Michelle Yvonne Merrill, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University

HSS-04-45, 14 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637332 | Office phone: +65 6592 1538 Mobile phone: +65 9123 1604 E-Mail: mmerrill@ntu.edu.sg Skype: michelle.y.merrill

CURRENT POSITION:

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Environment and Sustainability Research Cluster, Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (since Jan 2014). Project: Sustainability and Pedagogy: investigating post-secondary sustainability teaching and learning

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. 2004, Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, Duke University, Durham, NC Dissertation Title: Orangutan Cultures: Tool Use, Social Transmission and Population Differences

Dissertation Committee: C. van Schaik (Chair), K. Glander, S. Churchill, L. Digby, E. Brannon

B.A. 1994, Anthropology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA College Honors and Honors in the Major

A.A. 1991, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA A.A. Degree with Honors

TEACHING AND CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE:

Cabrillo College, Anthropology Instructor (adjunct), Aptos CA, 2006-2013 • Introduction to Anthropology: Biological • Biological Anthropology Lab • Surviving the Future: The (Re)Emergence of Sustainable Cultures (designed course) • Introduction to Anthropology: Cultural

Cabrillo College, Digital Bridge Academy Replication Consultant (as Emergent Systems), Aptos CA, 2005-2006 • Assisted in design and delivery of pilot training program for future faculty of Digital Bridge Academy

Foundation Course (now known as FELI at the Academy for College Excellence) for several California Community Colleges.

• Assisted in redesign of segments of the Digital Bridge Academy Foundation Course. • Led design and delivery of new course on Sustainability and Leadership (originally taught as

Sustainability and the Knowledge Economy) for advanced Digital Bridge Academy students.

Cabrillo College, English as a Second Language In-class Tutor, Aptos CA 1999 • Assisted students from diverse, international backgrounds with in-class projects, including

pronunciation, spelling, grammar and Internet-based assignments. • Assisted instructor with leading class exercises for student listening practice.

Duke University, Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, Durham, NC 1995-1998 • Introduction to Biological Anthropology Instructor • Introduction to Biological Anthropology Head Teaching Assistant • Introduction to Biological Anthropology Teaching Assistant • Human Evolution Teaching Assistant • Primate Field Biology Teaching Assistant

Duke University, Talent Identification Program, (7th - 10th grade Summer Science Program) Durham, NC 1997 • Evolutionary Biology Instructor (designed course) • Primate Biology Teaching Assistant (assisted with course design)

University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 1992-1994, 1998 • Teaching Assistant and Writing Tutor

Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA 1989-1991 • Teaching Assistant

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ACADEMIC SERVICE: 2014-2015 Nanyang Technological University Sustainability Salons Coordinator 2015 Assessor for Nanyang Research Programme student paper and poster presentation 2012-2013 Consulting Editor for Social Justice Journal [ISSN 2167-7697] 2007-2013 Cabrillo College Climate Initiative Task Force 2010-2013 Faculty Adviser for Cabrillo College Sustainability Council (student club) 2012 Faculty Co-Adviser for Occupy Cabrillo (student club) 2008-2012 Friends of the Swallows at Cabrillo (group member) 2008-2011 Cabrillo College Master Planning Goal B Task Force (“Enhance excellence in the classroom...”) 2005 Reviewer for Science [ISSN 0036-8075] 1997-1998 Coordinator: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiological Topics weekly department seminars 1997 Duke University Workshop on Environmental Sustainability participant 1995-1996 Co-representative to Graduate and Professional Student Council for BAA Department

GRANTS RECEIVED: Nanyang Technological University, Seed Money Grant Project, Sustainable Earth Office Project Title: “Sustainable

Metropolis: Population, Productivity and Parity” CoPI (PI: Youngho Chang, CoPIs: Md Saidul Islam, Zheng Fang), 15 May 2015 – 14 June 2016, $46,420

National Science Foundation 2010-2013 (#DUE-1023043 for Collaborative Research: Engaged Interdisciplinary Learning in Sustainability (EILS): Enhancing STEM Education through Social and Technological Literacy) PI for Cabrillo College (CoPIs: Karen Groppi, Susan Tappero)

Cabrillo College Faculty Grant for Student Success 2007 (for Student Participation in Sustainability Assessment with Karen Groppi)

L.S.B. Leakey Foundation 1999-2000 (for Orangutan Cultures? Tool Use, Social Transmission and Population Differences, Indonesia) PI

National Science Foundation 1999-2000 (#9811932 for DOCTORAL DISSERTATION IN PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY: Orangutan Cultures? Tool Use, Social Transmission and Population Differences) PI

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS: White, F. J., Waller, M., Boose, K., Merrill, M. Y., Wood, K. D. 2015. Function of loud calls in wild bonobos. Journal

of Anthropological Sciences 93: 1-14. van Schaik , C. P., Ancrenaz, M., Borgan, G., Galdikas, B., Knott, C.D., Singleton, I., Suzuki, A., Utami, S., Merrill, M.

