Dr. Lamkey is the Chair, Department of Agronomy, Pioneer Distinguished Chair in Maize Breeding and Director of the Raymond F. Baker Center for Plant Breeding.
Personnel
The M.S. in Agronomy Program is made possible by many dedicated individuals, including faculty, lecturers, staff, administrators, undergraduate workers, and even students themselves who provide vital feedback. Below are profiles of just some of our current contributors.
Administration, Faculty, and Lecturers
Ken Moore
: Administration, Faculty
Research involves identifying factors which limit the nutritive value of and development of systems for improved utilization of forages. Dr. Moore teaches the Agronomy 599m: Creative Component Seminar.
Mark Licht
: Faculty
Dr. Licht teaches Agronomy 591: Agronomic Systems Analysis and Agronomy 594: Workshop in Agronomy.
Marin Harbur
: Lecturer
Dr. Harbur teaches Agronomy 513: Quantitative Methods for Agronomy.
Allan Ciha
: Lecturer
Dr. Ciha is the course instructor for Agronomy 514: Integrated Pest Management and Agronomy 533: Crop Protection.
Debra Lee
: Lecturer
Dr. Lee teaches Agronomy 511: Crop Improvement.
Student Support Personnel
Dawn Miller
: Staff
Academic Adviser for the Distance Programs in Agronomy and the Crop Adviser Institute (CAI).
Deborah Burns
: Staff
Deborah is the writing consultant for students in the MS in Agronomy program. She is an interdisciplinary writing consultant and sociology doctoral student.
As an interdisciplinary writing consultant, Deborah has a broad understanding of the writing conventions of different types of texts and assist student in various disciplines. She offers one-on-one consultations and can assist with any type of research-related communication (e.g., creative component, thesis, journal articles, proceedings papers, conference presentations and posters, etc.). This also includes course writing and research projects as well. Deborah can assist at any stage of any the writing process, from brainstorming and organizing ideas to polishing a final draft. Graduate students can make appointments with Deborah through the ISU Center for Communication Excellence’s appointy site which is hyperlinked on her name above.
Technical Support Personnel
Gretchen Anderson
: Staff
Coordinator for the Agronomy Development Lab. The lab manages the web materials and Blackboard setup for the MS Agronomy and Certificate in Agronomy programs.
Tyler Price
: Staff
Instructional Support Specialist for Distance Programs in Agronomy and Crop Adviser Institute (CAI).
Andy Rohrback
: Staff
Systems Analyst for Distance Programs in Agronomy, Crop Adviser Institute (CAI).
Glenn Wiedenhoeft
: Staff
Instructional Support Specialist for Distance Programs in Agronomy and Crop Adviser Institute (CAI).