School of Natural Resources

A student on a football field.

Oct. 28, 2024

Parks, Recreation, Sport and Tourism alumni begin their careers through connections to Mizzou Athletics

Through the Parks, Recreation, Sport and Tourism degree program, CAFNR students can complete their senior capstone with Mizzou Athletics before potentially moving into a full-time staff role.

Oct. 25, 2024

Coaching Sports

Oct. 23, 2024

Sami Overby
An overhead view of a room filled with posters on easels and people gathered discussing those posters.

Oct. 3, 2024

Fourth annual CAFNR Research Symposium poster winners announced

The fourth annual CAFNR Research Symposium was held Tuesday, Oct. 1, and included a poster session. Undergraduate and graduate students as well as postdocs contributed posters to the session. In total, 89 posters were exhibited.
Career fair.

Sep. 23, 2024

CAFNR students gain varied industry experiences through summer internships

Students throughout CAFNR participated in internships across the nation and many facets of the agricultural industry to prepare for their future careers.

Sep. 17, 2024

Varshini Kumanan
Historic columns in sunlight

Sep. 12, 2024

CAFNR welcomes new faculty for Fall 2024

Eighteen new faculty members have recently joined CAFNR.
Kate Nelson profile picture

Aug. 13, 2024

Kate Nelson

Nelson’s research focuses on issues related to the sustainability of communities and agricultural landscapes (SCALEs). Nelson’s team addresses challenges related to climate change adaptation and social equity, with an emphasis on rural and agricultural systems in the U.S. This work includes studies of: the equity of flood mitigation policy implementation, relationships between landscape structure and resilience of crop production, and rural sustainability assessment. Nelson’s research frequently applies large-scale quantitative spatial analysis to interrogate the bounds of relationships and identify scalar influences but also employs mixed methods approaches to ground and contextualize findings. Educational background Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 2018…
Kristin Gibson

July 31, 2024

Kristin E. Gibson

Kristin Gibson is an Assistant Professor of Conservation and Environmental Education in the School of Natural Resources at the University of Missouri. She holds a Ph.D. and master’s degree from the University of Georgia and a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Before joining the University of Missouri, she served as a Teaching Assistant for the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science, and Research through Fulbright Austria (2018–2019), worked as a Coastal Community Engagement Specialist AmeriCorps Member with the North Carolina Coastal Federation (2017–2018), and held several seasonal positions in natural resources communication and outreach. Educational…
Wonjin Jeong

July 31, 2024

Wonjin Jeong

Recent research projects include investigating leisure behavior as resistance in urban greening initiatives, exploring the psychological impacts of neighborhood greenness and park use, and assessing subjective well-being in resident-led vacant lot greening efforts within underserved communities. Educational background Ph.D., Recreation, Sport & Tourism, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign M.S., Sustainability Science, University of Tokyo B.A., Commerce, Waseda University…