2003. Orangutan cultures and the evolution of material culture. Science 299: 102-105. van Schaik, C.P., Deaner, R.O., Merrill, M.Y. 1999. The conditions for tool use in primates: implications for the

evolution of material culture. Journal of Human Evolution 36(6): 719-741. IN REVIEW: Pareja, M., Ong, S.L., Merrill, M.Y., Cahill, S. “Go not far to dine”: Pedagogical Approaches to Water

Consumption in Eighteenth-Century Studies. 1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

OTHER PUBLISHED WORK: Kübler, J. E., Merrill, M. Y., & Anway, R. 2014. "The Systems View of Life: A Unifying Vision" by Fritjof Capra

and Pier Luigi Luisi [book review]. Zygote Quarterly (10), 120-135. Merrill, M.Y. 2013. Phylogeny Haiku on the Great Apes. Science Creative Quarterly Archive 10.24.2013

http://www.scq.ubc.ca/phylogeny-haiku-on-the-great-apes/ Merrill, M. 2005. Culture and Sociality in Sumatran Orangutans (Box 11.1). In World atlas of great apes and their

conservation. edited by Julian Caldecott and Lera Miles, 192-193. Prepared at the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre: University of California Press.

Merrill, M.Y. 2002. Investigating Orangutan Cultures. Anthropology News 43(7): 14. Merrill, M.Y. 2002. A report from the Orangutans Compared 2002 workshop. AnthroQuest 14(Fall ‘02): 10. White, F.J., Wood K.D. and Merrill M.Y. 1998. Comment on C. Stanford (1998) “The social behavior of

chimpanzees and bonobos: Empirical evidence and shifting assumptions.” Current Anthropology 39(4): 414-415.

Merrill, M.Y. 1998. Investigating the Primate Intellect (book review of Primate Cognition, Tomasello and Call, 1997). BioScience 48(11): 954-956.

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Merrill, M.Y. 1998. Beautiful bonobos (book review of Bonobo: The Forgotten Ape, de Waal, 1997). BioScience 48(3): 45-48.

Digby, L., Merrill, M.Y. and Davis, E.T. 1997. Infanticide by female mammals. Part I: Primates. (abstract) American Journal of Primatology, 42(2): 105.

Merrill, M.Y. and White, F.J. 1996. Functions of vocalizations in male and female wild pygmy chimpanzees. (abstract) American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Supplement 22: 166.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE: • Sustainability and Pedagogy in Asian Higher Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 2014-

2015 • Engaged Interdisciplinary Learning in Sustainability, Cabrillo College, California 2010-2013 • New College of California Self-Study for Re-Accreditation, San Francisco, CA 2000-2001 • Orangutan Cultures Field Project, Sumatra, Indonesia (Pongo abelii) 1997-2000 • Lomako Forest Pygmy Chimpanzee Project, Equateur, Zaire (Pan paniscus) 1996 • Language Research Center, Decatur, GA, (enculturated bonobos: Pan paniscus) 1995 • Duke Univ. Primate Center, Durham, NC, (semi-free-ranging red ruffed lemurs: Varecia variegata rubra) 1995 • Año Nuevo Wildlife Reserve Northern Elephant Seal Study, California (Mirounga angustirostris) 1994 • Sexuality, Gender and Values in Personal Ads, San Francisco and Santa Cruz, CA 1993

HONOR SOCIETIES AND AWARDS: • John D. Hurd Award for Teaching Excellence, Cabrillo College 2013 • Duke University Center for Teaching and Learning Graduate Student Fellow 1997-1998 • Duke University Center for International Studies Graduate Award for International Research 1996 • National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship: Honorable Mention 1995 • Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society 1994 • Alpha Gamma Sigma Honor Society 1991

PAPERS PRESENTED AND ACADEMIC TALKS: • Post-Secondary Education for Sustainability in Asia 2015, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore,

Introduction to Sustainability through an Online Core Course at NTU • International Greening Education Event 2014, Karlsruhe, Germany, Nurturing Asian Networks for Post-

