Sue Carson

Dr. Susan Carson is a Professor of Plant and Microbial Biology at North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC) where she has served on the faculty since 2001. She directs the Master of Microbial Biotechnology Program and also leads a uni?versiy-wide faculty development program focused on enhancing students’ critical and creative thinking skills across disci?plines. Prior to her current role, Dr. Carson spent over a decade leading curriculum development for the North Carolina State Biotechnology Program and two years as a Program Officer at the National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education. Her current work focuses on college-level biology education, enhancing students’ higher order thinking across disciplines, and integration of Design Thinking in a Professional Science Masters (PSM) program. She graduated from Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ) with a BS in Biotechnology, and from the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill, NC) with a PhD in Microbiology.