Dr. Sylvia S. Mader has authored several nationally recognized biology texts published by
McGraw-Hill. Educated at Bryn Mawr College, Harvard University, Tufts University, and Nova
Southeastern University, she holds degrees in both Biology and Education. Over the years she
has taught at University of Massachusetts, Lowell, Massachusetts Bay Community College,
Suffolk University, and Nathan Mathew Seminars. Her ability to reach out to science-shy
students led to the writing of her first text, Inquiry into Life, that is now in its fourteenth edition.
Highly acclaimed for her crisp and entertaining writing style, her books have become models
for others who write in the field of biology.
Although her writing schedule is always quite demanding, Dr. Mader enjoys taking time to
visit and explore the various ecosystems of the biosphere. Her several trips to the Florida
Everglades and Caribbean coral reefs resulted in talks she has given to various groups around
the country. She has visited the tundra in Alaska, the taiga in the Canadian Rockies, the
Sonoran Desert in Arizona, and tropical rain forests in South America and Australia. She was
thrilled to think of walking in Darwin’s steps when she journeyed to the Galápagos Islands with
a group of biology educators. Dr. Mader was also a member of a group of biology educators who
traveled to China to meet with their Chinese counterparts and exchange ideas about the
teaching of modern-day biology.
For My Children—Sylvia Mader
2014