INFAS Members

INFAS Members by Member Institution

Alcorn State University

• Kevaughn Prout, Graduate Student, Carver Integrative Sustainability Center HBCU Fellow (22-23)
• Kara Woods, Research Analyst, Socially Disadvantage Farmers and Ranchers Policy Research Center

American University

• Garrett Graddy-Lovelace, American University, School of International Service

Ajo Center for Sustainable Agriculture

• Katarina "Nina" Sajovec Altshul, Co-founder and Co-director, Ajo Center for Sustainable Agriculture

Arizona State University

• Joseph Gazing Wolf, PhD Candidate and IAC-INFAS Doctoral Research Fellow, Environmental Life Sciences

Bionutrient Food Association

• Eric Jackson, Board Chair

Bluegrass Community and Technical College

• Holly Williams, Student

Boise State University

• Carly Hyland, Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Public and Population Health

Boone County (MO) Food Council

• Deb Sprague, Council Coordinator | Health Educator

California Polytechnic State University- Pomona

• Teresa Lloro, Associate Professor, Liberal Studies Department and Graduate Director, MS Regenerative Studies, Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies

California Polytechnic State University- San Luis Obispo

• Hunter Francis, Director, Center for Sustainability, College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences (CAFES) 
• Matthew Grieshop, Director, Grimm Family Center for Organic Production and Research

California State University Channel Islands

• Rachel Soper, Assistant Professor of Sociology

Case Western Reserve University

• Connor Riegal, Student, School of Medicine

The Center for Food Faith and Justice

• Michael Smith, Executive Director 

Central State University 

• Brandy Phipps, Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural and Life Sciences

Chatham University

• Currently Open due to Recent Retirement

City University of Hong Kong

• Shauhrat Chopra, Assistant Professor, School of Energy and Environment

City, University of London

• Jason Shon, Student

The City University of New York (CUNY)

• Nevin Cohen, CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy

College of DuPage

• Jodi Trendler, Adjust Faculty, Horticulture - Sustainable Urban Agriculture Degree Program 

College of Muscogee Nation

• Matthew Yates, Tribal Services Coordinator, 

Colorado State University

• Becca Jablonski, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics; CSU Food Systems Initiative 
• Dennis Ojima, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory  
• Robin Reid, Director, Center for Collaborative Conservation
• James Hale, Postdoc, Sociology,
• Libby Christensen, Statewide Food and Agriculture Specialist, Office of Engagement and Extension
• Erin Jackson, PhD Student in Agroecology, Department of Ecology

Columbia Climate School

• Maya Moore, Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Cornell University

• Collins Bugingo, Northwest Regional Extension Associate, Food Science 
• Zaneta Hong, Assistant Professor, Landscape Architecture
• Angela Odoms-Young, Associate Professor, Division of Nutritional Sciences

Deakin University

• Drishti, PhD Scholar, School of Engineering and Built Environment

DePaul University

• Emily Hamilton, Student

Eckerd College

• Dave Himmelfarb, Instructor and Faculty Director, Eckerd College Community Farm, Environmental Studies

Ecolibrium 3

• Teresa Bertossi, Community Food Systems Director

Ekiti State University

• Oladele Charles Ajewole, Agricultural Economics and Extension Services

Emory University

• Mica Jenkins, Doctoral Student, Nutrition and Health Sciences
• Ben Cousineau, Doctoral Student, Nutrition and Health Sciences, INFAS Coordinator

Farm Journal Foundation

• Rose Barbuto

Farm to Institution New England

• Tania Taranovski, Director of Programs

Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations

• Emmanuel Kapee, Representation in Liberia, Projector Coordinator and Partnership Specialist

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University

• Jennifer Taylor, CoDirector; certified organic farmer

Food Finance Institute - University of Wisconsin System

• Sarah Larson, Acting Director, Food Finance Institute

Food First

• Brittney Dorr, Community Engagement Officer
• Camila Alejandra Bernal Fontal, Programs Officer, Institute for Food and Development Policy

Fort Lewis College

• Michelle Larkins, Assistant Professor, Environment and Sustainability

Goshen College

• John Mischler, Assistant Professor, Sustainability and Environmental Education

Greenfield Community College

• Anthony Reiber, Natural Resources Senior Programs Coordinator, Sustainable Agriculture and Green Energy (SAGE)

Growing and Growth Collective 

• Adrienne Williams, Co-founder

Harvest Food Systems

• Michael Lahti, Managing Partner

Howard University

• Miriam Hagan, PhD Student, Nutritional Sciences
• Gbadebo Odularu, Faculty, Economics

