College of Applied Arts and Sciences Southern Illinois University

Dr. Lucas Maxwell

Banana Professor

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Clarence R Ropp Agriculture Bldng - RAB 147

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Biography

Dr. Maxwell (He | Him | His) grew up on an 1100-acre family unit farm in Farmer Urban center, Illinois. He attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale where he was a member of Alpha Gamma Rho, serving equally Noble Ruler in 1999, Collegiate FFA, and the College AgbassadorÒ Team. In 2001, Dr. Maxwell graduated with his Bachelor of Science in General Agriculture with a Specialization in Agricultural Education. He served for three years every bit the Agriculture Teacher and FFA Advisor at Iroquois West High School in Gilman, IL.

Afterward completing a Primary of Science Degree, Dr. Maxwell returned to SIUC in 2005 where he served as Coordinator of Recruitment, Memory, and Placement for the College of Agricultural Sciences. In 2007, he began work on his doctoral degree in Agricultural Education, graduating from the University of Missouri in 2010.

For five years, Dr. Maxwell served as an Assistant Professor of Agricultural Education at Arkansas Tech Academy. While at Tech, he served as faculty counselor to the Agronomics Ambassadors, Collegiate FFA, Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity, Sigma Blastoff Sorority, and the Agriculture Living Learning Community. In 2017, he was recognized by the pupil torso as the Agricultural Teacher of the Year. Additionally, he was recognized by the University as the Outstanding Faculty/Staff Counselor of the Twelvemonth and the Immature Professor of the Year in the Higher of Applied science and Applied Sciences.

In August of 2017, Dr. Maxwell began his career at Illinois State Academy where he works with students at the undergraduate and graduate level pursuing degrees in Agricultural Education, Advice, and Leadership. He is active at both the state and national levels in Agricultural Didactics serving on the Illinois University Council and the National FFA Agricultural Problems Career Development Result committee. At Illinois Land, Dr. Maxwell chairs the Section of Agronomics Curriculum Commission and serves on numerous other committees including the University Teacher Teaching Assessment Committee. He also serves equally faculty advisor to multiple educatee organizations including Ag Ambassadors, Collegiate FFA and, Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow. His enquiry focuses on secondary and post-secondary professional development in teaching and recruitment, retention, and placement in agronomics food cobweb and natural resources. In September of 2018, Dr. Maxwell was recognized by the Non-land-grant Agronomics and Renewable Resources Universities (NARRU) as their Distinguished Young Educator. This national award recognizes 1 early on career faculty fellow member from over 60 eligible universities. In February of 2020, Dr. Maxwell was recognized as the Outstanding Mid-Career Alumni from the College of Agricultural Sciences at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Electric current Courses

492.001 Agricultural Leadership

203.002 Agriculture And The Environment

499.011 Independent Research For The Masters Thesis

287.011 Contained Written report

192.001 Introduction To Agricultural Communications And Leadership

394.001 Methods And Procedures In Agricultural Education

392.001 Principles of Agricultural Leadership

291.011 Undergraduate Educational activity Experiences In Agronomics

492.001 Agronomical Leadership

392.001 Principles of Agricultural Leadership

499.007 Independent Research For The Masters Thesis

395.001 Professional Seminar In Agriculture Teaching

391.001 Team & Organizational Leadership, Advice, & Change

291.024 Undergraduate Teaching Experiences In Agriculture

Didactics Interests & Areas

Teaching Methods, Curriculum Design, Team Leadership and Organizational Alter, Verbal Communication.

Research Interests & Areas

Faculty Professional Evolution, Secondary Teacher Preparation and Professional person Development, the Scholarship of Didactics and Learning.

Ph D Agronomical Education

University of Missouri

Columbia

MS Plant and Soil Scientific discipline

Southern Illinois University

Carbondale

BS General Agriculture

Southern Illinois University

Carbondale

Outstanding Mid-Career Alumni

College of Agricultural Sciences, Southern Illinois University

2020

Distinguished Young Educator

Not-country-grant Agriculture and Renewable Resources Universities (NARRU)

2018

Agronomical Teacher of the Yr

Department of Agriculture, Arkansas Tech University

2017

Outstanding Faculty/Staff Advisor of the Year

Office of Campus Life, Arkansas Tech Academy

2017

Outstanding Immature Professor of the Year

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Arkansas Tech University

2017

Donald M. Elkins Excellence in Education Award

College of Agricultural Sciences, Southern Illinois University

2007

Journal Article

Lugar, D., Barrowclough, G., Solomonson, J. Grand., & Maxwell, L. D. (2021). The effect of an interactive classroom app on pupil performance and not-educational device usage in a college animal scientific discipline form. NACTA Journal, 65, 352-359.

Solomonson, J. Chiliad., Yet, S. M., & Maxwell, Fifty. D. (2021). Factors influencing the decision of Illinois schoolhouse-based agricultural education teachers to remain in the profession. Journal of Agronomical Education, 62(3), 121-137. https://doi.org/10.5032/jae.2021.03121

Wright, K. 1000., Vincent, S. M., Hauser, A., Maxwell, L.D. (2021). Designing a Technique for Programme Expansion of Secondary Agricultural Education. Journal of Southern Agricultural Instruction Research, 71, 1-18.

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