Campus-Based Faculty Directory
Position |
Name |
|
Phone |
Vice President | Kenneth White | ken.white@usu.edu | 435-797-2201 |
Associate Vice President | Brian Higginbotham |
brian.h@usu.edu | 435-797-7276 |
Position |
Name |
|
Phone |
Director 4-H and Youth Programs, |
Dave Frances | dave.frances@usu.edu | 435-797-0930 |
Assistant Director, 4-H & Youth Programs 4-H mentoring, professional development, teen leadership |
Craig Dart | craig.dart@usu.edu | 435-797-0208 |
State 4-H Volunteer Specialist |
Stacey MacArthur |
435-797-2202 |
|
College and Career Readiness |
Kelsey Romney | kelsey.romney@usu.edu | 435-797-2250 |
State 4-H Activities Coordinator |
Megan Hendrickson | megan.hendrickson@usu.edu | |
State 4-H Agriculture and Livestock Programs |
Jessie Hadfield |
435-797-8442 |
|
State 4-H STEM Program Specialist |
Deb Ivie | deb.ivie@usu.edu | |
Shooting Sports & Outdoor Education |
Blake Clark | blake.clark@usu.edu |
Position |
Name |
|
Phone |
Agricultural Systems Technology & Education | |||
Ag Engineering & Pesticide Specialist Pesticides, agricultural engineering, energy |
Richard Beard | richard.beard@usu.edu | 435-797-0573 |
Environmental Quality Specialist |
Rhonda Miller | rhonda.miller@usu.edu | 435-797-3772 |
Program Director,
Agriculture in the Classroom |
Denise
Stewardson |
denise.stewardson@usu.edu | 435-797-1592 |
Agronomy | |||
Agronomist Agronomy, irrigated and dryland |
Earl Creech | earl.creech@usu.edu | 435-797-7319 |
Animal Health | |||
Beef Specialist | Matthew Garcia | matt.garcia@usu.edu | 435-797-2144 |
Poultry Specialist Poultry health and disease, poultry |
David Frame | david.frame@usu.edu | 435-623-1402 |
Veterinarian Equine & Food Animals Specialist Livestock (animal) health, |
Kerry Rood | kerry.rood@usu.edu | 435-797-1882 |
Veterinarian Dairy Specialist Dairy cow, goat and sheep |
David Wilson | david.wilson@usu.edu | 435-797-7120 |
Crop Production | |||
Fruit Specialist Tree fruits and berry crops |
Brent Black | brent.black@usu.edu | 435-797-2174 |
Nuts and Fruits Specialist | Teryl Roper | teryl.roper@usu.edu | 435-797-8698 |
Vegetable Specialist Commercial vegetables and |
Dan Drost |
dan.drost@usu.edu | 435-797-2258 |
Dairy Production | |||
Dairy Youth Specialist 4-H and FFA dairy judging contests, |
Justin Jenson | justin.jenson@usu.edu | 435-245-6067 |
Dairy Specialist Dairy management |
Allen Young | allen.young@usu.edu | 435-797-3763 |
Economics | |||
Agriculture & Food Marketing Specialist Agricultural marketing, agribusiness |
Kynda Curtis | 435-797-0444 | |
Applied Economics Specialist |
Dillon Feuz | dillon.feuz@usu.edu | 435-797-2296 |
Agriculture Entrepreneurship Specialist |
Ruby Ward | ruby.ward@usu.edu | 435-797-2323 |
Extension Economist | Ryan Larsen | ryan.larsen@usu.edu | |
Natural Resource and Regional Economics Specialist | Paul Jakus | paul.jakus@usu.edu | 435-797-2309 |
Equine | |||
Equine Specialist Equine health business management |
Karl Hoopes | karl.hoopes@usu.edu | 435-535-5140 |
Irrigation | |||
Irrigation Specialist Agriculture irrigation, urban irrigation, |
Niel Allen | n.allen@usu.edu | 435-797-3926 |
Landscape Horticulture & Design | |||
Water Conservation & Turfgrass Specialist Landscape water conservation, turfgrass |
Kelly Kopp | kelly.kopp@usu.edu | 435-757-6650 |
Landscape Horticulture Specialist | Larry Rupp | larry.rupp@usu.edu | 435-232-1158 |
Landscape Architecture Specialist |
David Anderson |
435-797-1984 | |
Landsacpe Architecture Specialist | David Evans |
435-797-0508 |
|
Plant Pest Management | |||
Entomology Specialist Integrated pest management in field |
Ricardo Ramirez |
ricardo.ramirez@usu.edu | 435-797-8088 |
Horticulture-Entomology Specialist Horticultural entomology, integrated pest |
Diane Alston | diane.alston@usu.edu | 435-797-2516 |
Entomologist Control of ornamental, forest, urban, and |
Ryan Davis | ryan.davis@usu.edu | 435-797-2435 |
Integrated Pest Management Project Leader IPM for ornamental plants, fruits, |
Marion Murray | marion.murray@usu.edu | 435-797-0776 |
Plant Pathologist |
Claudia Nischwitz |
claudia.nischwitz@usu.edu | 435-797-7569 |
CAPS Coordinator Utah Cooperative Agricultural Pest |
Lori Spears | lori.spears@usu.edu | 801-668-4056 |
Soils | |||
Soils Specialist Soil fertility, quality, soil salinity |
Grant Cardon | grant.cardon@usu.edu | 435-797-2278 |
