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SERA-19 Rural Health

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Linda A. Alexander
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Associate Professor
Department of Health Behavior
University of Kentucky
College of Public Health
Suite 110, 121 Washington Avenue
Lexington, KY 40536-0003
Phone: 859-257-5678, ext. 82033
Fax: 859-323-5698
ljouridi@uky.edu

 

Jorge Atiles
Associate Dean Academic
College of Family & Consumer Sciences
University of Georgia
0224 Dawson Hall
Athens, GA 30602
Phone: 706-542-4860
jhatiles@uga.edu

     

Alan Barefield
Associate Director,
Southern Rural Development Center
Extension Professor,
Mississippi State University Extension Service
P.O. Box 9656
190 Bost-North
Mississippi State, MS 39762-9656
Phone: 662-325-3207
Fax: 662-325-8915
alanb@srdc.msstate.edu

 

James N. Barnes
Director and Assistant Professor
Delta Rural Development Center (DRDC)
Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness
LSU Agricultural Center
Louisiana State University
P.O. Box 620
Oak Grove, LA 71263-0620
Phone: 318-428-4029
Fax: 318-428-7444
Jbarnes@agcenter.lsu.edu

     

Bo Beaulieu
Director and Professor
Southern Rural Development Center
Box 9656
Mississippi State, MS 39762-9656
Phone: 662-325-3207
Fax: 662-325-8915
ljb@srdc.msstate.edu

 

Andrew O. Behnke
Assistant Professor/Extension Specialist
4-H Youth Development
Ricks Hall 118, Box 7605
North Carolina State University Campus
Raleigh, NC 27695
Phone: 919-515-9156
Andrew_behnke@ncsu.edu

     

Laura Booth
CES-Family & Consumer Sciences
107A Duncan Hall
Auburn, AL 36849
Phone: 334-844-5638
boothlb@auburn.edu

 

Barbara (Bobbi) P. Clarke
Professor & Extension Health Specialist
Co-Director, UT Center for Community-Based Health Initiatives
University of Tennessee Extension, Family & Consumer Sciences
119 Morgan Hall
Knoxville, TN 37996-4501
Phone: 865-974-8197
Fax: 865-974-5370
bclarke@utk.edu

     

Bonnie L. Carew
Rural Health Program Leader 
Mississippi State University Extension Service 
Department of Agricultural Economics 
Box 9647 
Mississippi State, MS 39762 
662-325-1321, 662-325-6614(fax) 
bcarew@ext.msstate.edu

 

David M. Coffey
Professor
Western Kentucky University
Downing University Center A-200J..
1242 Chestnut St.
Bowling Green, KY 42101
Phone: 270-781-2426
David.coffey@wku.edu

     

Marcus M. Comer
Assistant Professor
242 Carver Hall
1601 East Market Street
North Carolina A&T University
Greensboro, NC 27411
Phone: 336-334-7711
Fax: 336-334-7257
Marcusc@ncat.edu

 

Phaedra S. Corso
Associate Professor of Health Policy
University of Georgia
N125 Paul D. Coverdell Center
Athens, GA 30602-7397
Phone: 706-583-8926
Fax: 706-583-0695
pcorso@uga.edu

     
Gerald Costello
Associate Professor
501 Edwards Hall
Box 340745
Department of Public Health Sciences
Clemson, SC 29634-0745
Phone: 864-656-6694
Fax: 864-656-6227
gcostel@clemson.edu
  Gail L. Cramer, Research Advisor
Professor and Head
101 Agricultural Administration Building
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803-5604
Phone: (225) 578-3282
E-mail: gcramer@agctr.lsu.edu
     

Evelyn Crayton
Asst. Director, Family Programs
CES-Family & Consumer Sciences
107A Duncan Hall
Auburn University, AL 36849
Phone: 334-844-2224
craytef@auburn.edu

  Gerald A. Doeksen
Department of Agricultural Economics
508 Ag Hall
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK 74078
Phone: 405-744-9834
Fax: 405-744-8210
gad@okstate.edu
     

Garen Evans
Regional Economist/Asst. Ext. Professor
Department of Agricultural Economics
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Phone: 662-325-2750
Fax: 662-325-6614
gevans@ext.msstate.edu

 

Matthew Fannin
Assistant Professor
Louisiana Center for Rural Initiatives (LCRI)
Department of Agricultural Economics and
Agribusiness
LSU Agricultural Center
Louisiana State University
130 Agricultural Administration Bldg.
Baton Rouge, LA 70803-6504
Phone: 225-578-0346
Fax: 225-578-2716
mfannin@agcenter.lsu.edu

     

Maci Flautt
MSU – Extension Agromedicine Program
435 Stoneville Road
P.O. Box 277
Stoneville, MS 38776
Phone: 662-686-3526
Fax: 662-686-3522
macip@ext.msstate.edu

 
Rita Fleming
Health Specialist
Tennessee State University
Nashville, TN  37209
615-963-2135

 

     

Karen From
Nutrition & Health Education Specialist
Nodaway County
University of Missouri Extension
305 N. Market Court House Annex
Maryville, MO 64468
Phone: 660-582-8101
Fax: 660-562-2011
FromK@missouri.edu

 

Mohammed J. Ibrahim
Extension Environmental, Farm Safety & Energy Specialist
North Carolina A&T State University
Cooperative Extension Program
P.O. Box 21928
Greensboro, NC 27420-1928
Phone: 336-334-7956
Fax: 336-334-7432
jimoi@ncat.edu

     

Shantell Smith Jones
Assistant Specialist – Health Education
Phone: 225-771-2242, ext. 326

