Division: Division of Applied Social Sciences

June 14, 2021

Hendrickson Receives Award Through The Agriculture, Food and Human Value Society

Mary Hendrickson, associate professor in Rural Sociology, received the Excellence in Instruction Award.

May 21, 2021

Pei Liu Earns Dr. Richard Wallace Faculty Incentive Grant

Pei Liu, an assistant professor of hospitality management, was a 2021 recipient of one of the Dr. Richard Wallace Faculty Incentive Grants.

May 21, 2021

CAFNR Faculty, Staff and Students Earn MU Graduate and Postdoctoral Awards

Numerous CAFNR faculty, staff and students were recently honored during the seventh annual MU Graduate and Postdoctoral Award ceremony.

May 20, 2021

No-Ya Yu Wins “Three Minute Thesis” Competition

No-Ya Yu won the “Three Minute Thesis” competition.

May 19, 2021

Jenny Melo Velasco Receives Dissertation Research Funding from Rural Sociology Society

Jenny Melo Velasco received a $2,000 award to fund her research on "Digital Agricultural Technologies in Latin America."

May 19, 2021

Dae-Young Kim and Beomjoo Kim Earn Best Paper Award

Dae-Young Kim, a professor of hospitality management, and Beomjoo Kim, a master’s student in hospitality management, received the best paper award at the Tourism Sciences Society of Korea (TOSOK) International Tourism Conference. Their paper was titled, “Effects of source and message on travel YouTube: Cognitive and affective destination images of S. Korea.” Dae-Young Kim’s research mainly focuses on consumer behavior and hospitality/tourism marketing. These two closely related fields involve the use of various research methods and applied strategies. Under the umbrella of the traveler behavior and marketing, his research specialties include information technology, meetings and event management, advertising…

May 10, 2021

Senior Spotlight: Dallas and Donell Kleiboeker

Growing up on a beef farm in southwest Missouri, twin brothers Dallas and Donell Kleiboeker shared many of the same hobbies, friend groups and life experiences. Those shared interests, especially in agriculture, led them to the University of Missouri. While the two didn’t have any plans on both majoring in agribusiness management, that’s the degree program each brother chose. “We didn’t really plan it out at all,” Donell said. “I think we’ve had so many similar experiences that it narrows the track a little bit. Honestly, though, as seniors in high school, I was talking about being…