Meet the Team

This project is truly a team effort and we have a great one! Our team members have expertise in agricultural communications, agricultural education, interactive virtual tour production, plant sciences, natural resources, landscape architecture, grain sciences, food sciences, and animal sciences. 

Texas Tech University

  • Courtney Meyers, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Agricultural Education and Communications as well as Graduate Studies Coordinator.
  • David Lawver, Ed.D., is a Professor in the Department of Agricultural Education and Communications.
  • Monsur Muntazar, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture.
  • Erica Irlbeck, Ed.D., is a Professor in the Department of Agricultural Education and Communications.
  • Lindsay Kennedy, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Practice in the Department of Agricultural Education and Communications.
  • Catherine Simpson, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Sustainable/Urban Horticulture in the Department of Plant and Soil Science.
  • Scott Collins, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences in the Department of Natural Resources Management.

Kansas State University

  • Gaea Hock, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Agricultural Education at Kansas State University.
  • Sara Gragg, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Food Science at Kansas State University Olathe.
  • Frances Churchill is the North American Milling Instructor of Milling Science and Management in the Department of Grain Science and Industry at Kansas State University.

University of Florida

  • Jamie Loizzo, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Agricultural Education and Communication and the E-Learning Coordinator at the University of Florida.
  • Ricky Telg, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Agricultural Education and Communication and the Director of the Center for Public Issues Education at the University of Florida.

Other Collaborators

  • Levy Randolph, Ph.D., is the Communications Manager in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, at Michigan State University.
  • Tiffany Rogers-Randolph, Ph.D., is the Michigan FFA Executive Secretary and Outreach Specialist at Michigan State University.