Faculty Productivity — SEARS, RUTHMAE

USF College of Education · Academic Analytics · snapshot Aug 2026
Program Directory
SEARS, RUTHMAE
Professor · Tenured · Regular
Teaching and Learning
SRI
-0.14
Terminal degree
2012
Years since TD
14
Collaborators
17
Lifetime articles
16
Lifetime citations
140
Output by year
Metric2026*2025*20242023202220212020201920182017201620152014 Win. totalLifetime
Articles · 2 · 1 2 3 1 4 1 · · · 1 15 16
Citations · · · · 6 39 3 14 4 · · · 29 95 140
Conf. proc. · · 3 · · 1 · · · · · · · 4 4
Books · · · · · · · · · · · · · 0 0
Chapters · · · · · · 2 · 1 · · · · 3 5
Awards · · · 1 1 1 1 · · · · · · 4 4
Patents · · · · · · · · · · · · · 0 0
Trials · · · · · · · · · · · · · 0 0
Fed. grants · · 1 · 1 · · · · 1 · · 1 4 4
Fed. grant $ · · $3.00M · $1.50M · · · · $374K · · $1.20M $6.07M $6.07M
* 2025–26 still filling in. "Lifetime" is AA's all‑time figure (includes pre‑2014).
Research keywords
proof 18.2% enact 9.1% engage 9.1% geometry 9.1% influence 9.1% lesson 9.1% nature 9.1% opportunities 9.1% task 9.1% textbook 9.1%
Suggested awards
AwardFitUnit wins
Fulbright Scholar prestige
United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
0.80 5
JRLE Best Article Award
Journal of Research on Leadership Education (JRLE)
0.65 0
Interdisciplinary Research Leaders (IRL)
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
0.65 0
Innovations in Teaching Science Teachers
Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE)
0.65 0
National/William Elgin Wickenden Award
American Society for Engineering Education
0.65 0
New Leadership Academy Fellow
University of Utah
0.65 0
Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo Award
Mathematical Association of America
0.65 0
Division G/Social Context of Education/Henry T. Trueba Award for Research Leading to the Transformation of the Social Contexts of Education
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
0.65 0
Excellence in Physics Education Award
American Physical Society
0.65 0
Mathematics Teacher Educator Outstanding Reviewer Award
Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators
0.60 0
Fellow
American Society for Engineering Education
0.60 0
Distinguished Contributions to Gender Equity in Education Research Award
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
0.60 1
Most-cited papers
#TitleJournalYearCitations
1Curriculum and Implementation Effects on High School Students' Mathematics Learning From Curricula Representing Subject-Specific and Integrated Content Organizations Journal for Research in Mathematics Education [00218251] 2013 44
2Opportunities to engage with proof: the nature of proof tasks in two geometry textbooks and its influence on enacted lessons ZDM [18639690] 2014 29
3Are we all in this together?: mathematics teachers’ perspectives on equity in remote instruction during pandemic Educational Studies in Mathematics [00131954] 2021 24
4Looking for “us”: power reimagined in mathematics learning for Black communities in the pandemic Educational Studies in Mathematics [00131954] 2021 15
5Proof schemes of pre-service middle and secondary mathematics teachers Investigations in Mathematics Learning [19477503] 2019 8
6Symbiosis: Social and Emotional Learning & Mathematics Learning Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12 [00255769] 2022 6
7The Implications of a Pacing Guide on the Development of Students Ability to Prove in Geometry International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education [13063030] 2018 4
8Common Visual Representations as a Source for Misconceptions of Preservice Teachers in a Geometry Connection Course International Journal for Mathematics Teaching and Learning [14730111] 2019 3
9Enhancing and Transforming Virtual Instruction Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12 [00255769] 2020 3
10Using Plan-Do-Study-Act Cycles and Interdisciplinary Conversations to Transform Introductory Mathematics Courses PRIMUS Problems, Resources, and Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies [10511970] 2019 2
11Collaborative Effort to Develop Middle School Preservice Teachers’ Mathematical Knowledge PRIMUS Problems, Resources, and Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies [10511970] 2019 1
12Integrating Environmental Justice into Civil and Environmental Engineering Curricula ASEE Conference & Exposition 2024 1
13Navigating Tensions of Integrating GenAI in Mathematics Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12 [00255769] 2025 0
14Problems to Ponder Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12 [00255769] 2023 0
15Developing Skills with Visual Representations Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12 [00255769] 2022 0
Awards on record
AwardYear
Black Mathematician Honoree
Network of Minorities in Mathematical Sciences, The
2023
Regional Chapter Counselor of the Year Award
Kappa Delta Pi
2022
AAAS Fellow
American Association for the Advancement of Science, The (AAAS)
2021
IAspire Fellows
Aspire: The National Alliance for Inclusive & Diverse STEM Faculty
2020
Grants
GrantAgencyStart$Role
Mechatronics Integrated into STEM Teaching for Transformative Inclusive CommunitiesNational Science Foundation 2024 $3.00M PI
Collaborative Research: Challenging Anti-Black-Racism in Civil and Environmental Engineering CurriculumNational Science Foundation 2022 $1.50M co-PI
Collaborative Research: Attaining Excellence in Secondary Mathematics Clinical Experiences with a Lens on EquityNational Science Foundation 2017 $374K PI
Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program for University of South Florida Science MajorsNational Science Foundation 2014 $1.20M co-PI