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REEU Programs

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Mid-Atlantic Region (Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Virginia, West Virginia)
StateFYProgram directorInstitutionProgram Information REEIS Information
NJ2022Amy TuiningaMontclair State
PR2022Mei YuU of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras
WV2022Haley RossonWest Virginia
VA2024Yiming FengVirginia Tech
PA2024Helene HopferPennState University

Midwest Region (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin)
StateFYProgram DirectorInstitutionProgram websiteREEIS Information
IN2022Veera GudePurdue Northwest
MI2022Narendra DasMichigan State
MI2024Jeta RudiMichigan State
IL2024Carolyn Butts-WSouthern Illinois U
Mountain Plains Regions (Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming)
StateFYProgram DirectorInstitutionProgram InformationREEIS Information
NE2023Edgar CahoonU of Nebraska
ND2023Carolyn HammerNorth Dakota State
KS2024Megan KennellyKansas State
NE2024Douglas GolickU of Nebraska
NE2024Martha MamoU of Nebraska
CO2025Ada SzczepaniecColorado State
Southeast Region (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
StateFYProgram DirectorInstitution Program InformationREEIS Information
AL2023Chastity BradfordTuskegee
FL2023Jeanette AndradeU of Florida
GA2023Jason Gordon U of Georgia
GA2023Chung-Jui Tsai U of Georgia
NC2022Baohong ZhangEast Carolina State
NC2022Lucie GuertaultNorth Carolina State
SC2023Paul DawsonClemson
SC2023Juan Carlos Melgar JimenezClemson
TN2022Ying JinMiddle Tennessee State
TN2023Kimberly GwinnU of Tennessee
TN2024Rebecca Trout FryxellU of Tennessee
NC2024Angel CruzNorth Carolina State
AL2024Lingyan KongU of Alabama
NC2024Joseph DonaldsonNorth Carolina State
MS2025Maruf MarufuzzamanMississippi State
Northeast Region (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virgin Islands)
StateFYProgram DirectorInstitutionProgram InformationREEIS Information
NY2023Georg JanderBoyce Thompson Institute
MA2023Jaime PineroUMASS Amherst
RI2023Tolani OlagundoyeU of Rhode Island
RI2023Ingrid LofgrenU of Rhode Island
Southwest Region (Arizona, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah)
StateFYProgram DirectorInstitutionProgram InformationREEIS Information
AR2022Julie RobinsonU of Arkansas
OK2023Charles FontanierOklahoma State
OK2022Audrey KingOklahoma State
TX2023Danhong ChenSam Houston State
TX2023Kimberly CochranTexas A&M AgriLife Extension
TX2022Won Bo ShimTexas A&M AgriLife Extension
TX2022Janie MooreTexas A&M
TX2022Yuxia HuangTexas A&M Corpus Christi
TX2022Natasha MastTexas A&M Kingsville
TX2023Naima Moustaid-MoussaTexas Tech
TX2023Rupesh KariyatU of Arkansas
TX2024Lori MooreTexas A&M AgriLife Research
TX2024Penny RiggsTexas A&M AgriLife Research
AZ2024Noel HennesseyUniversity of Arizona
TX2024Michael PersansU of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Western Region (Alaska, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa)
StateFYProgram DirectorInstitutionProgram InformationREEIS Information
CA2022Iksoon KangCal Poly State
CA2022Melawhy Garcia-VegaCalifornia State LB
CA2022Barry HibbsCalifornia State LA
ID2023Julie BecksteadGonzaga University
ID2023Xiaoxue DuU of Idaho
CA2024Rosalee HellbergChapman University
ID2024Xiaoli EtienneU of Idaho

PROGRAM DIRECTORS’ INFORMATION

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