Associate Professor, Agriculture Education | Member of the Graduate Faculty
In the fall of 2012, Dr. Rice entered the doctoral program at the University of Missouri in Agricultural Education and Leadership. During the three years she studied at MU, she had the opportunity to teach multiple courses in the areas of verbal communication, personal leadership, and teaching methods. This period was also when she established her research agenda and began her work in the area of pedagogical content knowledge of agriculture teachers. Dr. Rice is passionate about agriculture teacher knowledge, the preparation of future agriculture teachers, and the professional development of inservice agriculture teachers. She is interested in developing theories that explain how teachers acquire and utilize their knowledge for teaching agriculture and the impact this knowledge has on the learning of their students.