Indiana University 

• Annie Shattuck, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography
• Lessie Frazier Lennon, Professor, American Studies

Intertribal Agriculture Council

• Courtney Fischer

Iowa State University

• Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
  • Mark Rasmussen, Director
  • Fred Kirschenmann, Distinguished Fellow 

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development 

• Duncan Hilchey, Editor-in-Chief and Project Co-director, Thomas A. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems (a project of the Center for Transformative Action)

Johns Hopkins University

• Philip McNab, Assistant Scientist, Center for a Livable Future
• Roni Neff, Center for a Livable Future
• Diana Watts, Lecturer, Environmental Science and Policy Program/AAP

Kansas State University

• Kerri Ebert, Coordinator, Center for Sustainable Agriculture and Alternative Crops
• Candice Shoemaker, College of Agriculture, Urban Food Systems Initiative
• Matthew R. Sanderson, Randall C. Hill Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work & Professor of Geography and Geospatial Sciences
• Jean Ribert Francois, PhD Candidate, Department of Geography and Geospatial Sciences

Kentucky State University

• Manoj Paudel, Department of Environmental Science and Sustainable Agriculture

Lincoln University of Missouri

• Ye Su, Assistant Professor
• Prabesh Koirala, Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
• Asamoah Oppong Zadok, Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences

Louisiana State University

• Nila Pradhananga, Graduate Research Assistant- PhD Candidate, School of Nutrition and Food Sciences

Loyola University Chicago

• Tania Schusler, Assistant Professor, School of Environmental Sustainability

Mezclada

• Emily Reno, Founder

Michigan State University

• Paul Thompson, W.K. Kellogg Chair in Agricultural Food and Community Ethics
• Richard Pirog, Director, Center for Regional Food Systems. INFAS Member Profile.
• Michael Hamm, C.S. Mott Professor of Sustainable Agriculture
• Judith Barry, Associate Director, Center for Regional Food Systems, Department of Community Sustainability
• Kolia Souza, Food System Equity and Advocacy Specialist, Center for Regional Food Systems
• Jahi Johnson-Chappell, Professor, and Director of the Center for Regional Food Systems
• Sam Stokes, Food and Farm Business Outreach Specialist, Center for Regional Food Systems
• Meagan Shedd, Assistant Professor, Center for Regional Food Systems

Middlebury College

• Molly Anderson, Academic Director, Food Studies Program

MIGAL Galilee Research Institute

• Adam Abramson, Senior Researcher, Agricultural Economics & Sustainability Science

Montana State University

• Kristin Ruppel, Department of Native American Studies
• Claire Luby, Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology
• Jenny Grossenbacher, Director, Montana Pollution Prevention Program (MTP2)

National Co-op Grocers

• Anthony Goodwin, Business Innovation Director

National Research Institute Finland (LUKE)

• Claudia Giordano, Senior Scientist, Policy and Governance of Bioeconomy    

National Root Crops Research Institute

• Ibikunle Funso Olaleru, Senior Research Scientist, Farming System Research Program, Umudike Abia State Nigeria

National Young Farmers Coalition 

• Evanne Caviness, Associate Field Director 

The New School

• Kristin Reynolds, Chair, Food Studies Program

Norfolk State University

• Richard Martin, Director of Energy & Sustainability, Facilities Management

North American Food Systems Network (NAFSN)

• Kim Hines, Leadership Co-Chair

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

• Kathleen Liang, W.K. Kellogg Distinguished Professor of Sustainable Agriculture and Director, Center for Environmental Farming Systems. 
• John O'Sullivan, Emeritus
• Lydia Olagunju, Graduate Teaching Assistant and Graduate Research Assistant, Bioscience
• Success Amobi-Ndubuisi Okafor, Ph.D. Student, Agribusiness and Applied Economics
• Joel Alabi, Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Animal Sciences
• Mariam, Graduate Student, Food and Nutritional Science

North Carolina State University

• Michelle Schroeder-Moreno, W.K. Kellogg Endowed Distinguished Chair in Sustainable Community-Based Food Systems and Director, Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS)
• Nancy Creamer, Blue Cross and Blue Shield/WK Kellogg Distinguished Professor Emerita  Sustainable and Community-Based Food Systems, INFAS Member Profile.
• Angel Cruz, Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS)

No Hunger Food Bank

• Gbadebo Odularu, President & CEO, Presidency Program Innovation

The Ohio State University

• Casey Hoy, W.K. Kellogg Chair in Agricultural Ecosystem Management. INFAS Member Profile.
• Kareem M. Usher, Director, Belize Interdisciplinary Study Abroad Programme
• Douglas Jackson-Smith, Associate Director, School of Environment and Natural Resources, 
• Kaustubh Kumar, PhD Student, School of Environment and Natural Resources
• Qi Jiang, PhD Candidate, Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics

