Kellie Johnson

Pursuing a PhD degree at Virginia Tech in the Agricultural Leadership and Community Education Department of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

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"Through my undergraduate program, working on youth development grants that focused on exposing youth to careers and studies in Agriculture and STEM, I was able to connect to my upbringing and background of being in 4-H and what that meant to me. Sharing that allows kids coming behind me to understand better the various opportunities in the Ag and STEM field.”

Kellie’s research interests are on cultural responsive approaches to evaluation of graduate minority serving fellowship programs and student success. She has had the opportunity to engage in a range of work within the agricultural field from youth development, production, and agricultural policy. She enjoys teaching and learning with her students and colleagues in the department.

Kellie received her undergraduate and master’s degree in Agribusiness from South Carolina State University. She is currently a PhD student at Virginia Tech in the Agricultural Leadership and Community Education Department.