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Dr. Curt Rom -
Professor at the University of Arkansas
Horticulture, Pomology, & Plant Sciences
crom@uark.edu
http://comp.uark.edu/~crom/
Phone: 479.575.7434
Fax: 479.575.8619
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| A Professor
of Horticulture at the University of Arkansas with 22
years of instructional experience at three major land
grant institutions. He teaches courses in horticulture
and agriculture from the introductory undergraduate
level through graduate and professional courses. He
is active in educational issues on his campus and a
leader in promoting effective curricula and teaching
excellence. He has received numerous institutional,
regional, and national awards for his teaching. He developed
and is the coordinator of the department internship
and career development program. He also has an active
research program which incorporates undergraduate students
as well as graduate students in laboratory, greenhouse
and field research experiences. He will have responsibility
for oversight and execution of the projects at the University
of Arkansas. |
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Dr. Donn Johnson -
Professor at the University
of Arkansas
Entomology Department - Fruit and
Rice Entomology
dtjohnso@uark.edu
http://comp.uark.edu/~dtjohnso/
Phone: 479.575.2501
Fax: 479.575.2452
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| Professor of
Entomology at the University of Arkansas. Dr. Johnson
has been developing and implementing integrated fruit
crop programs in the southeastern U.S.A., Yemen, India
and Armenia for over 25 years and in rice the last five
years. His research has involved developing and evaluating
various organic pest management tactics in apples, blackberries,
grapes and peaches, including improving traps and decision-making
programs for brown stink bug, codling moth, grape berry
moth, Oriental fruit moth and plum curculio, and mating
disruption of codling moth, grape berry moth, grape
root borer and Oriental fruit moth. |
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Dr. David Mller
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Professor at the University of Arkansas
Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences - Soil Chemistry/Soil
Reclimation
dmmiller@uark.edu
http://www.uark.edu/depts/agronomy/facpage/miller/miller.html
Phone: 479.575.5747
Fax: 479.575.7465 |
| Dr. Miller
is a professor of Soil Chemistry at the University of
Arkansas He received his B.S. in Chemistry and M.S.
in Soil Chemistry at Purdue University and his Ph.D.
in Soil Chemistry at the University of Georgia. Over
his years at the University of Arkansas, he has taught
a variety of courses in Soil Science ranging from the
introductory courses to high level soil chemistry courses
to a graduate level course in soil mineralogy. He has
served as the academic advisor and supervisor for numerous
undergraduate, masters, and doctoral candidate students.
In addition to this, Dr. Miller has performed a service
to the University by participating in many University,
College, and Departmental committees. |
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Dr. Jennie Popp -
Associate Professor at the University
of Arkansas
Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness
jhpopp@uark.edu
http://www.uark.edu/depts/agriecon/faculty/jsp.htm
Phone: 479.575.2279
Fax: 479.575.5306 |
| Associate
Professor of Agriculture Economics and Agri-Business
at the University of Arkansas. Dr. Popp has seven years
teaching experience at University of Arkansas and consistently
is ranked as one of the top teachers in her department.
She has developed a graduate level environmental economics
class for her department and a college-wide orientation
course offered to incoming freshmen. Dr. Popp's research
has focused on identification and evaluation of sustainable
resource management practices and policies in a production
agriculture (row crop, livestock and fruit) setting.
Dr. Popp's primary research endeavors have addressed:
1) modeling sustainability, 2) analysis of sustainable
agricultural best management practices (including precision
agriculture and integrated pest management), 3) soil
and water quality concerns, and 4) production and environmental
risk management for limited resource farmers and ranchers.
These analyses take a holistic approach by incorporating
the knowledge from economics and other resource, policy
and agricultural production fields to address the economic,
environmental and social impacts of production management
decisions. |
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Dr. Mary Savin -
Assistant Professor at the
University of Arkansas
Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences - Microbial
Ecology
msavin@uark.edu
http://www.uark.edu/depts/agronomy/facpage/savin/savin.htm
Phone: 479.575.5731
Fax: 479.575.7465 |
| Assistant
professor of microbial ecology and soil biology in the
Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences
at the University of Arkansas. She is heavily involved
with the undergraduate program and has been leading
curriculum revision efforts in the Environmental, Soil,
and Water Sciences major. Dr. Savin advises undergraduate
students in academics and research projects, as well
as graduate students, and is an advisor to the undergraduate
departmental club. Dr. Savin's research interests involve
studying belowground ecology to better understand biogeochemical
dynamics and ecosystem functioning. An overriding goal
of Dr. Savin's research involves integrating and utilizing
microorganisms as objective indicators of response to
management practices and environmental restoration.
Recent and current research includes projects investigating
nutrient availability under invasive plant species and
native grasses, microbial community structure, antibiotic
resistance, and enzyme activity in soils receiving poultry
litter, relating soil quality to soybean characteristics,
relating nematode communities to ecosystem recovery
in oil-contaminated soil undergoing phytoremediation,
and studying the effects of earthworms on nutrient cycling. |
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Dr. Barbara Bellows -
Soil and Water Quality Specialist
National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT)
ATTRA - National Sustainable Agricultural Information
Service
barbarab@ncat.org
http://www.ncat.org
http://attra.ncat.org
Phone: 479.442.9824 x142
1.800.346.9140 |
| Sustainable
Agriculture Specialist with the National Center for
Appropriate Technology. She has extensive experience
in soil quality assessment and monitoring for sustainable
agricultural production. She also has over 15 years
of experience coordinating and conducting participatory
research and educational projects with farmers. These
projects include developing and serving as the coordinator
for a multidisciplinary and multisector advisory board
of a USAID-funded research and development project
in the Philippines. This advisory board included upland
farmers, university professors, representatives of
local municipalities, and the director of the Philippine
National Department of Agriculture. She also directed
the production of a SARE-funded video entitled, The
Farmers’ Relevant Voice, documenting the activities
and role of farmers serving on the advisory board
of a watershed program in Upstate New York.
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Heather Friedrich -
Program Specialist
University of Arkansas
Department of Horticulture
heatherf@uark.edu
Phone: 479.575.2798
Fax: 479.575.8619
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| Heather Friedrich
has been a program technician in the Horticulture department
at UA, since the fall of 2003. Prior to coming to Arkansas,
she worked in the Organic Agriculture Program at Iowa
State University. Heather grew up on a dairy farm in
northeast Iowa. Her family is still farming in Iowa,
but since 1997 they have been producing certified organic
corn, soybeans, alfalfa, and barley. Heather received
her bachelor of science degree in human nutrition at
the University of Wisconsin-Stout and then continued
for her masters degree at Iowa State University in the
horticulture department where she studied organic apple
pest management. |