Oklahoma State University

• Dr. Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan, Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, Center for Indigenous Health Research and Policy   
• Joshua Campbell, Small Farm, Beginning Farmer and Rancher Specialist

Oklahoma Tribal Engagement Partners

• Stephany Parker, www.oktep.com 

One World Environment

• Jahan Tavangar, Founder

Oregon State University 

• Lauren Gwin, Associate Director, Center for Small Farms & Community Food Systems
• Sarah Masoni, Director Product and Process Development, Food Science and Technology, Food Innovation Center

Our Global Family Farm 

• Tree Lees, Farmer, City Farm SLO

Pawnee Nation

• Electa Hare, Iriratutakicisu Systems Navigator

Pedestrian Space 

• Annika Lundkvist, Founder

Purdue University

• Sarah Hanson, Food Systems Coordinator, Extension

Red Lake Nation College

• Wendy Greenberg, Grant Writer/Manager, Adjunct Science Instructor 

The Resiliency Institute

• Jodi Trendler, Executive Director

Rural Coalition

• AL Anderson-Lazo, Director, Participatory Research and Member Engagement

Ronin Institute

• Jude Wait, Research Scholar, Agroecology in Action, Ronin Institute

R.W. Blake Academy FFA

• Karey Lipham, Agriculture Instructor FFA Advisor, Polk County Public Schools

Savannah State University

• Tanisha Felton, Graduate Student

Santa Clara University

• Chris Bacon, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences

South Seattle College

• Alex Korsunsky, Faculty in Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, Dept. of Social Sciences, Humanities, and Language

Southern University and A&M College

• Rao M. Uppu, Professor, Environmental Toxicology

Sudan University of Science and Technology

• Mohammed Abdelkreim, Associate Professor –Rangeland Ecology and Management, College of Forestry and Range Science

Tennessee University

• Shameka Cathey

Texas A&M University

• Magdi Abdelhamid, Scientist 

Tuskegee University

• Lindsey Lunsford, Assistant Professor and Coordinator for Food Systems, Education, and Policy 
• Raymon Shange, Extension Administrator/Director, Carver Integrative Sustainability Center
• Natilee McGruder Kyle, CISC HBCU Graduate Fellowship Program Manager
• Kingsley Emmanuel Bentum, Graduate Student, Center for Food Animal Health, Food Safety, & Food Defense- College of Veterinary Medicine 
• Asya Montgomery, Graduate Student, Food Science
• Obianuju Sylvia Egiebor, PhD Candidate, Integrative Public Policy and Development, College of Agriculture, Environment and Nutrition Sciences
• Geihan Abusinon, Graduate Student, Food and Nutritional Sciences
• Kyla Thurston, Integrative Public Policy & Development PhD Student, College of Agriculture, Environment and Nutrition Sciences

UK Centre

• Mariam Kadzamira, Senior Researcher - Agribusiness, Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International (CABI)

University of Alaska - Fairbanks

• Eva Dawn Burk, Graduate Research Assistant, Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy

University of Arizona

• Gary Nabhan, W.K. Kellogg Chair in Southwest Borderlands Food and Water Security

University of British Columbia

• Colin Dring, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Land and Food Systems

University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources

• Ruth Dahlquist-Willard, Small Farms and Specialty Crops Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension Fresno County

University of California, Berkeley 

• Elizabeth Hoover, Associate Professor, Environmental Science and Policy Management
• Kristida Chhour, PhD Student, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Berkeley Food Institute
  • Charisma Acey, Berkeley Food Institute Faculty Director
  • Victoria Chang, Berkeley Food Institute Educational Programs Director
  • Neha Sanghera, Policy Director

University of California, Davis

• Beth Rose Middleton, Professor, Department of Native American Studies
• Thomas P Tomich, W.K. Kellogg Chair in Sustainable Food Systems; Director, Agricultural Sustainability Institute . INFAS Member Profile.
• Catherine Brinkley, Associate Professor, Human Ecology
• JayLee Tuil, SLLC Research & Academic Engagement Coordinator, Sustainable Living Learning Community, Agricultural Sustainability Institute
• Julia Schreiber, Ecological Garden Coordinator and Educator, UC Davis Student Farm
• Carolina Conte, Graduate Student, Food Science
• Ashley Babcock, Researcher

