division of agriculture, forestry, and veterinary medicine
TRANSCRIPT
Updated April 6, 2021
Division of Agriculture, Forestry,
and Veterinary Medicine
Administrative Directory
Organizational Chart, page 2 Photographs, pages 3–10 Index, pages 11–12
2Updated April 6, 2021 2
Institute for Genomics,
Biocomputing, & Biotechnology
Dr. Daniel Peterson
GeoResources Institute
Dr. Robert Moorhead
Social Science Research Center Dr. Cindy Bethel
(Interim)
Center for Human-Wildlife
Conflicts Dr. Andrew Kouba
Franklin Furniture Institute
Dr. Rubin Shmulsky
Assistant Dean, Clinical Services
Dr. Joey Burt
Veterinary Medical Technology
Program Dr. Allison Gardner
Dean, College of
Veterinary Medicine Dr. Kent Hoblet
Dean, College of Agriculture
& Life Sciences Dr. Scott Willard
(Interim)
Dean, College of
Forest Resources Dr. Wes Burger
(Interim)
Associate Dean Scott Willard
Agricultural & Biological
Engineering Dr. Alex Thomasson
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology,
Entomology, & Plant Pathology
Dr. Jeff Dean
Agricultural Economics
Dr. Ardian Harri (Interim)
Director, Mississippi Agricultural & Forestry Experiment
Station Dr. Reuben Moore
(Interim)
Associate Director Dr. Joe Street
(Interim)
Associate Director Dr. Wes Burger
Food Science, Nutrition, & Health
Promotion Dr. Ashli Brown
(Interim)
Animal & Dairy Sciences
Dr. Jane Parish (Interim)
Landscape Architecture Sadik Artunc
School of Human Sciences
Dr. Michael NewmanPlant & Soil Sciences
Dr. Darrin Dodds
Central R&E at Raymond
Dr. Sherry Surrette
Coastal R&E at Biloxi
Dr. James Henderson
Director, MSU Extension Service
Dr. Gary Jackson
Associate Director Dr. Steve Martin
Division of Agriculture,
Forestry, and
Veterinary Medicine
2021 Organizational Structure
Special Assistant to the VP
Dr. Reuben Moore
Associate Dean, Academic Affairs
Dr. Jack Smith
Admissions Dr. Brittany Moore-
Henderson
Enhanced Clinical Education
Dr. Carla Huston
Associate Vice President (Vacant)
Vice President for
Agriculture, Forestry, &
Veterinary Medicine Dr. Keith Coble
Research & Extension
Centers
Branch Stations (16)
Delta R&E at Stoneville
Dr. Steve Martin (Interim)
Center for Continuing Education
Richard Swann (Interim)
County Offices (82) Report to Regional
Extension Coordinators
Regional Extension Coordinator
Theresa Hand (Interim)
Regional Extension Coordinator Dr. Curt Lacy
Regional Extension Coordinator
Dr. Linda Mitchell
Extension Center for Technology
Outreach Dr. Randy Loper
Agricultural Communications
Elizabeth North
Center for Government
& Community Development Sumner Davis
Southern Rural Development
Center Dr. Steven Turner
Poultry Science Dr. Mary Beck
Human Resources Management
Civil Rights/AA/EEO Leslie Corey
(Interim)
Associate Director Dr. Joe Street
(Interim)Sustainable Bioproducts
Dr. Rubin Shmulsky
Wildlife, Fisheries, & Aquaculture
Dr. Andrew Kouba
Forestry Dr. Donald Grebner
Associate Dean Dr. Ian Munn
Director, Forest & Wildlife Research Center Dr. Wes Burger
(Interim)
Regional Extension Coordinator
Tawnya Holliman (Interim)
North MS R&E at Verona
Dr. Jane Parish
Southern Regional Aquaculture Center
Dr. Jimmy Avery
Thad Cochran National Warmwater Aquaculture Center
Dr. David Wise
Associate Director Wes Burger
Reports jointly to the VP for Agriculture, Forestry, and Veterinary Medicine and the VP for Research and Economic Development
Reports jointly to the VP for Agriculture, Forestry, and Veterinary Medicine and the Provost and Executive VP
Reports jointly to the VP for Agriculture, Forestry, and Veterinary Medicine, the VP for Research and Economic Development, and the Provost and Executive VP
Reports jointly to the VP for Agriculture, Forestry, and Veterinary Medicine, the Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine, the Director of the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, and the VP for Research and Economic Development
Centers and Institutes
Chief Human Resources Officer has University responsibility for equal employment, affirmative action, and civil rights compliance
Reports jointly to the Dean of the College of Forest Resources and the FWRC and Extension Directors
Reports jointly to the Dean of the College of Forest Resources and the FWRC, Extension, and MAFES Directors
Reports only to MSU Extension
County offices report to MSU Extension Regional Coordinators by region
Associate Dean, Research & Grad
Studies Dr. David Smith
