The College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences welcomed 44 personnel to the college, or to new positions within the college, in 2021-22. Those personnel were introduced during CAES’ Faculty and Staff Institute on Aug. 12.
Department of Animal Sciences
- Radiah Minor, Ph.D. – Chairperson, Department of Animal Sciences
- Lauren Mayo – Research Assistant Professor
- Peter Dele – Research Associate (Lab of Uchenne Anele, Ph.D.)
- Adedeji Adetuniji – Research Associate (Lab of Yewande Fasina, Ph.D.)
Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
- Md. Rasel Uzzaman, Ph.D. – Post-doctoral Scholar
- Valerie McMillan, Ph.D. – Interim Chairperson
- Hao Feng, Ph.D. – Blue Cross Blue Shield Endowed Professor
- Nina Smith, Ph.D. – CDFS Associate Professor (pending)
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Design
- Lynda McGee – Administrative Specialist
- Monate Johnson – Interim Administrative Specialist (Biological Engineering)
- Sneha Roy, Ph.D. – Adjunct Instructor
Agricultural Communications
- Dustin Chandler – Communications Specialist
- Teresa McRae – Interim Administrative Assistant
- Lydian Bernhardt – Interim Communications Director
Agricultural Research
- Gregory Goins, Ph.D. – Interim Associate Dean for Research
The Center for Excellence in Post-Harvest Technologies
- Erute Adongbe – Visiting scholar
- Yilun Dong – Visiting scholar
- Pei-Lee Sheng – Post-scholar
- Yongwei Jiang – Visiting scholar
- Maria Miguel-Ortiz – Postdoctoral Research Scholar
- Changling Hu – Research Associate
- Tao Wang – Research Scientist
University Farm
- Daniel Cooper – Interim Farm Superintendent
- Douglas Jones – Interim Assistant Farm Superintendent
- Erica Crawford – Building Events Manager
- Jose Lopez – Swine Technician (Temporary)
- Mark Paylor – Poultry Coordinator
Cooperative Extension
- Barbara Board, Ph.D. – Interim Associate Dean and Extension Administrator
- Jean Brownfield – Nutrition Educator- SNAP-Ed & EFNEP
- Crystal Cook-Marshall, Ph.D. – Agromedicine Coordinator
- Toni Newby – 4-H Extension Agent
- Joanna Blitch – Administrative Support Associate- ANR
- Cynthia Knudson – Area Specialized Small Farms - Northeast
- Lauren Hargrave, Ph.D. – Program Evaluation & Accountability Coordinator
- Rachel Bland – Extension Agent, Family and Consumer Sciences
- Ryan O’Connor – Nutrition Educator- EFNEP (Temporary)
- Kayla Dickerson – 4-H Program Assistant - Martin County (Temporary)
- Jennifer Swann – 4-H Assistant (Temporary)
- Robert Stevenson – Small Farm Liaison (Temporary)
- Joel Fulton – 4-H Youth Program Liaison (Temporary)
- Antoinette Glover – Executive Assistant (Temporary)
- Heather Berger – Horticulture Assistant (Temporary
- Danielle Barber – Volunteerism Assistant (Temporary)
- Kennae Rawlings – PSE Outreach Assistant (Temporary)
