Category: Work & Life

New EDIS/Ask IFAS Documents Published by Agricultural Education and Communication During July and August

by Amanda Quintos
September 8, 2025

Read the latest Agricultural Education and Communication publications for July and August 2025. In this post, you can click on the title of interest to go to the Ask IFAS page and download the document in PDF format. Stay informed about the ... READ MORE

Category: Community Volunteers, Professional Development, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: Ask IFAS, Department Of Agricultural Education And Communication, EDIS

New EDIS/Ask IFAS Documents Published by Agricultural Education and Communication during May and June

by Amanda Quintos
July 2, 2025

Discover the latest research and practical solutions from UF/IFAS experts. These are the new EDIS/Ask IFAS documents published by Agricultural Education and Communication during May and June. Stay informed and inspired with our updates! Resources ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Health & Nutrition, Professional Development, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: Adult Vaccination In Florida Series, Ask IFAS, Department Of Agricultural Education And Communication, EDIS, Intercultural Competencies Series

Student completes internship on Capitol Hill

by Olivia Doyle
December 29, 2021

UF/IFAS College of Agricultural and Life Sciences senior Nathalie Yoder is studying agricultural education and communication with a specialization in communication and leadership development. This past fall semester, Yoder completed a joint ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Livestock, Relationships & Family, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Agricultural Education And Communication, Intern, VP Promise

CALS Graduating Student Profile: Marlena Moore

by Zoe
December 11, 2019

Marlena Moore always wanted to be a part of agriculture. With an affinity for numbers, majoring in food and resource economics was a perfect fit. Moore wanted to stay close to home for college, which she was able to accomplish by completing ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Money Matters, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Cals, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Food And Resource Economics, Plant City, Uf/ifas Cals At Plant City

Do you know a farmer … a scientist … a military member? Maybe not. But it matters, especially for inspiring youth to pursue STEM careers.

by Katie Stofer
August 16, 2019

My work aims to improve public engagement with science. To me, that means I am trying to bring scientists together with stakeholders so that together, they can combine their expertises and concerns to address problems on which science can have ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Agriculture, Natural Resources, Work & Life
Tags: Ag-stem, Career, Diversity, Stem

Looking for a career in public engagement with science in or out of academia?

by Katie Stofer
February 22, 2019

If you're working on a career in public engagement with science ... I’m compiling a set of resources for people looking to get jobs in public engagement with science. (or STEM) or outreach or informal science education or free-choice learning ... READ MORE

Category: Professional Development, UF/IFAS Research, Work & Life
Tags: Careeers Outside Academia, Career, Job Search, Public Engagement With Science

The joy and pain of online survey #research with Amazon Mechanical Turk …

by Katie Stofer
September 14, 2018

So I just ran my second paid online survey through Amazon Mechanical Turk. Despite my internet searches of how to do this right and treat participants fairly (there is discussion about whether these are "workers" or research participants and ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Research, Work & Life
Tags: Data Visualization, Research Tips, Science Education Research

Earthquake Devastation to Education Revolution

by Jarred Shellhouse
April 15, 2018

After a devastating earthquake affected millions of people in the country of Haiti in 2010, Haitian-American sophomore Bertrhude Albert wanted to find a way to help. An English major with a desire to provide some relief to the people of Haiti, ... READ MORE

Category: Community Volunteers, Work & Life
Tags: Aec, Education, Volunteers

Why I work to get more everyday people and scientists engaged with each other: Inspiration from Seth Godin for #sciengage

by Katie Stofer
November 5, 2017

My sister brought Seth Godin's blog to my attention a few months ago. He writes about, among other things, "changing everything." Though at first glance it is not related to my work as it is really about business and marketing primarily, I have ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: About Me, Public Engagement

#Citizenscience redux and video

by Katie Stofer
August 7, 2017

I took on an #extension fellowship in 2015 on citizen science, to promote its use throughout #coopext. This continues to pay dividends, as I am now in the process of taking on my first PhD student advisee, who wants to study citizen science! ... READ MORE

Category: Community Volunteers, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Ag-stem, Citizen Science, Public Engagement With Science, Science Outreach

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