University of California Cooperative Extension - Modoc/Lassen/Siskiyou

• Laurie Wayne, Nutrition & Food Systems Advisor

University of California, Irvine

• Gustavo Oliveira, Assistant Professor of Global and International Studies, 
• Li Zhang, Research Specialist

University of California, Los Angeles

• Brooke Wilkinson, Director of Academic Initiatives, Undergraduate Education Initiatives
• Pia Palomo, Academic Coordinator, UCLA Food Studies

University of California Merced

• Erin Meyer, Sustainable Food Programs Coordinator

University of California, Riverside

• Houston Wilson, Asst. Cooperative Extension Specialist, Dept. Entomology, UC Organic Agriculture Institute

University of California, Santa Cruz

• Damian Parr, Research and Education Coordinator, Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (CASFS)
• Stacy Philpott, Ruth and Alfred Heller Chair in Agroecology
• Darryl Wong, Executive Director, Center for Agroecology
• Christof Bernau, Farm Garden Manager/Instructor, Center for Agroecology Farm
• Paradyse Oakley, Student, Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (CASFS) 

University of Connecticut

• Mary Anne Amalaradjou, Associate Professor, Animal Science

University of Dar es Salaam

• Semeni Mussa Ngozi, Lecturer, Agricultural Economics and Business

University of the District of Columbia

• Christopher Iweriebor, Graduate Student, College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability and Environmental Studies (CAUSES)

University of Georgia School of Social Work

• Moriah Freed, Graduate Research Assistant

University of Hawai'i, West O'ahu

• Albie Miles (email), Sustainable Community Food Systems (webpage)
• Subhashni Raj, Assistant Professor in Urban and Regional Planning
• Konstantinos Zougris, Associate Professor, Social Sciences/Sociology

University of Hawai'i at Mānoa

• Noa Lincoln, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Indigenous Cropping Systems Laboratory

University of Idaho

• Vovener de Verlands EDMOND, Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant, Forest Rangeland and Fire Sciences

University of Illinois - Chicago

• Maggie Acosta, Senior Research Specialist, Great Lakes Center for Farmworker Health and Wellbeing

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Michelle Wander, Director, Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture Program
• Carmen Ugarte, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences

University of Johannesburg

• Jacob Park, Visiting Professor

University of Kansas

• Devon Mihesuah, Humanities Program

University of Maryland Eastern Shore

• Chinedu Ahuchaogu, PhD Candidate, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Agriculture, Food and Resource Sciences

University of Melbourne

• Sophie Lamond, Research Fellow in Social Procurement, Melbourne School of Government

University of Michigan

• Lesli Hoey, Associate Professor, Director of Doctoral Studies, Urban and Regional Planning
• Seulgi Son, Doctoral Candidate, Urban and Regional Planning

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

• Helene Murray, Executive Director, Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture
• Julie Grossman, Department of Horticultural Sciences
• Nathaniel Springer, Senior Scientist, Institute on the Environment
• Jennifer Schmitt, Senior Research Scientist, Institute on the Environment
• Eric Jackson, Steering Council for Forever Green Partnership
• Maggie Shanahan, Graduate Student, Entomology Department
• Hikaru Peterson, Professor, Applied Economics
• Mo Ollenburger, Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of the Environment

University of Missouri - Columbia

• Caroline Brock, Associate Teaching Professor

University of Nairobi

• Steve Machan, Food systems and environmental policy expert, Center for Advanced Studies in Environmental Law and Policy (CASELAP)

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

• Chuck Francis, Coordinator, Sustainable Agriculture, Center for Applied Rural Innovation

University of Nebraska-Medical Center

• Athena Ramos, Associate Professor, Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health

University of New Hampshire

• Tom Kelly, Director, UNH Sustainability Institute. INFAS Member Profile.
• Analena Bruce, Assistant Professor of Food Systems, Department of Agriculture, Nutrition, and Food Systems
• Elise Neidecker, Graduate Student & Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Agriculture, Nutrition, and Food Systems
• Hannah Stokes-Ramos, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Agriculture, Nutrition and Food Systems

University of New Mexico

• Bruce Milne, W.K. Kellogg Chair in Sustainable Environmental Food Systems; Director, Sustainability Studies Program

University of North Dakota

• Courtney Fischer, PhD Candidate, University of North Dakota, American Indian Foods Program

University of Notre Dame

• Colleen Maher, Masters of Global Affairs Candidate, Pulte Institute for Global Development

University of Oklahoma

• Clifton Cottrell, Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Native American Studies