Soil Conservation Specialist Soil & water conservation, erosion, arid land reclamation/restoration, and |
Robert Newhall |
bob.newhall@usu.edu | 435-797-2183 |
Weeds | |||
Weed Specialist Weed managment |
Corey Ransom | corey.ransom@usu.edu | 435-797-2242 |
Position |
Name |
|
Phone |
Business | |||
State Director, Utah Small Business Development Center Management consultant |
Michael Finnerty | mike.finnerty@usu.edu | 435-919-1296 |
Associate State Director, Utah Small Business Development Center Management consultant |
Jason Yerka | jason.yerka@usu.edu | 435-919-1296 |
Director, Logan Small Business Development Center Management consultant |
Michael Young | smike.young@usu.edu | 435-797-3303 |
Director, Uintah Small Business Development Center Management consultant |
Mark Holmes | mark.holmes@usu.edu | 435-789-6100 ext 1179 |
Business Analyst, Tooele Small Business Development Center Management consultant |
Ryen Salazar | ryen.salazar@usu.edu | 435-248-1892 |
Community Development | |||
Accountability/Reporting/Youth Council Community surveys, youth city councils, |
Stan Guy | stanley.guy@usu.edu | 435-797-3221 |
Community Resource Development Specialist Community collaboration, natural resource |
Steve Daniels |
steve.daniels@usu.edu | 435-797-1255 |
Latino Programs | |||
Latino Specialist |
Celina Wille | celina.wille@usu.edu | 435-752-6263 |
Position |
Name |
|
Phone |
Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program | |||
State Director, EFNEP Basic food and nutrition and paraprofessional job development |
Paula Scott | paula.scott@usu.edu | 801-451-3405 |
Food Safety & Storage | |||
Food Quality & Entrepreneurship Specialist Entrepreneurship, food production, |
Karin Allen | karin.allen@usu.edu | 435-797-1768 |
Food Safety Specialist |
Brian Nummer |
435-797-2116 |
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Food $ense | |||
State Director, Food $ense Nutrition and food security |
Heidi LeBlanc | heidi.leblanc@usu.edu | 435-797-3923 |
Marriage & Family Relations | |||
Family Relations Specialist Marriage, divorce, and remarriage |
Brian Higginbotham |
brian.h@usu.edu | 435-797-7276 |
Family Relations Specialist | David Schramm | david.schramm@usu.edu |
435-797-8183 |
Nutrition | |||
Nutrition Specialist Obesity and health, weight loss and |
Carrie Durward | carrie.durward@usu.edu | 435-797-5843 |
Position |
Name |
|
Phone |
Forestry | |||
Forestry Specialist Forestry and trees (rural and urban), and forestry in the wildland/urban interface |
Michael Kuhns | mike.kuhns@usu.edu | 435-797-4056 |
Forestry Program Associate |
Darren McAvoy | darren.mcavoy@usu.edu |
435-797-0560 |
Forestry Educator |
Megan Dettenmaier | megan.dettenmaier@usu.edu |
435-797-8424 |
Utah Master Naturalist Program | |||
Extension Assistant Professor Environmental education programs |
Mark
Larese-Casanova |
marklc@usu.edu | 435-760-6146 |
Range | |||
Range Extension Specialist Grazing management, rangeland monitoring & wildlife-livestock interaction |
Eric Thacker | eric.thacker@usu.edu | 435-797-7874 |
Livestock Behavior & |
Beth Burritt |
435-797-3576 | |
Recreation & Tourism | |||
Institute for Outdoor Recreation and Tourism Director Rural, community and sustainable tourism development |
Jordan Smith | jordan.smith@usu.edu | 435-797-9174 |
Sustainability | |||
Sustainable Communities Specialist Sustainable living, waste reduction, Utah farm-chef-fork, Sustainable You! 4-H camps, permaculture, and climate change |
Roslynn Brain | roslynn.brain@usu.edu | 435-797-5116 |
Water Quality | |||
Water Quality Specialist Surface water quality, citizen monitoring |
Nancy Mesner | nancy.mesner@usu.edu | 435-797-7541 |
Wildlife | |||
Wildlife Specialist Wildlife biology and managment |
David Dahlgren | dave.dahlgren@usu.edu |
435-881-1910 |
Wildlife Specialist Wildlife biology, human-wildlife conflict |
Nicki Frey | nicki.frey@usu.edu | 435-586-1924 |
Wildlife Specialist Human-wildlife conflicts and the |
Terry Messmer | terry.messmer@usu.edu | 435-797-3975 |
Position |
Name |
|
Phone |
Western Rural Development Center Director Economic, energy, and sustainable |
Don Albrecht | don.albrecht@usu.edu | 435-797-2798 |
Western Rural Development Center Assistant Director Editor, Rural Connections |
Betsy Newman | betsy.newman@usu.edu | 435-797-0218 |