 

Patrick Kennealy
Extension Program Associate
Family & Consumer Sciences
218-E Duncan Hall
Auburn University, AL 36849
Phone: 334-844-2422
Fax: 334-844-9022
kennepj@auburn.edu

     

William Lazarus
Professor
Extension Economist
249A Classroom Office Building
1994 Buford Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108
Phone: 612-625-8150
wlazarus@umn.edu

 

Richard C. Maurer
Extension Professor
500 Garrigus Building
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40546-0215
Phone: 859-257-7582
Fax: 859-257-1164
rmaurer@ca.uky.edu

     

Paul E. McNamara
Department of Agricultural & Consumer Economics
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
437 Mumford Hall
1301 W. Gregory Drive
Urbana, IL 61801-3605
Phone: 217-333-3769
Fax: 217-333-5538
Mcnamar1@uiuc.edu

 

Arturo Menefee
Health Associate
Alabama Cooperative Extension Service
212 A Extension Hall
Auburn University, AL 36849
Phone: 334-844-2307
Fax: 334-844-9022
menefas@auburn.edu

     

Deborah A. Murray
Associate Director of H.E.E.L.
Family & Consumer Sciences
102 Erikson Hall (Office 107)
Lexington, KY 40506-0050
Phone: 859-257-8900
Fax: 859-257-7565
deborah.murray@uky.edu

 

Edith Powell
Extension Foods & Nutrition Specialist
203 Morrison-Mayberry Hall
Tuskegee, AL 36088
Phone: 334-727-8051
powell@tuskegee.edu

     

Carol A. Rice
Extension Program Leader
Family Development & Resource Management
Professor & Extension Health Specialist
Regents Fellow
2251 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-2251
Phone: 979-845-3877
Fax: 979-845-6496
carice@tamu.edu

 

Ann Sansing
Community Health Coordinator
Mississippi State University Extension Service
Department of Agricultural Economics
Box 9647
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Phone: 662-325-4043
asansing@ext.msstate.edu

     

Courtney J. Schoessow
Extension Program Specialist, Health
2251 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-2251
Phone: 458-4224
Fax: 979-845-6496
cjschoessow@ag.tamu.edu

 

Douglas Scutchfield
Health Services Management
105B College Of Public Health Building 0003
121 Washington Avenue
Lexington, KY 40506
Phone: 859-257-5678, ext. 82024
Fax: 859-257-2821
scotch@email.uky.edu

     
Val Schott
Director
Oklahoma Rural Health Policy & Research Center
900 N. Portland Ave., Suite BT-200
Oklahoma City, OK 73107
Phone: 405-945-9197
Fax: 405-945-9186
schott@chs.okstate.edu

 

 

Gene Smith
Associate Director
University of Tennessee Extension
218 C Morgan Hall
Knoxville, TN 37920
Phone: 865-974-7393
Fax: 865-974-5370
ebsmith@utk.edu

     

Julia F. Storm
Toxicology
Agromedicine Information Specialist
Toxicology Building 1104 B, Box 7633
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695
Phone: 919-515-7961
Fax: 919-515-7169
Julia_storm@ncsu.edu

 

Marilyn Swanson, CSREES Advisor
CSREES National Program Leader - Maternal and Child Health
USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center
1100 Bates Street Room 2062
Houston, TX 77030-2600
Phone: 713-798-6788
Fax: 713-798-7035
mswanson@bcm.edu

     

Kathleen Tajeu
Community Health Specialist
Auburn Univ. 220F Duncan Hall
Auburn, AL 36849
Phone: 334-844-2201
Fax: 334-844-5354
ktajeu@acesag.auburn.edu

 

Yvonne Thomas
County Extension Agent
Alabama Cooperative Extension System
125 Washington Ave.
Courthouse Annex II, 1 st floor
Montgomery, AL 36104
Phone: 334-265-0233
Fax: 334-265-5364
ydthomas@aces.edu

     

Cruz Torres
Associate Professor
Texas A&M University
2125 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843
Phone: 979-845-8522
Fax: 979-845-8529
c-torres@rsocsun.tamu.edu

 

James Trapp, Extension Advisor
Associate Director
Cooperative Extension Service
139 Agricultural Hall
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK 74078
Phone: 405-744-5398
Fax: 405-744-5339
james.trapp@okstate.edu

     
John R. Wheat
Professor
College Of Community & Health Sciences
University of Alabama
P.O. Box 870326
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Phone: 205-348-1300
jwheat@cchs.ua.edu
  Brian Whitacre
Assistant Professor
Oklahoma State University
Department of Agricultural Economics
504 Ag Hall
Stillwater, OK 74078
Phone: 405-744-9825
brian.whitacre@okstate.edu
     
Cynthia Whittaker
County Agent (Urban)
Jefferson County Extension Office
2121 Bldg., Suite 1700, 8 th Ave. N.
Birmingham, AL 35203
Phone: 205-325-5342, ext. 33
Fax: 205-325-5690
cwhittak@aces.edu
  Mary C. “Sandy” Wiggins
4-H Youth Development & Family & Consumer
Sciences
Extension Specialist, Environmental Health/Housing
Ricks Hall 317, Box 7605
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695
Phone: 919-515-9155
Fax: 919-515-3483
Sandy_wiggins@ncsu.edu
     
Robert Williamson
Extension Specialist
North Carolina A&T State University
Natural Resources Specialist
P.O. Box 21928
Greensboro, NC 27420
Phone: 336-334-7956
Fax: 336-334-7077
robertw@ncat.edu