Faculty
Michael Blazier
Dean, College of Forestry, Agriculture, and Natural Resources
Director, Arkansas Forest Resources Center
Blazier@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-1152
Deljouei Azade
Assistant Professor of Forest Business
DeljoueiA@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-
Benjamin Babst
Professor
babst@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-1348
Robert Blakeley III
Instructor of Surveying
blakeley@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-1694
Kevin Boston
Associate Professor
boston@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-1192
Sagar Godar Chhetri
Assistant Professor
chhetri@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-1294
Daniel DeArmond
Assistant Professor
dearmondd@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-1949
Kathleen Dick
Assistant Professor
bridgesk@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-1314
Lonni Davis
Instructor of Agriculture
davisln@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-1594
Brian Deaton
Professor
deaton@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-1732
Robert L. Ficklin
Professor & Associate Dean of Academics
Sturgis Endowed Chair of Forest Biology
ficklin@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-1692
Rocky Lindsey
Associate Professor
lindseyr@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-1214
Brittany Leek
Instructor of Animal Science
leekb@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-
Douglas C. Osborne
Professor/Director, Five Oaks Ag Research & Education Center
osborne@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-1448
Tiffany Osborne
Instructor of Wildlife
osbornet@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-1452
Matthew H. Pelkki
George H. Clippert Endowed Chair, Professor/Director, Arkansas Center for Forest Business
pelkki@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-1949
Moein Sadeghi
Assistant Professor of Ecohydrology
SadeghiS@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-
Pradip Saud
Associate Professor
saud@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-1642
Laura Sims
Associate Professor
simsl@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-1449
Shaun Tanger
Associate Professor
Tanger@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-1793
Nana Tian
Associate Professor of Natural Resources Economics/Policy
tian@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-1894
Don White, Jr.
Professor
James White Endowed Professor
whited@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-1490
Marco Yanez
Assistant Professor
yanez@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-1790
Hamdi A. Zurqani
Associate Professor of Geospatial Science
zurqani@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-1248
Administrative Support Staff
Valerie Harvey
Program/Project Specialist
harvey@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-1690
Cheryl Larkin
Fiscal Support Analyst
larkin@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-1091
Karen Ford
Administrative Assistant
FordK@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-1052
Communications
Traci Rushing
Communications Director
trushing@uada.edu
Phone: 870-460-1852
Outreach & Engagement
Jolene Hammock
Outreach & Engagement Coordinator
hammockj@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-1252
Research Support Staff
Ryan Askren
Research Associate
askren@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-1948
Chris Watt
Program Technician III
watt@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-1752
IT Support Staff
Daron Burns
IT Director
burns@uamont.edu
Phone 870-460-1792
Jeff Newton
Project/Program Specialist (Assistant IT Director)
newton@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-1742
Forest & Farm Management
Greg Montgomery
Farm Manager
montgomery@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-1714
Stacy Wilson
University Forest Manager
wilsonst@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-1392
Rodeo Coach
Rusty Jones
Rodeo Coach
jonesr@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-1914
Emeritus
Paul Francis
Professor
francis@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-1314
Thomas D. Jacobs
Instructor
jacobst@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-1694
Robert Stark, Jr.
Professor
stark@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-1414