University of Maryland Eastern Shore 2000-02 Catalog

The School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Dean, School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences

Carolyn B. Brooks, Ph.D.

Interim Chair

Mervalin Morant, Ph.D.

1890 Associate Research Director

Arthur L. Allen, Ph.D.

Professors:

Carolyn B. Brooks, Ph.D.
Ejigou Demissie, Ph.D.
Jagmohan Joshi, Ph.D.

Associate Professors:

Emmanuel Acquah, Ph.D.
Arthur L. Allen, Ph.D.
Robert Dadson, Ph.D.
Thomas Handwerker, Ph.D.
Jeannine Harter-Dennis, Ph.D.
George Heath, Ph.D., DVM
Theodore Mollett, Ph.D.
Mervalin Morant, Ph.D.
Okeleke Nzeogwu, Ph.D.

Assistant Professors:

George Shorter, Ph.D.
Niki Whitley, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor

Kristian Garver, Ph.D.

Director, Farm Operations:

James Jardine, M.S.

Adjunct Faculty:

Dixie Bounds, Ph.D.
Steve Fitz-Coy, Ph.D.
Steven Hughes, Ph.D.
John Luchansky, Ph.D.
Eric May, Ph.D.
Thomas Oscar, Ph.D.
George Stein, DVM

MISSION

The mission of the Department of Agriculture is to motivate, challenge, and develop scholars in a nourishing, and student-centered environment. These scholars will ultimately make a profound contribution to the further development of the agricultural food and fiber industry in keeping with the Land-Grant tradition of teaching, research, and service. Thus, it is our never-ending task to provide students with (1) meaningful research and instruction, and experiential learning opportunities, (2) skills in information management, (3) critical and analytical thinking skills necessary to integrate theory and real-world situations for making management decisions, and (4) the ability to communicate effectively. Additionally, we strive to prepare students who can negotiate a peaceful coexistence in an ethnically diverse workforce, and also appreciate the global nature of our highly technical computer-information oriented society. This combination of knowledge and experiences, enforced with proper timing, will provide the mechanism for enhancing the knowledge base of our students. This approach will also aid students in the cultivation of personal philosophies based on the knowledge of self, and a profound concern for all of humanity. A broad knowledge base of this magnitude will enhance the capability of our students to more effectively meet the challenges of the existing highly competitive and global job market. The overall mission of the department is to produce quality graduates through superior, modern instruction delivery systems. These students will meet the needs for technological fluency in today’s workforce.

GOAL

The goal of our teaching program is to provide the nation with scholars who have attained intellectual and professional competencies, acquired strong communication skills, admirable interpersonal skills, cultivated a sense of social and civic responsibility and who value ethical and humanistic codes of behavior.

OBJECTIVES

To provide an interdisciplinary program in the mathematical, technological, biological, physical and social sciences, and humanities to support individual areas of concentration in agriculture;
To adequately prepare students in the application of scientific principles and techniques to agriculture, namely, agricultural economics/agri-business, agricultural education, agricultural engineering/mechanization, animal and poultry sciences, and plant and soil sciences;
To prepare students for careers in research, industry, local, state and federal governmental agencies and international organizations.

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