University of South Florida

• Whitney Fung Uy, Doctoral Candidate, College of Public Health

University of Toronto

• Evan Hazelett, PhD Candidate in Human Geography, Geography & Planning 

University of Utah

• Adrienne Chachelin, Associate Professor, School of Environmental, Society, and Sustainability, SPARC Environmental Justice Lab

University of Vermont

• Linda Berlin, Director, Center for Sustainable Agriculture
• Colin Anderson, Associate Research Professor, Agroecology and Livelihoods Collaborative
• Ernesto Méndez, Professor of Agroecology and Faculty Director, Institute for Agroecology (IFA)
• Polly Ericksen, Director, Food Systems Research Center

University of Washington

• Meredith Bird, Social Work Masters Student, School of Social Work
• Jennifer Otten, Associate Professor, Food Systems, Nutrition, and Health Program
• Marie Spiker, Assistant Professor, Food Systems, Nutrition, and Health program

University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Michael Bell, Director, Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems
• Michelle Miller, Associate Director, Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems
• Erin Silva, Associate Professor, UW Organic Collaborative
• Catie DeMets, Doctoral Student, Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture
• Ben Iuliano PhD Candidate, Integrative Biology, Agroecology
• Mrill Ingram, Participatory Action Research Scientist, Michael Fields Agricultural Institute and Research Fellow, Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems
• Adena Rissman, Professor, Forest and Wildlife Ecology
• Shanon Hankin, Research Program Coordinator, Biological Systems Engineering, Soil for Society
• Daniel Cornelius, Outreach Program Coordinator, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences/Great Lakes Indigenous Law Center
• Alfonso Morales, Professor, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences/Great Lakes Indigenous Law Center
• Daniel Hayden, Doctoral Student/Fellow, Plant Pathology
• Kailey Felch, Student Researcher, Grassland 2.0 Project

University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

• Kevin Crawford, Professor, Chemistry and Sustainability Institute for Regional Transformations

University of Wyoming

• Lacey Gaechter, Assistant Lecturer, Division of Kinesiology & Health
• Melvin Arthur, INFAS Program Manager for IAC-INFAS Native American Food System Fellowship
• Christine M. Porter, Wyoming Excellence Chair in Community & Public Health, Food Dignity, Growing Resilience. INFAS Member Profile.
• Gloria Oladeji, Graduate Student, Department of Kinesiology and Health

USDA

• Maria Graziani, Agricultural Marketing Research Specialist, Local and Regional Foods, Research Division, USDA TM-Agricultural Marketing Services (AMS)
• Kamran Zendehdel, Research Branch Chief, Local and regional Foods Division, AMS
• Lacy Stephens, Senior Agricultural Marketing Specialist, Agricultural Marketing Service, Local and Regional Foods Division 

UTHealth School of Public Health

• Kathryn Janda, Postdoctoral Fellow, Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences; Michael and Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living

Vanderbilt University

• Alex Korsunsky, Ph.D. Candidate, Anthropology

Vermont State University

• Jacob Park, Assoc

Virginia Tech

• Kim Niewolny, Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Food Systems and Community Transformation
• Eric S. Bendfeldt, Extension Specialist and Associate Director, Center for Food Systems and Community Transformation
• Rachael Budowle, Collegiate Assistant Professor, Honors College
• Lia Kelinsky-Jones, Postdoc, Department of Agricultural, Leadership, and Community Education,  Center for Food Systems and Community Transformation
• Mary Olumide-Oyaniyi, Graduate Research Assistant, Agricultural Leadership and Community Education
• Frank Yeboah Adusei, PhD Student, Agricultural, Leadership and Community Education

Washington State University

• Marcia Ostrom, Associate Professor, WSU Food Systems Program
• Holly Henning, Assistant Professor, Crop and Soil Sciences, Agricultural Food Systems

West Virginia University 

• Megan Govindan, Research Scientist and Project Director, Institute for Community & Rural Health

Wyoming Food Coalition

• BJ Edwards, Executive Director, Wyoming Food Coalition 

Government-affiliated Scholars

• Lucas McKinnon, Food Access and Equity Specialist, Office of Economic Revitalization Food Security and Sustainability Team, City and County of Honolulu

Independent Scholars

• Kate Clancy, Food Systems Consultant (email)
• Jan Joannides, Renewing the Countryside (email)
• Alyssa M. Wechsler
• Brandon Virgin
• Tracey Boulandi
• James Low
• Warren Neth, Communications, Cascadian Praxis
• Zeynab Jouzi, 

Past INFAS Members 

• Joanna Friesner, PhD, past INFAS Coordinator (UC Davis), Current: Executive Director of the North American Arabidopsis Steering Committee to organize collaborations in plant biology.