Faculty Research Interests

Julia Bello-Bravo, Assistant Professor - Global engagement
Focuses on international development, system approach to informal learning, communities of practice and communication in local languages .

Colleen Brady, Professor - Extension Education
Focuses on digitally delivered non-formal education programming in the context of equine welfare and management.

Neil Knobloch, Professor - Agricultural STEM Education
Focuses on inclusive, learner-centered teaching to motivate and engage K-20 students through integrated STEM education and experiential learning; inclusive and equitable mentoring strategies in graduate education; food systems education and PK-12 engagement.

Sarah LaRose, Assistant Professor - Agricultural Education
Explores strategies that agricultural educators and universities can implement to increase outcomes of skilled agricultural workers, innovators, and agriculturally literate citizens who are capable of engaging the public in conversations about controversial issues.

Pamala Morris, Professor & Associate Dean/Director of the Office of Multicultural Programs
Investigates multicultural education, diversity awareness, intercultural effectiveness and communication, and service-learning methods.

Casey Mull, Clinical Associate Professor - Higher Education Community Engagement
Focuses on boundary spanning leadership, individuals and systems in community engagement, military youth and vulnerable populations, engaged scholarship, and program development. Prefers quantitative and survey methodologies.

Linda J Pfeiffer, Associate Professor - Science & Environmental Communication
Focuses on participatory practices in public engagement and psychologically informed message design.

Rama Radhakrishna, Professor & Department Head - Program Development and Evaluation and Research Methods
Focuses on evaluation and assessment of formal and non-formal programs, including program design and delivery

Mark Russell, Professor - Intercultural Engagement/Extension
Focuses on extension and community engagement methods and intercultural competence development.

B. Allen Talbert, Professor - School-Based Agricultural Education
Focuses on under-represented populations in agriculture and agricultural education.

Roger Tormoehlen, Professor
Focuses on electronic-based learning, engineering literacy, and inquiry/challenge-based learning.

Mark Tucker, Professor - Agricultural Communication
Focuses on participatory practices in public engagement and psychologically informed message design

Hui-Hui Wang, Associate Professor - Agricultural STEM Education
Focuses on the best practices of integrated science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) through agriculture, food, and natural resources (AFNR) in PK-12 and nonformal education, curriculum and instruction design, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Yaguang Zhang, Clinical Assistant Professor - Digital Agriculture
Focuses on rural wireless telecommunications and digital agriculture applications in data science, as well as STEM education and mentoring for students with agricultural backgrounds, ranging from 4-H participants to undergraduates and graduates.