Leadership Team
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Lead Dean; Vice President and Dean College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
kress.98@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Office of Outreach and Engagement
Office of Academic Affairs
Vice Provost for Outreach and Engagement Associate Professor
schmiesing.3@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Interim Faculty Director and Associate Dean and Director, CFAES Wooster Campus
dorrance.1@osu.edu
InFACT Staff
Executive Committee
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Associate Director and Professor of Water Security
jackson-smith.1@osu.edu
College of Arts and Sciences
Interim Director, Humanities Institute and Senior Lecturer
livingston.28@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Associate Chair, Van Buren Professor
roe.30@osu.edu
Faculty Hires
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Assistant Professor, Hort. & Crop Science/Animal Science
Marilia Barbosa Chiavegato, PhD
chiavegato.1@osu.edu
Max M. Fisher College of Business
Assistant Professor of Management and Human Resources
contigiani.1@osu.edu
College of Engineering
Assistant Professor, Knowlton, Landscape Architecture Section
davis.6345@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Professor, Agricultural, Environmental, and Dev. Economics
hu.1851@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Associate Professor, School of Environment and Natural Resources
inwood.2@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Associate Director and Professor of Water Security
jackson-smith.1@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Assistant Professor, Agricultural Sensing for Sustainability Indicators
khanal.3@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Associate Professor, Department of Animal Sciences
parker.1203@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Assistant Professor of Soil Science and Rhizosphere Processes
sprunger.29@osu.edu
Our Team
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Emeritus Professor, Dept. of Entomology
Casey Hoy, PhD
hoy.1@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Program Manager
Besma Abbaoui, PhD
abbaoui.1@osu.edu
College of Arts and Sciences
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Associate Professor, Dept. of Agricultural Communication, Education and Leadership
agunga.1@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Associate Professor of Environmental and Natural Resource Sociology
ard.7@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Professor of Soil and Environmental Chemistry
basta.4@osu.edu
College of Arts and Sciences
Assistant Professor, Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology
bennett.1242@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Extension Educator, OSU South Centers
bergefurd.1@osu.edu
College of Public Health
Vice Dean for Academic Affairs and Academic Administration and Professor Interim Chair
bisesi.12@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Associate Professor and Extension Field Specialist, Communitiy Economics
bowen-ellzey.1@osu.edu
The Ohio State University at Newark
Director, Business and Finance, Central Ohio Technical College
David Brillhart
brillhart.5@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Adjunct Professor - President & CEO BioHio Resesarch Park
brummet.1@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Professor, School of Environment and Natural Resources
bruskotter.9@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Professor, Director of Graduate Studies and Co-Director of OSU Leadership Center
buck.210@osu.edu
College of Engineering
Walter H. Kidd Professor, Architecture
Michael Cadwell, FAAR, FAIA, LEED AP
cadwell.1@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Professor, Department of Horticulture and Crop Science
cardina.2@osu.edu
Moritz College of Law
Associate Dean for Faculty and Intellectual Life, Alumni Society Designated Professor of Law
carlarne.1@osu.edu
College of Arts and Sciences
Robert T. Lazarus Professor in Population Studies and Director of the Institute for Population Res.
casterline.10@osu.edu
John Glenn College of Public Affairs
Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies
clark.1099@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Horticulture and Crop Science/Food Science & Technology
cooperstone.1@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Associate Professor & State Specialist of Soil Fertility
culman2@osu.edu
The Ohio State University at Mansfield
Assistant Professor of Environmental History
curtis.457@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Professor, Dept. of Horticulture and Crop Science
dami.1@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Assistant Professor in Parks, Protected Areas, Natural Resources Management
dietsch.29@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Assistant Professor, Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
drewry.19@osu.edu
College of Nursing
Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing
Jennifer L. Dush, PhD, APRN-CNP
dush.3@osu.edu
College of Engineering
Assistant Professor - Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, HDI
fiorentini.2@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Water Quality Extension Associate
fisher.1466@osu.edu
College of Veterinary Medicine
Assistant Professor - Clinical and Program Head of Zoo & Wildlife Cons. Medicine & Ecosystem Health
flint.71@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Emeritus Professor, Department of Animal Sciences
fluharty.1@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Professor, Department of Horticulture and Crop Science
francis.77@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Professor, Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
fulton.20@osu.edu
College of Veterinary Medicine
Associate Professor, Veterinary Preventive Medicine
Rebecca Garabed, VMD, MPVM, PhD
garabed.1@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Assistant Professor, Animal Sciences
garcia.625@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Associate Professor & Wildlife Extension Specialist
gehrt.1@osu.edu
College of Veterinary Medicine
Assistant Professor - Professional Practice, Animal Sciences
george.239@osu.edu
Max M. Fisher College of Business
Professor of Operations and Associate Director, Center for Operational Excellence
gray.402@osu.edu
College of Education and Human Ecology
Associate Professor, Department of Human Sciences and Pediatrics
gunther.22@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Department Chair and Professor of Agricutural, Environmental, and Development Economics
haab.1@osu.edu
The Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute
Associate Professor - Soils & Agronomy
haden.9@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Program Specialist, Ohio Cooperative Development Center, OSU South Centers
