for Diversifying the Pool of Graduate Students in Biomedical Sciences. (2012). J Cancer Educ. 2012. 27(3):436-42. PMID 22576869; PMCID: PMC3516588.

• Shuster, M. (2011) Can Genetics and Genomics Competencies be Successfully Taught in a Pre-Nursing Microbiology Course? CBE Life Sci Educ 10(2): 216-221 2011.

• Shuster, M., and Peterson, K. (2009) Development, Implementation and Assessment of a Lecture Course on Cancer for Undergraduates. CBE-Life Sciences Education Vol 8: 193-202.

• Preszler, RW., A. Dawe, C.B. Shuster and M. Shuster. (2007) Assessment of the effects of student response systems on student learning and attitudes over a broad range of biology courses. CBE-Life Sciences Education. Vol 6(4):29-41.

Peer-Reviewed Textbook

• Shuster, M., Vigna, J. & Tontonoz, M. (©2021) Biology for a Changing World, 4thEdition. New York, NY: WH Freeman  [used by ~20,000 students in the 2021-2022 academic year]

• Shuster, M., Vigna, J. & Tontonoz, M. (©2018) Biology for a Changing World, 3rdEdition. New York, NY: WH Freeman [used by ~18,000 students in the 2019-2020 academic year]

• Shuster, M., Vigna, J., Tontonoz, M. and Sinha, G. (©2015) Biology for a Changing World, 2nd Edition. New York, NY: WH Freeman

• Shuster, M., Vigna, J., Sinha, G. & Tontonoz, M (©2012) Biology for a Changing World, 1st Edition. New York, NY: WH Freeman

Peer-Reviewed Curriculum Activities

• Shuster,M.,  J. Mudge, M. Hill, K. James, G.A. DeFrancesco, M.P. Chadiarakou, & A. Sundararajan. (2022). Is p53 a smoking gun? How mutational signatures forced big tobacco to change [case study]. National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science (NCCSTS), National Science Teaching Association (NSTA). <https://www.nsta.org/ncss-case-study/p53-smoking-gun>

• Chadiarakou, M*., Sundrarajan, A., Lindquist, A., DeFrancesco, G#., Kwicklis, M#., Lighthall, D#., Farmer, N#., Shuster, M., Mudge, J. (2018) MRSA in the NICU: Outbreak or Coincidence?  National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science. (*Undergraduate student #High school students)

• Shuster, M. (2018) Protein Targeting Gone Awry: The Importance of Proper Localization. National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science.

• Shuster, M. (2016) Eating Himself to Death. National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science.

• Shuster, M., Cheeptham, A., Regassa L.  (2013) Murder by HIV? Grades 5-8 Edition.  National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science. http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/collection/

• Regassa, L., Cheeptham A., Shuster M.  (2013) Murder by HIV? Grades 9-12 Edition. National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science. http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/collection/

• Cheeptham A., Regassa, L., Shuster, M. (2013) Murder by HIV? Undergraduate Edition. National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science. http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/collection/

• Shuster, M. and K. Peterson, 2007. Breast Cancer Risk: Using Real Medical Histories to Rank Genetic and Environmental Influences.  National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science (http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/case.html)

• Cook, B.A*. and Shuster, M. 2007. A Case of Poisoned Firefighters. Cellular Respiration Instructional Packet. Learning Object #1484 at the American Physiological Society  (*NMSU graduate student)

Cancer Biology Publications

• Virgilio L, Shuster M, Gollin SM, Veronese ML, Ohta M, et al. FHIT gene alterations in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 1996 Sep 3;93(18):9770-5. PMID: 8790406; PMCID: PMC38504.

• Shuster M, Bockmuhl U, Gollin SM. Early experiences with SKY: A primer for the practicing cytogenetic technologist. Applied Cytogenetics. 1997; 23:33.

• Shuster M, Han L, LeBeau M, Davis E, Lese CM, et al. A consistent pattern of RIN1 rearrangements in oral squamous cell carcinoma cell lines supports a breakage-fusion-bridge cycle model for 11q13 amplification. Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 2000; 28:153. PMID: 10825000.

• Saunders WS, Shuster M, Huang X, Gharaibeh B, Enyenihi A, et al. Chromosomal instability and cytoskeletal defects in oral cancer cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2000; 97:303. PMID: 10618413; PMCID: PMC26658.

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