About

A member of the Morehouse College Biology faculty since 1990, Dr. Lawrence S. Blumer teaches advanced courses in ecology and environmental studies as well as course-based research at the introductory level.

Blumer earned his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1982 and previously taught at Michigan, The Ohio State University and Kenyon College. His current research is focused on undergraduate laboratory curriculum development, assessing teaching-learning innovation and insect behavioral ecology. Currently, Blumer is co-principal investigator on two National Science Foundation research grants. An Improving Undergraduate STEM Education Grant, Collaborative Research – The Bean Beetle Microbiome Project: A Research-Education Collaboration; and an HBCU-Undergraduate Program Grant, Broadening Participation Research Center: HBCU STEM Undergraduate Success Research Center. Blumer has authored 50 peer-reviewed publications including 15 in the past 5 years. Five of these recent publications were on STEM education research studies. In the past 5 years, Blumer has made 15 invited presentations, including faculty development workshops and poster presentations at scientific conferences. He co-authored and continues to maintain a dedicated website for information about the bean beetle model system (www.beanbeetles.org) and resources for the current Bean Beetle Microbiome Project. He was the 2007 recipient of the Vulcan Materials Company Teaching Excellence Award at Morehouse College. Blumer also is a past President of the Association for Biology Laboratory Education (2011-2013) and remains an active member of the ABLE Board of Directors.

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302 Hope Hall

Monday, Wednesday, Friday
10:00-10:50

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Education

  • University of Michigan


  • University of Michigan


  • University of Michigan




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Awards & Honors

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    AWARDS & HONORS

    2007 Teaching Excellence Award, Vulcan Materials Company and Georgia Foundation for Independent Colleges | 2018-2023 Improving Undergraduate STEM Education Grant, National Science Foundation, Collaborative Research – The Bean Beetle Microbiome Project: A Research-Education Collaboration (Co-PI with C.W. Beck, N. Gerardo, Emory University, and S. Younge, Morehouse College) | 2020-2025 HBCU-UP Grant, National Science Foundation, Broadening Participation Research Center: HBCU STEM Undergraduate Success Research Center (Co-PI with K. Howard, L. Muldrow, and D. Bryan, Morehouse College; C. Talley, Virginia State University; D. Dickens, Spelman College)