I am a Professor of Practice in the Crop and Soil Science Department in the College of Agricultural Science. In my work, I create professional development opportunities and context-specific resources for extension faculty and other educators that support the use of evidence-based approaches to instructional design, learner-centered teaching strategies, and data translation into actionable information.
My goal is to empower educators to co-create intentional, outcome-based partnerships with their communities. To leverage our collective teaching and learning experience, I lead the Extension Teaching Network. I also conduct applied research and publish on educational development frameworks that result in shifts in how educators co-design and co-teach adult education programming. Please contact me if you would like me to lead capacity-building programs with educators and other professionals at your institution.
Areas of focus
- Professional Development: I provide capacity-building programs to support educators in expanding their knowledge of the science of learning and building skills in instructional design and learner-centered teaching. I also provide individual or team consultations on teaching and learning specifically for those leading outreach with their communities.
- Collaborative Extension Projects: I engage in research and education projects with others around the Western US and internationally to support producers in becoming more emotionally resilient to climate-related stress and grief and enhancing the adoption of sustainable farming and ranching practices. My interests also include expanding the reach of educational initiatives through developing approaches to creating train-the-trainer programs with producers and other community members.
- International Research and Service: I am publishing a tool to support educators in planning and designing gender-responsive pesticide education to ensure women can achieve their desired outcomes. As an accepted Fulbright Specialist, I am collaboratively planning a program to share my program design expertise outside the US. I have co-developed a study abroad program in Bhutan for September 2025 with two colleagues. Students will experience the country’s culture and explore connections between Buddhism, rural livelihoods, and gross national happiness.
- Extension Teaching Network: I lead monthly Zoom meetings with guest presenters to provide a venue for sharing teaching and learning insights and to demonstrate new tools that enhance engagement.
Publications and Resources
Extension Education Partnerships: Community-centered Planning, Design, and Teaching
- Redefining Learner-centered Education to Build High Impact IPM Partnerships: A Post-Project Impacts Case Study (2024, USDA Sustainable Agricultural Research and Education Program)
- Improving Extension Instructional Design Using Learner-Centered Templates (2021, The Journal of Extension)
- Increasing the Reach of Integrated Pest Management Partnerships (2021, OSU Extension Service)
- Adaptive Learner-Centered Education: A Toolkit for Extension (2016, OSU Extension Service)
- Adapting an Outcome-Based Education Development Process to Meet Near Real-Time Challenges to Sustainable Agricultural Production (2015, The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension)
Climate Stress and Grief: Building Resilience with Farmers and Ranchers
- Understanding and Living with Climate Grief and Climate Stress for Farmers and Ranchers (2024, Pacific Northwest Extension Publication)
Pesticide Risk Reduction Education with Smallholder Farmers in Senegal
- Farmer-Centered Pesticide Risk Reduction Education in Senegal: A Novel, Participatory Approach (2023, Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education) Received a 2023 Article of the Year Award from the journal editors
- Discovery of Common Chemical Exposures Across Three Continents Using Silicone Wristbands (2019, Royal Society Open Science)
- Silicone Wristbands Detect Individuals’ Pesticide Exposures in West Africa (2016, Royal Society Open Science)
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