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Publications from 2021-2025

Whorley, G., Donaldson, J. L., Lambert, M. D., & Warner, W. J. (2024). Community college transfer students’ agricultural career decision making. NACTA Journal 68, 217-224. https://nactajournal.org/index.php/nactaj/article/view/143/113.

Farouque, M. G., Uddin, M. N., Roy, D., Rahman, S., Kabir, K. H., & Donaldson, J. L.
(2024). Enhancing safe vegetable cultivation through capacity development: Exploring the need for low-external-input utilization among farmers in Bangladesh. World Development Sustainability 4(Article 100161). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wds.2024.100161.

Hood, L. B., Eck, C. J., Layfield, K. D., & Donaldson, J. L. (2024). Were the “best made
better”? A content analysis of South Carolina 4-H programming. Journal of Human Sciences and Extension, 12(2), 14. https://doi.org/10.55533/2325-5226.1484.
Mugwanya, N., Jayaratne, K. S. U., Bloom, J. D., Donaldson, J. L., & Delborne, J. (2024). Competencies and training needs of extension agents for educating farmers on genetically engineered crops in Uganda. Advancements in Agricultural Development, 5(1), 32–45. https://doi.org/10.37433/aad.v5i1.395.
Rossi, M. M., Layfield, D., Donaldson, J. L., Luo, Y., & Agudelo, P. (2024). Assessing online readiness for a professional master’s degree program in agricultural education. Journal of Agricultural Education, 65(1), 140–156. https://jaeonline.org/index.php/jae/article/view/163.
Farouque, M. G., Kabir, K. H., Roy, D., Rana, M. M., & Donaldson, J.L. (2024). An
assessment of capacity building activities for common interest farmer groups in Bangladesh. Development in Practice. https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2024.2325415.
Uddin, M. N., Akter, S., Roy, D., Dev, D. S., Mithun, M. N. A.S., Rahman, S., Mahmud, M.
S., & Donaldson, J.L. (2024). An econometric analysis of factors affecting vegetable
growers’ interest in good agricultural practices: A case of rural Bangladesh. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-024-04545-1.

Hood, L. B., Eck, C. J., Layfield, K. D., & Donaldson, J.L. (2023). Effectiveness of online
program engagement for 4-H members during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Southern Agricultural Education Research, 73(1). http://jsaer.org/2023/09/07/effectiveness-of-online-program-engagement-for-4-h-members-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/.

Donaldson, J. L., Gwinn, K. D., Stephens, C., Chmely, S. C., & Moody, T. (2023). A summer agricultural research program enlarges community college students’ perceptions of agricultural careers. Advancements in Agricultural Development, 4(3), 41–53. https://doi.org/10.37433/aad.v4i3.315.

Marsh, K. N., Eck, C. J., Layfield, K. D., & Donaldson, J. L. (2023). Identifying school-based agricultural education teacher needs and support gaps. Advancements in Agricultural Development, 4(3), 117–130. https://doi.org/10.37433/aad.v4i3.347.

Donaldson, J. L., Graham, D., Arnold, S., Taylor, L. K., & Jayaratne, K. S. U. (2023). An analytic needs assessment for extension education: Views from extension professionals and faculty. Journal of Human Sciences and Extension, 11(1), 14. https://doi.org/10.55533/2325-5226.1388.

Donaldson, J. L., Warner, W., Bruce, J., Morgan, J., Edwards, H. C., & Vaughan, R. (2022). Aligning instruction with extension professional competencies for an enhanced undergraduate extension education minor. Journal of Human Sciences and Extension, 10(3), 12. https://doi.org/10.55533/2325-5226.1437.

Donaldson, J.L., Graham, D.L., Arnold, S., Taylor, L.K., & Jayaratne, K.S.U. (2022).
Extension Education trends and research needs: Views from professionals and faculty. Journal of Agricultural Education, 63(3)73-82. https://doi.org/10.5032/jae.2022.03073.

Simpson, C. & Donaldson, J.L. (2022). TikTok, tomatoes, and teenagers: Using new social media apps to connect Extension Education with younger audiences. Journal of Extension, 60(3), Article 9. https://doi.org/10.34068/joe.60.03.09.

Donaldson, J.L., & Vaughan, R. (2022). A scoping study of United States extension
professional competencies. Journal of Human Sciences and Extension, 10(1), 8.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/jhse/vol10/iss1/8.

Donaldson, J. L., & Franck, K. (2021). Developmental evaluation for extension programs. Journal of Extension, 59(4), Article 5. https://doi.org/10.34068/joe.59.04.05

Extension Professional Development

This 36-page guidebook includes an overview of situational analysis/needs assessment including exploration, data gathering, and utilization. Numerous examples include interview protocols, letters to invite participation in surveys, and strategies for working with advisory groups.
A process evaluation of the 4-H Science: Building a 4-H STEM Career Pathway Initiative was conducted, and this publication describes the initiative’s goals,  implementation, key findings, and recommendations. A major recommendation was to expand 4-H Science programming using community and corporate volunteers.
This publication provides definitions of two models for contemporary Extension work: (a) the Program Planning and Evaluation Model and (b) the Reactive Programming Model. The models provide guideposts and a common language for Extension education. These models foster an understanding of the very complex nature of extending university knowledge and resources to North Carolina residents.
This publication provides graphics and brief descriptions of the Program Planning and Evaluation Model and Reactive Programming Model. This publication is suitable to print on cardstock for sharing with county advisory councils, county commissioners, and other stakeholders to explain Extension programming.
Career Exploration
To connect potential community college transfer students to agriculture, agriculture academic programs, and careers, we launched an online career matrix. The matrix aligns three primary sources of online information: (a) Holland’s six occupational themes (Realistic, Investigating, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional); (b) O*NET occupations specific to food and agricultural sciences; and (c) academic programs at NC State University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
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