harlow.79@osu.edu
College of Education and Human Ecology
Assistant Professor, College of Education and Human Ecology, Human Sciences
hatsu.1@osu.edu
College of Arts and Sciences
Distinguished Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences
herrmann.1@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Family & Consumer Science Educator and Area 9 Leader
hill.14@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Assistant Professor, School of Environment and Natural Resources
hitzhusen.3@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Extension Educator, Associate Professor, Extension
hogan.1@osu.edu
The Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute
Associate Professor (Ag. Business) & Business Technologies Coordinator
hostetler.78@osu.edu
College of Arts and Sciences
Professor, Distinguished University Scholar, Earth Sciences
howat.4@osu.edu
College of Public Health
Assistant Professor & Affiliated Faculty, Translational Data Analytics Env. Health Sciences
hyder.22@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Faculty Director, Sustainability Institute
irwin.78@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Educator, Agriculture and Natural Resources/Integrated Pest Management Program Coordinator/Professor
jasinski.4@osu.edu
College of Engineering
Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
johnson.1374@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Natural Resources
karns.36@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
FAES Grants and Contracts Administrator
kaser.37@osu.edu
College of Public Health
Associate Professor, Clinical Public Health and Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Programs
kaye.3@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Food Science & Technology
Matthias Klein, PhD
klein.663@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Associate Professor, Vegetable Specialist, Extension
kleinhenz.1@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Distinguished University Professor of Soil Science
lal.1@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Assistant Professor, Crop Ecophysiology and Agronomy
lindsey.227@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Professor of Rural Sociology
lobao.1@osu.edu
College of Education and Human Ecology
Professor, Dept. of Human Sciences and Professor, John Glenn Dean's Office
loibl.3@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Associate Professor, School of Environment and Natural Resources
lyon.248@osu.edu
Max M. Fisher College of Business
Dean, Fisher College of Business and John W. Berry, Sr. Chair in Business
makhija.1@osu.edu
College of Arts and Sciences
Chair and Professor, Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology
marschall.2@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Professor, Dept. of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
martin.1130@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Professor, OSU Extension, Community Development
martin.1540@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Associate Professor of Wildlife Landscape Ecology
matthews.204@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Area Leader and Program Director, OSU Extension Franklin Co.
meadows.125@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Associate Professor in Plant Ecology and Evolution
mercer.97@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Professor and Chair, Department of Horticulture and Crop Science
metzger.72@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Professor, Dept. of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
michel.36@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Professor and Associate Chair, Dept. of Entomology
michel.70@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Distinguished Professor of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences in Plant Pathology
miller.769@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Water Quality Extension Associate
moneymaker.4@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Faculty Emeritus and Former Dean
Bobby Moser, PhD
moser.2@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Distinguished Professor, Food, Agricultural, and Env. Sciences and Faculty Dir., Foods for Health
peterson.892@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Ohio Farm to School Program Assistant, OSU Extension, Family and Consumer Sciences
plahuta.12@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics
plakias.2@osu.edu
College of Arts and Sciences
Consulting Manager, Center for Urban and Regional Analysis
porr.4@osu.edu
College of Education and Human Ecology
College of Medicine
Associate Professor, Human Sciences Administration
pratt.192@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Associate Professor & Extension Field Specialist, Community and Organizational Leadership
raison.1@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Associate Professor of Food, Nutrition and Wellness
remley.4@osu.edu
The Ohio State University at Newark
Associate Professor and Ohio State Newark Research Coordinator
roberts.762@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Program Manager, OSU South Centers, Ohio Coop. Dev. Center
scott.1220@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Director and Professor of Rural Sociology, School of Environment and Natural Resources
sharp.123@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Professor and Chair, Department of Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering
shearer.95@osu.edu
College of Arts and Sciences
Professor and Distinguished University Scholar, School of Earth Sciences
shum.3@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Associate Director and Professor, School of Environment and Natural Resources
slater.39@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
College of Public Health
Associate Professor and Extension Field Specialist, Youth Nutrition and Wellness, OSU Extension
smathers.14@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Associate Professor and Agricultural Communication Program Coordinator
specht.21@osu.edu
College of Medicine
Associate Professor, School of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences
Colleen Spees, PhD, MEd, RDN, LD, FAND
spees.11@osu.edu
College of Arts and Sciences
Assistant Professor, Landscape Architecture, Knowlton School
steiner.298@osu.edu
Office of Academic Affairs
Senior Research Associate, Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity
sweeney.270@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Associate Professor, Molecular Genetics, Nematology, Department of Plant Pathology
taylor.1886@osu.edu
College of Medicine
Professor of Medical Dietetics
Chris A. Taylor, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND
taylor.1043@osu.edu
College of Engineering
Associate Professor, Clinical, Electrical & Computer Engr.
