Jon Simonsen, PhD

Associate Professor

Agricultural Education & Leadership

Program Chair and Director of Graduate Studies, Agricultural Education & Leadership

Agricultural Education & Leadership

Contact Information

Email simonsenj@missouri.edu
Phone 573-884-7375
Address 126 Gentry

Education

BS, Agricultural Education, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, 1996
MS, Agricultural and Extension Education, The Ohio State University, 2008
PhD, Agricultural and Extension Education, The Ohio State University, 2010

Specialties

Teaching and Learning
Leadership Development
Youth Development

Research

My research program focuses on codifying the process of acquiring leadership knowledge, skills, and dispositions and utilizing that understanding to inform the practices of developing high quality leaders in agriculture.

Teaching

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

Programs

University of Missouri Faculty Scholars
University of Missouri Leadership Development Program
Center for the Collaboration and Development of Educational Innovations