MSAS'2010 : minisymposium
Role of the Social Sciences in a College (Faculty) of Agriculture: Implications for the University of Ségou
Organizer:
Michael Craig Edwards, Ph.D.
Professor of Agricultural Education & Director of Student Teaching
Department of Agricultural Education, Communications & Leadership
Oklahoma State University
448 Agricultural Hall
Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA, 74078-6032
(O) 405.744.8141
(FAX) 405.744.5176
E-mail: craig.edwards@okstate.edu
Summary:
Complex problems require integrated solutions that are discovered, tested, and implemented by interdisciplinary teams of scholars. This is also true for disciplines considered essential to the human capital development mission of Colleges of Agriculture in the USA. Academic departments charged with this mission include the disciplines of agricultural communications, economics, extension, leadership, and teacher education. Preparing human capital to communicate, educate, lead, and study the myriad of socio-cultural-economic behaviors of agriculturalists is essential to ensuring a nation's food security and future prosperity. How these disciplines function and interrelate would be examined with special implications for the University of Ségou.
Speakers:
Cindy Blackwell, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Agricultural Communications & Leadership
Department of Agricultural Education, Communications & Leadership
Oklahoma State University
448 Agricultural Hall
Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA 74078-6032
Draft Topic Title: An Interdisciplinary Team Approach for Developing and
Promoting Agricultural Businesses, Products, and Services
Gary E. Briers, Ph.D.
Professor of Agricultural & Extension Education
Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas, USA 77843-2116
Draft Topic Title: Why the Whole is Greater Than the Sum of Its' Parts:
Complementary Effects of the Social Sciences in Agriculture
D. Dwayne Cartmell II, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Agricultural Communications
Department of Agricultural Education, Communications & Leadership
Oklahoma State University
448 Agricultural Hall
Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA 74078-6032
Draft Topic Title: Crisis Communications Strategies and Practices in the
Agricultural and Food Sector: Needs and Trends
M. Craig Edwards, Ph.D.
Professor of Agricultural Education & Director of Student Teaching
Department of Agricultural Education, Communications & Leadership
Oklahoma State University
448 Agricultural Hall
Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA 74078-6032
Draft Topic Title:The Comprehensive Agricultural Education Model in the
United States: Past Achievements and Future Challenges
James W. Hynes, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Curriculum & Instruction
Sam Houston State University
Teacher Education Center
Huntsville, Texas, USA 77341-2119
Draft Topic Title: Information and Communications Technologies for Developing
Teaching, Research, and Outreach Capacity in Agriculture
Assoumane Alhassane Maiga
Fulbright Scholar in Agricultural Communications, Master's level
Department of Agricultural Education, Communications & Leadership
Oklahoma State University
448 Agricultural Hall
Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA, 74078-6032
Draft Topic Title: Communicating Innovation in Agriculture: The Case of
Modernized Relic Technologies (MRT) in Mali
J. Shane Robinson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Agricultural Education
Department of Agricultural Education, Communications & Leadership
Oklahoma State University
448 Agricultural Hall
Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA, 74078-6032
Draft Topic Title: STEM Education in the United States and Implications for
Agricultural Education Worldwide
Shelly Peper Sitton, Ph.D.
Professor of Agricultural Communications
Department of Agricultural Education, Communications & Leadership
Oklahoma State University
448 Agricultural Hall
Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA, 74078-6032
Draft Topic Title: Curriculum and Programs Supporting the Career Development
of Agricultural Communicators and Extension Educators
Jeffrey Vitale, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics
Department of Agricultural Economics
Oklahoma State University
418 Agricultural Hall
Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA, 74078-6032
Draft Topic Title: The Relevance of Communications, Education, and Extension
to Value Addition in Agriculture