villarroel.1@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Professor, Food Science Technology
wang.707@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
College of Public Health
Assistant Professor and Director, Center for Public Health Practice
wapner.1@osu.edu
Max M. Fisher College of Business
Senior Associate Dean for Academics Richard M. Ross Chair in Management
ward.1@osu.edu
College of Medicine
College of Public Health
Professor, Environmental Health Services
weghorst.2@osu.edu
College of Education and Human Ecology
Associate Professor, Dept. of Human Sciences
wilkinson.110@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Sea Grant Extension Educator and Program Coordinator, Sea Grant/SENR
wright.1128@osu.edu
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Associate Professor of Environmental Modeling and Spatial Analysis
zhao.1423@osu.edu
External Partners
Network Developer, Appalachian Staple Foods Collaborative/Rural Action
michellea@ruralaction.org
Senior Economist - Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation Global Practice, The World Bank
abeath@worldbank.org
Regional Director, South & Southeast Asia; Cambodia Director, Mines Advisory Group (MAG)
Greg.crowther@maginternational.org
Director, Vocational Discernment and Community Engagement, Methodist Theological School in Ohio
kdickson@mtso.edu
Rescource Specialist, Fairfield Soil & Water Conservation District
jferbrache@fairfieldswcd.org
Master in Science, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM)
Maria Fernanda Herce Sanchez
mfherce@ciencias.unam.mx
Associate Professor of Health and Human Kinetics, Ohio Wesleyan University
clfink@owu.edu
Wilks Family Director, The McHarg Center
Ian McHarg Center, Univ. of Pennsylvania Weitzman School of Design wflem@design.upenn.edu
Ian McHarg Center, Univ. of Pennsylvania Weitzman School of Design wflem@design.upenn.edu
Regulatory Services Officer and BM Farm Africa Director, Sugar Board of Tanzania
Bahati Hakimu
hakimubahati@gmail.com
NECIC Communications Coordinator, North End Community Improvement Collaborative
Candace Harrell
CandaceHerrellNews@gmail.com
Visiting Assistant Professor - Denison University, Environmental Studies
Thomas Henshaw
henshawt@denison.edu
Assistant District Director/Watershed Coordinator, Erie Soil & Water Conservation District
Bhohman@eriecounty.oh.gov
Donation Station Program Director, Community Food Initiatives
donationstation@communityfoodinitiatives.org
Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture
Unviersity of Nebraska-Lincoln skarle@unl.edu
Unviersity of Nebraska-Lincoln skarle@unl.edu
Teaching Garden Coordinator, North End Community Improvement Collaborative
Mona Kneuss
mona@necic-ohio.org
Health Educator - Creating Healthy Communities Program Coordinator, Allen Co. Public Health
smiller@allenhealthdept.org
Associate Professor
Landscape Architecture and Environmental Design, UC Davis bmilligan@ucdavis.edu
Landscape Architecture and Environmental Design, UC Davis bmilligan@ucdavis.edu
Professor, Department of Telecommunications and Communications Networks, The Univ. of Dodoma
Aloys Mvuma
anmvuma@gmail.com
Assistant Professor of Theology, Ecology and Race, Methodist Theological School in Ohio
egodsey@mtso.edu
Consultant, Analyst, Independent consultant, mine action and development
Robert Edward (Ted) Paterson
t.paterson66@gmail.com
Director of Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry Academic Dept., Rural Action
tomr@ruralaction.org
Management Analyst II, Policy, Resesarch & Evaluation, Center for Public Health Innovation
Karima Samadi , MPH, CHES
KRSamadi@columbus.gov
M&E Specialist, United Nations Development Program; Cambodia Mine Action Authority
sronsamrithea@cmaa.gov.kh
Economist, Sustainable Economies Consulting
eschuster@sustainableeconomiesconsulting.com
Associate Professor of Practical Theology, Methodist Theological School of Ohio
tvanmeter@mtso.edu
Founder and Executive Director, North End Community Improvement Collaborative
Deanna West-Torrence
deanna@necic-ohio.org
Assoc. Academic Dean & Assoc. Professor of Christian Ethics, Methodist Theological School in Ohio
Yvonne Zimmerman
yzimmerman@mtso.edu
PhD Student, College of Social Work
Michelle Hand
Research Associate, Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity
Kip Holley
Graduate Fellow, College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Ohio 4-H
Dustin Homan
Student Assistant, Knowlton School of Architecture
Ryan McKee
Graduate Teaching Associate, College of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics
Danyi Qi
Graduate Teaching Associate, Knowlton School of Architecture
Tameka Sims