INFAS Members

INFAS Members by Member Institution

American University

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

Arizona State University

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

Bionutrient Food Association

• Eric Jackson, Board Chair

Boone County (MO) Food Council

• Deb Sprague, Council Coordinator | Health Educator

California Polytechnic State University- San Luis Obispo

• Hunter Francis, Director, Center for Sustainability, College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences (CAFES) 

California State University Channel Islands

• Rachel Soper, Assistant Professor of Sociology

Central State University 

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

Chatham University

• Currently Open due to Recent Retirement

The City University of New York (CUNY)

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

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,

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

Fort Lewis College

• Michelle Larkins, Assistant Professor, Environment and Sustainability

Goshen College

• John Mischler, Assistant Professor, Sustainability and Environmental Education

Intertribal Agriculture Council

• Courtney Fischer

Iowa State University

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

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

Lincoln University of Missouri

• Ye Su, Assistant Professor

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

Middlebury College

• Molly Anderson, Academic Director, Food Studies Program

Montana State University

• Dr. Kristin Ruppel, Department of Native American Studies

National Root Crops Research Institute

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

The New School

• Kristin Reynolds, Chair, Food Studies Program

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

North Carolina State University

• Shorlette Ammons, Community Food Systems Outreach Coordinator for the Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS)
• Nancy Creamer, W.K. Kellogg Chair of Sustainable and Community-based Food Systems; Director, Center for Environmental Farming System s. INFAS Member Profile.
• Angel Cruz, Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS)

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, 

Oklahoma State University

• Dr. Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan, Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, Center for Indigenous Health Research and Policy   

Oklahoma Tribal Engagement Partners

• Dr. Stephany Parker, www.oktep.com 

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

Powder River Basin Resource Council

• Alyssa M. Wechsler, Executive Director

Red Lake Nation College

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

Ronin Institute

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

Southern University and A&M College

• Rao M. Uppu, Professor, Environmental Toxicology

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 California, Berkeley

• Dr. Elizabeth Hoover, Associate Professor, Environmental Science and Policy Management
• Berkeley Food Institute
  • Kris Madsen, Faculty Director
  • Nina Ichikawa, Executive Director

University of California, Davis

• Dr. 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.
• Dr. Catherine Brinkley, Associate Professor, Human Ecology

University of California, Irvine

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

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

University of Connecticut

• Mary Anne Amalaradjou, Associate Professor, Animal Science

University of Hawai'i, West O'ahu

• Albie Miles (email), Sustainable Community Food Systems (webpage)

University of Hawai'i at Mānoa

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

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 Kansas

• Dr. Devon Mihesuah, Humanities Program

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

• 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

University of Minnesota - Duluth

• Teresa Bertossi, Assistant Professor, Director of the Land Lab and SAP Farm, Department of Geography and Philosophy, College of Arts Humanities and the Social Sciences

University of Missouri - Columbia

• Caroline Brock, Associate Teaching Professor

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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

University of New Hampshire

• Tom Kelly, Director, UNH Sustainability Institute. INFAS Member Profile.

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 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 Vermont

• Linda Berlin, Director, Center for Sustainable Agriculture

University of Washington

• Meredith Bird, Social Work Masters Student, School of Social Work, 

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

University of Wyoming

• Lacey Gaechter, Assistant Lecturer, Division of Kinesiology & Health
• Melvin Arthur, INFAS Program Manager for IAC-INFAS Native American Food System Fellowship
• Dr. Rachael Budowle, Assistant Professor, Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources
• Christine M. Porter, Wyoming Excellence Chair in Community & Public Health, Food Dignity, Growing Resilience. INFAS Member Profile.

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

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

Washington State University

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

Independent Scholars

• Kate Clancy, Food Systems Consultant (email)
• Jan Joannides, Renewing the Countryside (email)

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.