
- Dr. Gary Briers
- Professor and Senior Scientist, Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture
- Office:
- AGLS 244
- Email:
- gary.briers@ag.tamu.edu
- Phone:
- (979) 862-3000
- Resume/CV
- Undergraduate Education
- B.S. (Agricultural Education), Texas A&M University
- Graduate Education
- M.Ed. (Agricultural Education), Texas A&M University
- Ph.D. (Agricultural Education), Iowa State University
- Courses Taught
- AGSC 384; 425; 436; 484; ALEC 622; 690
Research Topical Area:
Experiential education/learning. Agriculture-human interactions (e.g., therapeutic effects of animals and plants on people) Internationalization and Globalization
Research Skill Set:
Quantitative research methodology, statistical/data analysis, use of SPSS. Evaluation of educational interventions.
Professional Interests:
Agricultural Teacher Education; Research Design/Methodology; Teaching Methodology; International Agricultural Development
International Assignments:
1999 Orel State Agricultural University, Orel, Russia
2001 Moscow State Agro-engineering University, Moscow, Russia
2002 Timyarazev Agricultural Academy, Moscow, Russia
2005-2007 Armenian State Agrarian University, Yerevan, Armenia
2008 “Team Borlaug” team member, agricultural assessments of eight provinces in southern Iraq
2010 Republic of Georgia—agricultural assessments, particularly of agricultural colleges outside Tblisi, and assessment of capacity building project in Tbilisi
2010 Baghdad, Iraq—monitoring and evaluation, Inma Project, Louie Berger and USAID
2011 Trinidad and Tobago—part of team developing reuseable learning objects (RLOs) for Higher Education Challenge Grant—Texas A&M University, University of Florida, and University of Georgia
2011 Baghdad, Iraq—evaluation of Department of Agricultural Extension, University of Baghdad
2012 Uganda—part of team working in agricultural education, communications, and policy—along with capacity development—throughout Uganda
2012 Kurdistan Region of Iraq—Iraqi Agricultural Extension Revitalization Project. Conducted workshops with agricultural extension personnel in Duhok, Iraq, and evaluated extension certificate program in Erbil, Iraq
2010-2012 Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina (UNALM), Lima, Peru