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icon-academic-capEducation

  • BS, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 1976
  • MS, Colorado State University, 1982
  • Ph D, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1992

icon-documentPublications and Other Intellectual Contributions

  • Cooperative Extension’s Investment in Workforce Development: Past and Present, Investing in America's Workforce:Improving Outcomes for Workers and Employers, November 2018
  • Engagement to Enhance Community: An Example of Extension's Land-Grant Mission in Action, Social Sciences, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2019
  • Marketing Hometown America Ripple Effects Mapping Case Study, The Emergence of Ripple Effect Mapping, December 2017
  • Marketing Rural Communities: A Qualitative Study on the Power of Community Images, Community Development , May 2014

icon-business-chartResearch & Grants

  • Relocation to the Buffalo Commons: Marketing Approach to Understand Residential Decisions among Migrants, Dept of Agriculture-NRICGP, August 2006
  • Community Marketing: Taking a New Look at Rural Communities in the Great Plains , NU Rural Futures Institute, February 2013
  • Bridging the Skills Gap: Workforce Development in Rural Communities in the Great Plains, Rural Futures Institute, July 2014

icon-keynotePresentations

  • Marketing Hometown America: An Asset-Based Community Development Approach to Rural New Resident Recruitment, International Association of Community Development (IACD), Glasgow, Scotland
  • Rural New Resident Recruitment: A Community-wide Educatin Approach, Rural Sociological Society, Toronto, Canada
  • Train-the-trainer - Marketing Hometown America, Univeristy of Minnesota Extension, St. Cloud, Minnesota

icon-bookmark-starAwards & Honors

  • National Distinguished Career, National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals (NACDEP), 2021
  • Innovative Extension Specialist , Nebraska Extension, 2017
  • Excellence in Extension and Outreach, Rural Sociological Society, 2015
  • National Innovation Award - Marketing Hometown America, Community Development Society, 2014
  • Nebraska Hall of Agricultural Achievement Inductee, Nebraska Hall of Agricultural Achievement, 2013

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