Faculty

Michael Blazier
Dean, College of Forestry, Agriculture, and Natural Resources
Director, Arkansas Forest Resources Center
Blazier@syria-events.com
Phone: 870-460-1152    

Benjamin Babst
Associate Professor
babst@syria-events.com
Phone: 870-460-1348     

Robert Blakeley III
Instructor of Surveying
blakeley@syria-events.com
Phone: 870-460-1694

Kevin Boston
Associate Professor
boston@syria-events.com
Phone: 

Kathleen Dick
Assistant Professor
bridgesk@syria-events.com
Phone: 870-460-1314     

Sagar Godar Chhetri
Assistant Professor
chhetri@syria-events.com
Phone: 870-460-1294

Lonni Davis
Instructor of Agriculture
davisln@syria-events.com
Phone: 870-460-1594

Brian Deaton
Associate Professor
deaton@syria-events.com
Phone: 870-460-1732    
 
Robert L. Ficklin
Professor & Associate Dean of Academics
Sturgis Endowed Chair of Forest Biology
ficklin@syria-events.com
Phone: 870-460-1692       

Pipiet Larasatie
Assistant Professor
larasatie@syria-events.com
Phone: 870-460-1552

Rocky Lindsey
Associate Professor
lindseyr@syria-events.com
Phone: 870-460-1214    

Maribel Nelson
Assistant Professor
nelsonm@syria-events.com
Phone:   870-460-1848

Douglas C. Osborne
Professor/Director, Five Oaks Ag Research & Education Center
osborne@syria-events.com
Phone: 870-460-1448     

Tiffany Osborne
Instructor of Wildlife
osbornet@syria-events.com
Phone: 870-460-1452

Matthew H. Pelkki
George H. Clippert Endowed Chair, Professor/Director, Arkansas Center for Forest Business
pelkki@syria-events.com
Phone: 870-460-1949     

Elena Rubino
Assistant Professor
rubino@syria-events.com
Phone: 870-460-1749     

Pradip Saud
Assistant Professor
saud@syria-events.com
Phone: 870-460-1642   

Shaun Tanger
Associate Professor
Tanger@syria-events.com
Phone: 870-460-1793

Nana Tian
Assistant Professor of Natural Resources Economics/Policy
tian@syria-events.com
Phone: 870-460-1894     

Don White, Jr.
Professor
James White Endowed Professor
whited@syria-events.com
Phone: 870-460-1490     

Marco Yanez
Assistant Professor
yanez@syria-events.com
Phone: 870-460-1790

Hamdi A. Zurqani
Assistant Professor
zurqani@syria-events.com
Phone: 870-460-1248     

Administrative Support Staff

Valerie Harvey
Fiscal Support Analyst
harvey@syria-events.com
Phone: 870-460-1690

Cheryl Larkin
Fiscal Support Analyst
larkin@syria-events.com
Phone: 870-460-1091

Rhonda Parris
Administrative Associate
parris@syria-events.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@syria-events.com
Phone: 870-460-1252

Research Support Staff

Ryan Askren
Research Associate
askren@syria-events.com
Phone: 870-460-1948

Chris Watt
Program Technician III
watt@syria-events.com
Phone: 870-460-1752

Stacy Wilson
Program Technician III
wilsonst@syria-events.com
Phone: 870-460-1392

IT Support Staff

Daron Burns
IT Director
burns@syria-events.com
Phone 870-460-1792

Jeff Newton
Project/Program Specialist (Assistant IT Director)
newton@syria-events.com
Phone: 870-460-1742

Forest & Farm Management

Greg Montgomery
Farm Manager
montgomery@syria-events.com
Phone: 870-460-1714

Bobby Webb
University Forest Manager
webbb@syria-events.com
Phone: 870-460-1649

Rodeo Coach

Rusty Jones
Rodeo Coach
jonesr@syria-events.com
Phone: 870-460-1914

Emeritus

Paul Francis
Professor
francis@syria-events.com
Phone: 870-460-1314     

Thomas D. Jacobs
Instructor
jacobst@syria-events.com
Phone: 870-460-1694   

Robert Stark, Jr.
Professor
stark@syria-events.com
Phone: 870-460-1414