Associate Dean, Administration
Dr. Ron McLaughlin
Clinical Sciences Dr. Andrew Mackin
Pathobiology & Population Medicine
Dr. Bill Epperson
Comparative Biomedical Sciences
Dr. Robert Wills
Diagnostic Laboratory System
and MS Research & Diagnostic Lab Dr. Lanny Pace
Aquatic Research & Diagnostic Lab
Dr. Lester Khoo
CVM Diagnostic Lab Services
Dr. Alicia Olivier
Poultry Research & Diagnostic Lab Dr. Danny Magee
MS River Valley Alluvial Aquifer Water
Research Center Dr. Drew Gholson
Water Resources Research Institute
Dr. Jason Krutz
International Institute
Dr. Dan Reynolds
3Updated April 6, 2021
Mark E. Keenum
President
Reuben Moore
Special Assistant
to the Vice President
Keith Coble
Vice President
Jason Krutz
Director
Water Resources Research Institute
Division of Agriculture, Forestry,
& Veterinary Medicine Office of the Vice President
Mississippi State
University
Dan Reynolds
Director
International Institute
Associate Vice
President
Daniel Peterson
Director
Institute for Genomics, Biocomputing, & Biotechnology
Robert Moorhead
Director
GeoResources Institute
Cindy Bethel
Director (Interim)
Social Science Research Center
dafvm.msstate.edu
Vacant
4Updated April 6, 2021
Bill Epperson
Department Head
Pathobiology & Population Medicine
Lanny Pace
Executive Director
Mississippi Veterinary Research and
Diagnostic Laboratory System
Director
Mississippi Research & Diagnostic Lab
Lester Khoo
Director
Aquatic Research & Diagnostic Laboratory
Andrew Mackin
Department Head
Clinical Sciences
Kent Hoblet
Dean
Ron McLaughlin
Associate Dean
Administration
Robert Wills
Department Head
Comparative Biomedical Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine
Alicia Olivier
Director
Diagnostic CVM Laboratory
Services
Allison Gardner
Director
Veterinary Medical
Technology Program
Joey Burt
Assistant Dean
Clinical Services
Jack Smith
Associate Dean
Academic Affairs
David Smith
Associate Dean
Research & Graduate Studies
Brittany Moore-
Henderson
Director
Admissions
Carla Huston
Director
Enhanced Clinical
Education
Danny Magee
Director
Poultry Research & Diagnostic Laboratory
cvm.msstate.edu
5Updated April 6, 2021
Donald Grebner
Department Head
Forestry
Rubin Shmulsky
Department Head
Sustainable Bioproducts
Andrew Kouba
Department Head
Wildlife, Fisheries, & Aquaculture
Wes Burger
Dean
(Interim)
College of Forest Resources
Director
(Interim)
Forest & Wildlife Research Center
Wes Burger
Associate Director
Ian Munn
Associate Dean
College of Forest Resources
College of Forest Resources and
Forest & Wildlife Research Center
Joe Street
Associate Director
(Interim)
fwrc.msstate.edu cfr.msstate.edu
6Updated April 6, 2021
Jeff Dean
Department Head
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology,
Entomology, & Plant Pathology
Mary Beck
Department Head Poultry Science
Ashli Brown
Department Head
(Interim)
Food Science, Nutrition, & Health
Promotion
Ardian Harri
Department Head
(Interim)
Agricultural Economics
Alex Thomasson
Department Head
Agricultural & Biological
Engineering
Sadik Artunc
Department Head
Landscape Architecture
Michael Newman
Director
School of Human Sciences
Jane Parish
Department Head
(Interim)
Animal & Dairy Sciences
Scott Willard
Dean
(Interim)
Scott Willard
Associate Dean
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
Darrin Dodds
Department Head
Plant & Soil Sciencescals.msstate.edu
7Updated April 6, 2021
Reuben Moore
Director
(Interim)
Mississippi Agricultural & Forestry
Experiment Station
Wes Burger
Associate Director
Joe Street
Associate Director
(Interim)
mafes.msstate.edu
Andrew Kouba
Department Head
Wildlife, Fisheries, & Aquaculture
Jeff Dean
Department Head
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology,
Entomology, & Plant Pathology
Ardian Harri
Department Head
(Interim)
Agricultural Economics
Alex Thomasson
Department Head
Agricultural & Biological
Engineering
Jane Parish
Department Head
(Interim)
Animal & Dairy Sciences
Mary Beck
Department Head Poultry Science
Ashli Brown
Department Head
(Interim)
Food Science, Nutrition, & Health
Promotion
Sadik Artunc
Department Head
Landscape Architecture
Michael Newman
Director
School of Human Sciences
Darrin Dodds
Department Head
Plant & Soil Sciences
MSU Research & Extension Centers,
which report jointly to the Mississippi
Agricultural & Forestry Experiment
Station and the Mississippi State
University Extension Service are
located on page 9.
