Faculty

Feb. 27, 2018

Ryan Milhollin

His extension program is focused on adding value to the Missouri economy by working with farmers and agricultural stakeholders to improve business practices, mitigate risks, evaluate new technologies and investigate entrepreneurial opportunities to enhance profitability and sustainability in agriculture.

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…

Feb. 26, 2018

John Tummons

Educational background BS, Agricultural Education, University of Missouri, 1999 MS, Agricultural Education, University of Missouri, 2006 PhD, Agricultural Education, University of Missouri, 2014 Courses taught Ag_Ed_Ld 2250: Introduction to Leadership Ag_Ed_Ld 2270: Leadership Development in Youth Organizations Ag_Ed_Ld 4310: Intracurricular Program Management in Agricultural Education Ag_Ed_Ld 4330: Methods of Teaching II Ag_Ed_Ld 8350: College Teaching of AFNR Ag_Ed_Ld 8510: Introduction to Research Methods…

Feb. 26, 2018

Jon Simonsen

Educational background Ph.D., Agricultural and Extension Education, The Ohio State University, 2010 M.S., Agricultural and Extension Education, The Ohio State University, 2008 B.S., Agricultural Education, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, 1996 Courses taught Ag Ed Ld 1000: Orientation to Agricultural Education and Leadership Ag Ed Ld 3776: Litton Leadership Scholars Ag Ed Ld 4320/7320: Methods of Teaching I Ag Ed Ld 4993: Internship in Agricultural Education and Leadership Ag Ed Ld 8250: Leadership Theory and Application…

Feb. 26, 2018

Patrick Westhoff

Westhoff is the director of the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) and a professor of agricultural and applied economics at the University of Missouri. He grew up on a small dairy and hog farm in northeast Iowa. After getting his undergraduate degree in political science from the University of Iowa, he served as Peace Corps volunteer in Guatemala.   He has a master’s degree in Latin American Studies from the University of Texas and a Ph.D. in agricultural economics from Iowa State University. From 1992-1996, he was an economist with the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, where…

Feb. 5, 2018

Neil I. Fox

Educational background Post-graduate certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education 2001, University of Salford Ph.D. 1998, University of Salford, Atmospheric Science M.Phil. 1995, University of Reading, Meteorology B.Sc. 1988, University of Manchester, Physics Courses taught ATMSC 2720: Weather Briefing ATMSC 4350: Mesoscale Meteorology and Dynamics ATMSC 4400: Micrometeorology ATMSC 4510: Remote Sensing for Atmospheric Science and Natural Resources ATMSC 4520: Environmental Biophysics ATMSC 4550: Physical Meteorology ATMSC 4590: Radar Meteorology ATMSC 8500: Radiation in the Atmosphere ATMSC 8550: Nowcasting ATMSC 9590: Advanced Radar Meteorology…

Jan. 10, 2018

Xi Xiong

Educational background Ph.D., Crop Science with an emphasis in Horticulture, Oklahoma State University…

Jan. 10, 2018

Dean Volenberg

Grape quality can be quantified using a number of metrics, the same can be said of wine quality. Since wine quality is directly impacted by grape quality, viticultural management practices play an important role in elevating wine quality. Dean Volenberg’s applied research viticulture program examines the impact of canopy management, vine balance, and integrated pest management practices on grape quality. Although his research is often directed at specific industry concerns having long term implications, his Extension program is dynamic and responsive to seasonal industry needs. Dean has an Extension and research appointment in viticulture and winery operations. His appointment is…