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This project is supported by the following faculty, staff, and graduate students. Please also note our Advisory Committee Members and community partners featured on the partners page. 

This is a photograph of Dr. Donna Westfall-Rudd, Associate Professor of Agricultural Leadership and Community Education.

Donna Westfall-Rudd, Project Director

Associate Professor of Teaching and Learning in the department of Agricultural, Leadership, and Community Education;

mooredm@vt.edu

This is a photo of Director of the American Indian and Indigenous Community Center, Melissa Faircloth.

Melissa Faircloth, Associate Director

Director of the American Indian and Indigenous Community Center

missy86@vt.edu

Faculty photo of Sam Cook

Sam Cook, Co-PI

Director of American Indian Studies; Associate Professor of History; 

sacook2@vt.edu

Faculty photo of John Galbraith

John M. Galbraith, Co-PI

Professor of Plant and Environmental Sciences; 

ttcf@vt.edu

Faculty photo of Kristin Lamoureux

Kristin Lamoureux, Co-PI

Visiting professor of Hospitality and Tourism Management;

kristinl@vt.edu

Faculty photo of Lana Petrie

Lana Petrie, Co-PI

Faculty photo of Rick Rudd

Rick Rudd, Co-PI

Professor and Community Viability Chair; Director, Workforce Education and Development, Center for International Research, Education, and Development

rudd@vt.edu

Faculty photo of Tracy Rutherford

Tracy Rutherford, Co-PI

Professor and Department Head, Agricultural, Leadership, and Community Education

trutherford@vt.edu

Faculty photo of Jessica Taylor.

Jessica Taylor, Co-PI

Director of Public History and Assistant Professor of History

jessicataylor@vt.edu

MFA Creative Technologies student Bryce Burrell teaching creative writing undergraduate,  Hannah Fleenor how to make tea from the sassafras tree.

Bryce Burrell, Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Creative Technologies

bbryce@vt.edu

Desiree Shelley Headshot

Desiree Shelley , Graduate Research Assistant 

Agricultural, Leadership and Community Education

desiree@vt.edu