8Updated April 6, 2021
Randy Loper
Head
Extension Center for Technology
Outreach
Sumner Davis
Leader
Extension Center for Government &
Community Development
Gary Jackson
Director
Steve Martin
Associate Director
Mississippi State University Extension Service
Elizabeth North
Head
Agricultural Communications
extension.msstate.edu
Donald Grebner
Department Head
Forestry
Rubin Shmulsky
Department Head
Sustainable Bioproducts
Andrew Kouba
Department Head
Wildlife, Fisheries, & Aquaculture
Jeff Dean
Department Head
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology,
Entomology, & Plant Pathology
Ardian Harri
Department Head
(Interim)
Agricultural Economics
Alex Thomasson
Department Head
Agricultural & Biological
Engineering
Jane Parish
Department Head
(Interim)
Animal & Dairy Sciences
Mary Beck
Department Head Poultry Science
Ashli Brown
Department Head
(Interim)
Food Science, Nutrition, & Health Promotion
Sadik Artunc
Department Head
Landscape Architecture
Michael Newman
Director
School of Human Sciences
Darrin Dodds
Department Head
Plant & Soil Sciences
MSU Research & Extension Centers,
which report jointly to the Mississippi
Agricultural & Forestry Experiment
Station and the Mississippi State
University Extension Service are
located on page 9.
9Updated April 6, 2021
Mississippi State University
Research & Extension Centers
Sherry Surrette
Head
Central R&E at Raymond
Theresa Hand
Regional
Extension
Coordinator
(Interim)
Central R&E at Raymond
Tawnya Holliman
Regional
Extension
Coordinator
(Interim)
Coastal R&E at Biloxi
Curt Lacy
Regional
Extension
Coordinator
Delta R&E at Stoneville
Linda Mitchell
Regional
Extension
Coordinator
North MS R&E at Verona
James Henderson
Head
Coastal R&E at Biloxi
Steve Martin
Head
(Interim)
Delta R&E at Stoneville
Jane Parish
Head
North MS R&E at Verona
Research & Extension
Centers report jointly to the
Mississippi Agricultural & Forestry
Experiment Station and the
Mississippi State University
Extension Service.
10Updated April 6, 2021
Division of Agriculture, Forestry,
& Veterinary Medicine
Centers and Institutes
Steven Turner
Director
Southern Rural Development Center
MSU Extension/
MAFES
Drew Gholson
Director
Mississippi River Valley Alluvial Aquifer
Water Research Center MAFES
Richard Swann
Head (Interim)
Center for Continuing Education
MSU Extension Service
Andrew Kouba
Executive Director
Center for Human-Wildlife Conflicts
College of
Forest Resources
Joey Burt
Director
Animal Health Center
College of
Veterinary Medicine
Rubin Shmulsky
Director
Franklin Institute of Furniture
Manufacturing & Management
Forest & Wildlife
Research Center
dafvm.msstate.edu
David Wise
Director
Thad Cochran National Warmwater Aquaculture Center Delta R&E Center
Jimmy Avery
Director
Southern Region Aquaculture Center Delta R&E Center
Artunc, Sadik ................................6, 7, 8
Mailstop 9725
(662) 325-7894
Avery, Jimmy ......................................10
Mailstop 9388
(662) 686-3273
Beck, Mary ....................................6, 7, 8
Mailstop 9665
(662) 325-3416
Bethel, Cindy ........................................3
Mailstop 9628
(662) 325-7127
Brown, Ashli .................................6, 7, 8
Mailstop 9805
(662) 325-5055
Burger, Wes ..............................5, 6, 7, 8
Mailstop 9680
(662) 325-7552
Burt, Joey........................................4, 10
Mailstop 9825
(662) 325-1342
Coble, Keith ..............................3, 6, 7, 8
Mailstop 9800
(662) 325-3006
Davis, Sumner ......................................8
Mailstop 9643
(662) 325-3141
Dean, Jeff ......................................6, 7, 8
Mailstop 9655
(662) 325-2640
Dodds, Darrin................................6, 7, 8
Mailstop 9555
(662) 325-4072
Epperson, Bill .......................................4
Mailstop 9825
(662) 325-2827
Gardner, Allison....................................4