Secondary Sustainability Education • Asian Conference on Education for Sustainability 2014, Hiroshima, Japan, Nurturing Asian Networks for

Post-Secondary Sustainability Education (virtual presentation) • Sustainable Networks: The Enlightenment to the Contemporary 2014, NTU, Singapore, Pedagogy for

Sustainability across Asia • Sustainable Engineering and Ecological Design (SEED) Consortium Summer Workshop 2012, Santa

Cruz, CA, Engaged Interdisciplinary Learning for Sustainability at Cabrillo College poster and talk • Bioneers 2011, San Rafael, CA, panel presentation Education in Action: Leveraging Higher Education

for Sustainability • SEED Consortium Summer Workshop 2011, Santa Cruz, CA, Cabrillo College EILS Team poster • CONTACT 2006, Santa Clara, CA, Culture, Communication and Ape Intelligence • Plexus Annual Summit – Traversing the Natural & Social Sciences 2005, Delray Beach, FL, Sim-Bio-Sys

(Simulating Biological Systems): Life as a Business Partner • CONTACT 2005, Santa Clara, CA, Sources of Inspiration and the Emergence of Sustainable

Technologies • Leadership for Sustainability 2004, Durango, CO, co-presenter Sim-Bio-Sys: Life as a Business Partner • Duke University, Biological Anthropology and Anatomy Seminar Series 2004, Durham, NC, The Quest

for Orangutan Cultures • Sandhill Regional Psychology Conference 2003, Fayetteville, NC, Patterns of Social Learning and

Cultural Variation in Orangutans • CONTACT 2002, Santa Clara, CA, Extraspecific Communication and Ape Intelligence

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• CONTACT 2001, Santa Clara, CA, Great Apes and the Evolution of Culture • International Primatological Society 2001, Adelaide, Australia, Orangutan Cultures: Intraspecific

Variation and Social Transmission Opportunities • American Association of Physical Anthropology 1996, Durham, NC, Functions of Vocalizations in Male

and Female Wild Pygmy Chimpanzees

CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS FACILITATED: • Nanyang Technological University Environment and Sustainability Research Cluster 2015, Singapore,

co-organizer and co-facilitator Post-Secondary Education for Sustainability in Asia conference; organizer and facilitator Deepening Education for Sustainability: Interactive experiences workshop

• Nanyang Technological University Environment and Sustainability Research Cluster 2014, Singapore, co-facilitator Sustainability in Education: Pedagogical Themes and Practices in Asian Countries

• Cabrillo College 2013 Aptos, CA, Orangutan Research and Primate Conservation presentation and event • Cabrillo College Flex Week Faculty Development Workshops, Aptos, CA

Fall 2013, co-facilitator Responding to Plastics in Our Oceans While Finding Success on Land Spring 2013, co-facilitator Sustainable Innovations: Green Building, Green Jobs, and Community

Networks Fall 2012, co-facilitator Global Awareness and Personal Responsibility for Sustainability Spring 2012, co-facilitator Teaching for Global Sustainability; co-presenter The Ape Capers—

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Primates Fall 2011, co-facilitator Building a Sustainable Culture at Cabrillo Spring 2010, co-facilitator Cabrillo Sustainability and Carbon Footprint Reduction Plan Fall 2009, co-facilitator Strides toward Sustainability Spring 2009, 2008 and Fall 2008, co-facilitator Sustainable Cabrillo

• California Higher Education Sustainability Conference 2013, Santa Barbara, CA co-facilitator Putting Sustainability to Work: How town-gown relationships can better prepare the next green-tech workforce design workshop

• Cabrillo College Social Justice Conference 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Aptos, CA, host/co-host panel Environmental Justice

INVITED TALKS AND GUEST LECTURES: • Special Seminar, Programm Mensch-Gesellschaft-Umwelt, University of Basel 2014, Nurturing Asian

Networks for Post-Secondary Sustainability Education • Post-Doctoral Research Seminar, Nanyang Technological University 2014, Singapore Nurturing Asian

Networks for Post-Secondary Sustainability • Environment and Sustainability Research Cluster Seminar, Nanyang Technological University 2014,

Singapore Education for Sustainability: What Every College Student Should Know • Engineering Graphics and Design (Engr25) Cabrillo College 2007, Aptos, CA Biomimicry: Life as a

Design Partner • Alben Design Sea Change Workshop Lecture 2007, Santa Cruz, CA From Sumatra to Santa Cruz:

Fathoming the Heart of Sustainability • Central Coast Commercial Sustainability Network 2003, Seaside, CA, co-presenter The Bioneers

