Faculty
Michael Blazier
Dean, College of Forestry, Agriculture, and Natural Resources
Director, Arkansas Forest Resources Center
Blazier@meckitapkirtasiye.com
Phone: 870-460-1152
Benjamin Babst
Associate Professor
babst@meckitapkirtasiye.com
Phone: 870-460-1348
Robert Blakeley III
Instructor of Surveying
blakeley@meckitapkirtasiye.com
Phone: 870-460-1694
Kevin Boston
Associate Professor
boston@meckitapkirtasiye.com
Phone:
Kathleen Dick
Assistant Professor
bridgesk@meckitapkirtasiye.com
Phone: 870-460-1314
Sagar Godar Chhetri
Assistant Professor
chhetri@meckitapkirtasiye.com
Phone: 870-460-1294
Lonni Davis
Instructor of Agriculture
davisln@meckitapkirtasiye.com
Phone: 870-460-1594
Brian Deaton
Associate Professor
deaton@meckitapkirtasiye.com
Phone: 870-460-1732
Robert L. Ficklin
Professor & Associate Dean of Academics
Sturgis Endowed Chair of Forest Biology
ficklin@meckitapkirtasiye.com
Phone: 870-460-1692
Pipiet Larasatie
Assistant Professor
larasatie@meckitapkirtasiye.com
Phone: 870-460-1552
Rocky Lindsey
Associate Professor
lindseyr@meckitapkirtasiye.com
Phone: 870-460-1214
Maribel Nelson
Assistant Professor
nelsonm@meckitapkirtasiye.com
Phone: 870-460-1848
Douglas C. Osborne
Professor/Director, Five Oaks Ag Research & Education Center
osborne@meckitapkirtasiye.com
Phone: 870-460-1448
Tiffany Osborne
Instructor of Wildlife
osbornet@meckitapkirtasiye.com
Phone: 870-460-1452
Matthew H. Pelkki
George H. Clippert Endowed Chair, Professor/Director, Arkansas Center for Forest Business
pelkki@meckitapkirtasiye.com
Phone: 870-460-1949
Elena Rubino
Assistant Professor
rubino@meckitapkirtasiye.com
Phone: 870-460-1749
Pradip Saud
Assistant Professor
saud@meckitapkirtasiye.com
Phone: 870-460-1642
Shaun Tanger
Associate Professor
Tanger@meckitapkirtasiye.com
Phone: 870-460-1793
Nana Tian
Assistant Professor of Natural Resources Economics/Policy
tian@meckitapkirtasiye.com
Phone: 870-460-1894
Don White, Jr.
Professor
James White Endowed Professor
whited@meckitapkirtasiye.com
Phone: 870-460-1490
Marco Yanez
Assistant Professor
yanez@meckitapkirtasiye.com
Phone: 870-460-1790
Hamdi A. Zurqani
Assistant Professor
zurqani@meckitapkirtasiye.com
Phone: 870-460-1248
Administrative Support Staff
Valerie Harvey
Fiscal Support Analyst
harvey@meckitapkirtasiye.com
Phone: 870-460-1690
Cheryl Larkin
Fiscal Support Analyst
larkin@meckitapkirtasiye.com
Phone: 870-460-1091
Rhonda Parris
Administrative Associate
parris@meckitapkirtasiye.com
Phone: 870-460-1149
Communications
Traci Rushing
Communications Director
trushing@uada.edu
Phone: 870-460-1852
Outreach & Engagement
Jolene Hammock
Outreach & Engagement Coordinator
hammockj@meckitapkirtasiye.com
Phone: 870-460-1252
Research Support Staff
Ryan Askren
Research Associate
askren@meckitapkirtasiye.com
Phone: 870-460-1948
Chris Watt
Program Technician III
watt@meckitapkirtasiye.com
Phone: 870-460-1752
Stacy Wilson
Program Technician III
wilsonst@meckitapkirtasiye.com
Phone: 870-460-1392
IT Support Staff
Daron Burns
IT Director
burns@meckitapkirtasiye.com
Phone 870-460-1792
Jeff Newton
Project/Program Specialist (Assistant IT Director)
newton@meckitapkirtasiye.com
Phone: 870-460-1742
Forest & Farm Management
Greg Montgomery
Farm Manager
montgomery@meckitapkirtasiye.com
Phone: 870-460-1714
Bobby Webb
University Forest Manager
webbb@meckitapkirtasiye.com
Phone: 870-460-1649
Rodeo Coach
Rusty Jones
Rodeo Coach
jonesr@meckitapkirtasiye.com
Phone: 870-460-1914
Emeritus
Paul Francis
Professor
francis@meckitapkirtasiye.com
Phone: 870-460-1314
Thomas D. Jacobs
Instructor
jacobst@meckitapkirtasiye.com
Phone: 870-460-1694
Robert Stark, Jr.
Professor
stark@meckitapkirtasiye.com
Phone: 870-460-1414