Ecosystems & Environment
Sep. 4, 2019
Shuangyu Xu
Educational background Ph.D., North Carolina State University M.S., University of Missouri-Columbia Courses taught PRST 2060: Tourism Management PRST 4260/7260: Sustainable Tourism PRST 4357/7357: Domestic and International Tourism: Resources, Market, and Impacts PRST 8400: Constructs of Leisure…
July 16, 2019
Samniqueka Joi-Weaver Halsey
Educational background Ph.D., University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, 2019 MBA, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, 2020 M.S., Chicago State University, 2013 B.S., Northeastern Illinois University, 2011 Courses taught F_W 4600WI/7600: Ecosystem Management NAT_R 4110/7110: Natural Resource Biometrics F_W 4810: Wildlife Disease Ecology NAT_R 8200: Ecological Restoration…
April 8, 2019
Lauren Pile
Educational background Ph.D., 2015, Clemson University M.F.R., 2011, Clemson University B.S., 2009, American Military University…
Oct. 11, 2018
Thomas Bonnot
Educational background Ph.D., Natural Resources (with minor in Statistics), University of Missouri …
Sep. 27, 2018
Robin M. Rotman
Educational background J.D. Law, Yale Law School, 2009 M.S. Water Science, Policy, and Management, Oxford University, 2005 B.S. Geology, Sewanee: The University of the South, 2004…
Sep. 9, 2018
Heng Ye
Educational background Ph.D., Plant Science, South Dakota State University M.S., Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, UK B.S., Bioengineering, Sichuan University, China…
Aug. 22, 2018
Chris Topp
Educational background Ph.D., Plant Biology, University of Georgia B.S., Genetics, University of Georgia…
Feb. 27, 2018
Kerry Clark
Kerry Clark was a soybean breeder from 1993-2012 and continues to work on the Feed the Future Soybean Innovation Lab, which is trying to improve soybean yields and production across sub-Saharan Africa. She runs a mechanization development and fabrication training team that includes three equipment designers from Ghana. This team has trained over 200 manufacturers in 12 African countries and has helped build service provision businesses so that small-holder farmers can have access to modern farming methods. Clark is also part of a multi-state collaboration working to improve available cover crop varieties for U.S. farmers. She teaches soil pedology, genesis,…
Feb. 26, 2018
Hua Qin
Educational background Ph.D., Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences (Environmental and Resource Sociology), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009 M.S., Statistics. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007 M.S., Sociology, China Agricultural University, 2003 B.A., International Business and English, China Agricultural University, 2000 Courses taught ABM/NAT_R/PEA_ST/SOCIOL 1120: Population, Environment and Sustainability ABM/NAT_R/SOCIOL 4370/7370: Society, Environment and Natural Resources AAE/NAT_R/SOCIOL 8287: Seminar on Sustainable Development AAE/NAT_R 8510: Interdisciplinary Quantitative and Mixed Research Methods AAE 8436: Community, Natural Resources and Sustainability…
Feb. 26, 2018
Mary K. Hendrickson
Hendrickson is Professor in Rural Sociology at the University of Missouri and serves as Director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Food Security. She is a rural sociologist whose passion is making the world a better place through food. As Director of the ICFS, she focuses on building resilient, food secure communities across Missouri and beyond. Hendrickson has been a leading scholar on consolidation and concentration in the food and agriculture system, the impacts of such a system on farmers, workers and communities, and new ways of conceptualizing policy responses around anti-trust. She is also recognized for her work examining food…