SERA-19 Rural Health
Membership
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Linda A. Alexander (+)
ljouridi@uky.edu
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
Jorge Atiles (+)
jhatiles@uga.edu
Associate Dean Academic
College of Family & Consumer Sciences
University of Georgia
0224 Dawson Hall
Athens, GA 30602
Phone: 706-542-4860
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Alan Barefield (+)
alanb@srdc.msstate.edu
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
James N. Barnes (+)
Jbarnes@agcenter.lsu.edu
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
Bo Beaulieu (+)
ljb@srdc.msstate.edu
Director and Professor
Southern Rural Development Center
Box 9656
Mississippi State, MS 39762-9656
Phone: 662-325-3207
Fax: 662-325-8915
Andrew O. Behnke (+)
Andrew_behnke@ncsu.edu
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
Laura Booth (+)
boothlb@auburn.edu
CES-Family & Consumer Sciences
107A Duncan Hall
Auburn, AL 36849
Phone: 334-844-5638
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Barbara (Bobbi) P. Clarke (+)
bclarke@utk.edu
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
Bonnie L. Carew (+)
bcarew@ext.msstate.edu
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)
David M. Coffey (+)
David.coffey@wku.edu
Professor
Western Kentucky University
Downing University Center A-200J..
1242 Chestnut St.
Bowling Green, KY 42101
Phone: 270-781-2426
Marcus M. Comer (+)
Marcusc@ncat.edu
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
Phaedra S. Corso (+)
pcorso@uga.edu
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
Gerald Costello (+)
gcostel@clemson.edu
Associate Professor
501 Edwards Hall
Box 340745
Department of Public Health Sciences
Clemson, SC 29634-0745
Phone: 864-656-6694
Fax: 864-656-6227
Gail L. Cramer (+)
gcramer@agctr.lsu.edu
Professor and Head
101 Agricultural Administration Building
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803-5604
Phone: (225) 578-3282
Evelyn Crayton (+)
craytef@auburn.edu
Asst. Director, Family Programs
CES-Family & Consumer Sciences
107A Duncan Hall
Auburn University, AL 36849
Phone: 334-844-2224
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Gerald A. Doeksen (+)
gad@okstate.edu
Department of Agricultural Economics
508 Ag Hall
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK 74078
Phone: 405-744-9834
Fax: 405-744-8210
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Garen Evans (+)
gevans@ext.msstate.edu
Regional Economist/Asst. Ext. Professor
Department of Agricultural Economics
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Phone: 662-325-2750
Fax: 662-325-6614
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Matthew Fannin (+)
mfannin@agcenter.lsu.edu
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
Maci Flautt (+)
macip@ext.msstate.edu
MSU – Extension Agromedicine Program
435 Stoneville Road
P.O. Box 277
Stoneville, MS 38776
Phone: 662-686-3526
Fax: 662-686-3522
Rita Fleming (+)
rfleming2@tnnstate.edu
Health Specialist
Tennessee State University
Nashville, TN 37209
615-963-2135
Karen From (+)
FromK@missouri.edu
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
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Mohammed J. Ibrahim (+)
jimoi@ncat.edu
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
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Shantell Smith Jones (+)
none
Assistant Specialist – Health Education
Phone: 225-771-2242, ext. 326
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Patrick Kennealy (+)
kennepj@auburn.edu
Extension Program Associate
Family & Consumer Sciences
218-E Duncan Hall
Auburn University, AL 36849
Phone: 334-844-2422
Fax: 334-844-9022
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William Lazarus (+)
wlazarus@umn.edu
Professor
Extension Economist
249A Classroom Office Building
1994 Buford Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108
Phone: 612-625-8150
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Richard C. Maurer (+)
rmaurer@ca.uky.edu
Extension Professor
500 Garrigus Building
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40546-0215
Phone: 859-257-7582
Fax: 859-257-1164
Paul E. McNamara (+)
Mcnamar1@uiuc.edu
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
Arturo Menefee (+)
menefas@auburn.edu
Health Associate
Alabama Cooperative Extension Service
212 A Extension Hall
Auburn University, AL 36849
Phone: 334-844-2307
Fax: 334-844-9022
Deborah A. Murray (+)
deborah.murray@uky.edu
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
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Edith Powell (+)
powell@tuskegee.edu
Extension Foods & Nutrition Specialist
203 Morrison-Mayberry Hall
Tuskegee, AL 36088
Phone: 334-727-8051
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Carol A. Rice (+)
carice@tamu.edu
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
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Ann Sansing (+)
asansing@ext.msstate.edu
Community Health Coordinator
Mississippi State University Extension Service
Department of Agricultural Economics
Box 9647
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Phone: 662-325-4043
Courtney J. Schoessow (+)
cjschoessow@ag.tamu.edu
Extension Program Specialist, Health
2251 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-2251
Phone: 458-4224
Fax: 979-845-6496
Douglas Scutchfield (+)
scotch@email.uky.edu
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
Val Schott (+)
schott@chs.okstate.edu
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
Gene Smith (+)
ebsmith@utk.edu
Associate Director
University of Tennessee Extension
218 C Morgan Hall
Knoxville, TN 37920
Phone: 865-974-7393
Fax: 865-974-5370
Julia F. Storm (+)
Julia_storm@ncsu.edu
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
Marilyn Swanson (+)
mswanson@bcm.edu
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
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Kathleen Tajeu (+)
ktajeu@acesag.auburn.edu
Community Health Specialist
Auburn Univ. 220F Duncan Hall
Auburn, AL 36849
Phone: 334-844-2201
Fax: 334-844-5354
Yvonne Thomas (+)
ydthomas@aces.edu
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
Cruz Torres (+)
c-torres@rsocsun.tamu.edu
Associate Professor
Texas A&M University
2125 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843
Phone: 979-845-8522
Fax: 979-845-8529
James Trapp (+)
james.trapp@okstate.edu
Associate Director
Cooperative Extension Service
139 Agricultural Hall
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK 74078
Phone: 405-744-5398
Fax: 405-744-5339
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John R. Wheat (+)
jwheat@cchs.ua.edu
Professor
College Of Community & Health Sciences
University of Alabama
P.O. Box 870326
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Phone: 205-348-1300
Brian Whitacre (+)
brian.whitacre@okstate.edu
Assistant Professor
Oklahoma State University
Department of Agricultural Economics
504 Ag Hall
Stillwater, OK 74078
Phone: 405-744-9825
Cynthia Whittaker (+)
cwhittak@aces.edu
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
Mary C. “Sandy” Wiggins (+)
Sandy_wiggins@ncsu.edu
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
Robert Williamson (+)
robertw@ncat.edu
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