Projects
International Agricultural Education Fellowship Program (IAEFP)
A $500,000 funded partnership between the United States Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA FAS) and Texas A&M University.
Deployed to Yamoransa, Ghana (West Africa) for 10 months to work with teachers and community members to implement School-Based Agriculture Education (SBAE) programs and establish youth development leadership clubs. Fellows’ complete community needs assessments to create relevant and sustainable agriculture projects at each school.
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Using SBAE as a vehicle to give youth the opportunity to experiment with novel agriculture methods in a low-risk environment as a means to alleviate food insecurity. Students become change agents in their own communities to disseminate to adults what they learned from the classroom, leadership clubs, home entrepreneurship projects, and school gardens.
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A $500,000 grant project funded by United State Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) that was secured by then, two graduate students at California State University, Fresno, Jonathan Moules and Cameron Standridge.
Being awarded such a grant specifically to graduate students is a first for Fresno State and USDA NIFA.
California State University, Fresno and Cal Poly, SLO is leading a state-wide effort to prepare and disseminate new agriscience curriculum and professional development experiences to assist 9th-12th grade in-service teachers, pre-service post-baccalaureate teachers, and high school administrators and counselors in preparing the future food and agriscience workforce.
An agricultural phenomena database emphasizing Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) will be developed and integrated into existing teacher professional development to secure long-term adoption in agriscience pathways. Experiential learning experiences, teacher externships, and administrator/counselor events, will connect educational professionals to the agriscience industry and government leaders.
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Tissue Culture Lab Construction
A student-teacher project taken on at the Hilmar High School Agriculture Department to supplement horticulture instruction. Planning and construction became a joint effort of agriculture mechanics and horticulture students as well as department faculty. The tissue culture lab is in continuous construction after the completion of my student-teaching tenure.
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A $1,000,000 grant project funded by United State Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA).
ACRS21 is a certificate pathway that brings together industry professionals, agriculture educators, and the community to boldly prepare successful students to become future industry leaders through real-world experiences, soft skills development, and career readiness for the 21st century.
The program will utilize existing resources to create a transferrable certificated pathway uniting high school, community colleges, and universities in the development of soft skills and career readiness training. ACRS21 will improve employability of underrepresented students through development of a sequenced, vertically aligned soft skills and career readiness pathway based on experiential learning activities.
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Academic Research
Over the past three years, a number of research investigations have magnified the pressing issues in School-Based Agricultural Education programs, teachers, and students. Many of the research efforts have been recognized with national honors.
Published Manuscripts, Posters, and Thesis