Experience • Cabrillo College, Anthropology Department 1999, Aptos, CA, Primate Studies in the Field: Bonobos,

Orangutans and Mosquitoes, Oh My! • New College, Mythic Humanity Course 2001, San Francisco, CA, Origins of the Human Mind

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS, CLASSES AND CONFERENCES ATTENDED: • Singapore Sustainability Symposium (S3) 2015, Singapore • Emerging Patterns (Para Limes) 2015, Singapore • NTU-Warwick Winter School: Introduction to Complexity Science 2015, Singapore • Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning Conference ‘Education for the

Knowledge-based Economy: Curriculum, Pedagogy and Technology’ 2014, Singapore

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• Policy Roundtable on ‘Sustainable Development, Environmental Security and Climate Change’ 2014, Singapore

• ASEAN-Canada Forum on ‘Natural Resources Management for Sustainable Growth’ 2014, Singapore • Moral Revolutions: Institutional and Ideational Dimensions 2014, NTU, Singapore • Sustainable Networks: The Enlightenment to the Contemporary 2014, NTU, Singapore • Transformative Knowledge: Teaching for Conceptual Understanding (NTU Annual Teaching and

Learning Seminar) 2014, NTU, Singapore • Hidden Connections: Complexity Program Annual Conference 2014, NTU, Singapore • Sustainability in Education: Pedagogical Themes and Practices in Asian Countries 2014, NTU,

Singapore • Bioneers Conference 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 • California Higher Education Sustainability Conference 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013 • This Way to Sustainability Conference 2007, 2013, CSU Chico • SEED Consortium Fall Regional Retreat 2012, Los Gatos, CA • CONTACT Conference Cultures of the Imagination simulation participant 2010, 2012 • Education for Action in the Age of Climate Change: How Higher Education Can Lead Restoration -- In

and Out of the Classroom 2009 (Bioneers Pre-Conference Workshop hosted by Second Nature, the California Student Sustainability Coalition, and the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education)

• A Short Course: Systems Thinking, Education and the State of the World 2009 (taught by Dr. Fritjof Capra and Dr. David Orr at the Center for Ecoliteracy, Berkeley, CA)

• Environmental Leadership 2008, DeAnza College (ES66 class taught by Julie Philips) • Leading to Sustainability: Exploring a West Coast/Pacific Rim Senior Executives Seminar 2005, Santa

Clara, CA • Biologists at the Design Table 2004, Palo Alto, CA (four-day intensive workshop for biologists to learn

about practicing biomimicry with author Janine Benyus and Dr. Dayna Baumeister) • Central Coast Commercial Sustainability Network Workshops 2003 – 2005, Marina, Elkhorn Slough and

Santa Cruz, CA (member and regular participant in bi-monthly evening workshops) • Presenting Data and Information 2003, San Francisco, CA (one-day course on information design and

presentations by Professor Edward Tufte) • Workshop on Environmental Sustainability 1997, Duke University, Durham, NC

ONLINE DESIGN EXPERIENCE: • Webpage design using Dreamweaver, SeaMonkey, Microsoft SharePoint and similar software • Online survey design with SurveyMonkey and Google Forms • Blackboard course management setup and use for Anthropology 1 and 2 • WordPress blogs for classes (including Anthr19G), campus organizations and personal use • Moodle course management setup and use for Anthropology 1 and 1L • WebCT course management setup and assistance for Watsonville Digital Bridge Academy Courses

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: American Association for the Advancement of Science; Bio-Inspired Design Community

CURRENT PROJECTS: • Editing book (in prep.): Education and Sustainability: Paradigms, Policies and Practices in Asia

MY Merrill, Y Chang, MS Islam, P Burkhardt-Holm, CH Chang (eds) • Promoting development of community of practice and planning conferences around post-secondary Education

for Sustainability in Asia (http://bit.do/EfSAsia) • Preparing grant applications for comparative field research on Higher Education for Sustainability in Asia • Researching effects of new online Introduction to Sustainability Core Course and new sustainably-designed

(GreenMark certified) Crescent and Pioneer residential halls on undergraduate Education for Sustainability at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

• Comparing student attitudes toward sustainability in Singapore, Liverpool and Hong Kong (with M. Christie, R. Hannmer-Dwight and S. Wan)

• “Sustainable Metropolis: Population, Productivity and Parity” (with Y. Chang, I. Zheng Fang, and M.S. Islam) • Blogging and writing a novel on themes of sustainability, culture change and futures studies

(michelleyvonnemerrill.com)