Faculty
Program Coordinators
Lori Allison Duncan
Associate Professor | Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science
Specialty: Sustainable Row Crop Production, Precision Agriculture, Master Row Crop
Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science
Shawn Hawkins
Professor & Head | Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science
Specialty: Animal Waste Management
Animal Science
Katie Mason
Associate Professor | Animal Science
Specialty: Beef Cattle Nutrition Management
Justin Rhinehart
Dean and Professor | Extension Administration
Specialty: UT Extension
Plant Science
Gary Edward Bates
Professor & Department Head | Plant Sciences
Specialty: forage production
Renata Nave Oakes
Professor | Plant Sciences
Specialty: Forage Management and Systems
Entomology & Plant Pathology
Ernest Charles Bernard
Institute Professor | Entomology and Plant Pathology
Specialty: Nematology & Soil Zoology
Zachariah R Hansen
Adjunct Assistant Professor | Entomology and Plant Pathology
Specialty: Specialty crops pathology
Agricultural & Resource Economics
External
Jason Peter De Koff
Tsu – Program Leader & Assoc. Professor | TSU Cooperative Extension
Specialty: Agronomy and Soils
Staff
Jake Mallard
Ext Agent III & Co Director | Gibson County
Specialty: Corn, Cotton, Forages, Hemp, Soybean and Wheat
Justin L. McKinney
Research Center Director | Northeast Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center