Mailstop 9825
(662) 325-2283
Gholson, Drew....................................10
PO Box 197, Stoneville, MS 38776
(662) 686-9311
Grebner, Donald ...............................5, 8
Mailstop 9681
(662) 325-2949
Hand, Theresa.......................................9
P.O. Box 120, Raymond 39154
(601) 857-3242
Harri, Ardian..................................6, 7, 8
Mailstop 9755
(662) 325-6670
Henderson, James ...............................9
Mailstop 9681
(662) 325-0754
Hoblet, Kent ..........................................4
Mailstop 9825
(662) 325-1131
Holliman, Tawnya .................................9
952 Sullivan Road, Hattiesburg 39401
(601) 545-6083
Huston, Carla ........................................4
Mailstop 9825
(662) 325-1183
Jackson, Gary.......................................8
Mailstop 9601
(662) 325-3036
Keenum, Mark E. .................................3
Mailstop 9720
(662) 325-3221
Khoo, Lester .........................................4
Mailstop 9388
(662) 686-3305
Kouba, Andrew .............................5, 7, 8
Mailstop 9680
(662) 325-7494
Krutz, Jason..........................................3
Mailstop 9547
(662) 325-8335
Lacy, Curt ..............................................9
P.O. Box 69, Stoneville 38776
(662) 686-9311
Loper, Randy.........................................8
Mailstop 9662
(662) 325-3226
Mackin, Andrew ....................................4
Mailstop 9825
(662) 325-6631
Magee, Danny .......................................4
Mailstop 9825
(601) 420-0377
Martin, Steve .....................................8, 9
Mailstop 9389
(662) 566-2201
McLaughlin, Ron ..................................4
Mailstop 9825
(662) 325-1266
11Updated April 6, 2021
Photo Index, Addresses, & Phone Numbers
Mitchell, Linda ......................................9
Mailstop 9641
(662) 325-3350
Moore, Reuben .................................3, 7
Mailstop 9800
(662) 325-3006
Moore-Henderson, Brittany .................4
Mailstop 9825
(662) 325-9257
Moorhead, Robert.................................3
Mailstop 9627
(662) 325-2850
Munn, Ian...............................................5
Mailstop 9680
(662) 325-1379
Newman, Michael .........................6, 7, 8
Mailstop 9745
(662) 325-2950
North, Elizabeth ....................................8
Mailstop 9625
(662) 325-2262
Olivier, Alicia.........................................4
Mailstop 9825
(662) 325-8192
Pace, Lanny ..........................................4
P.O.Box 97813, Pearl 39288
(601) 420-4700
Parish, Jane ..............................6, 7, 8, 9
P.O. Box 60, Prairie 39756
(662) 369-4426
Peterson, Daniel ...................................3
Mailstop 9627
(662) 325-2747
Pruett, Stephen.....................................4
Mailstop 9825
(662) 325-1130
Reynolds, Dan ......................................3
Mailstop 9555
(662) 325-0519
Shmulsky, Rubin ........................5, 8, 10
Mailstop 9820
(662) 325-2243
Smith, David..........................................4
Mailstop 9825
(662) 325-1344
Smith, Jack ...........................................4
Mailstop 9825
(662) 325-5505
Street, Joe .........................................5, 7
Mailstop 9740
(662) 325-3004
Surrette, Sherry ....................................9
Mailstop 9384
(601) 857-2284
Swann, Richard ..................................10
Mailstop 9601
(662) 325-3064
Thomasson, Alex..........................6, 7, 8
Mailstop 9632
(662) 325-3282
Turner, Steve.......................................10
Mailstop 9755
(662) 325-2049
Willard, Scott ........................................6
Mailstop 9760
(662) 325-0233
Wills, Robert .........................................4
Mailstop 9825
(662) 325-9718
Wise, David .........................................10
Mailstop 9388
(662) 686-3239
12Updated April 6, 2021
Photo Index, Addresses, & Phone Numbers