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Jean attends Rocks & Rockets community outreach and education event in Colby, KS
Jean represented SCALes and the Department of Geography and Geospatial Sciences at the 3rd annual Rocks & Rockets community science outreach event held in Colby, Kansas. More than 500 visitors and 300 K-12 students attended the event!
Last updated on Aug 22, 2024
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Jean's paper published in Sustainability!
Jean’s paper Linking Diversity–Productivity Conditions of Farming Systems with the Well-Being of Agricultural Communities was recently published in Sustainability. The paper examines variation in a community well being index across counties in the U.
Jean Ribert Francois
Last updated on Sep 12, 2024
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Dr. Nelson moves to the University of Missouri
I am excited to share the news that I will be starting a new position as Associate Professor of Sustainability in the School of Natural Resources at the University of Missouri this August.
Last updated on Jul 9, 2024
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Congratulations to PhD candidate Michael!
Congratulations to Michael, who successfully passed his preliminary exams and advanced to candidacy April 2024!
Michael Madin
Last updated on Sep 12, 2024
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Check out Jean's story map about how farmer's help foster community well being.
As part of his SARE grant, Jean has created a story map to serve as a platform to explore the interconnection between farming practices and community well-being, highlighting key management decisions intentionally made by farmers to achieve sustainable outcomes.
Last updated on May 3, 2024
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Congratulations to Jean on his recent publication!
Jean’s first-author paper Examining the State of Community Well-Being at the Intersection of Rurality and Agricultural Engagement in the Contiguous United States was recently published in the International Journal of Community Well-Being!
Jean Ribert Francois
Last updated on Sep 12, 2024
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Collaborative review paper published in the Journal of Agriculture and Food Research
A systematic review conducted in collaboration with colleagues in the Department of Computer Science and Department of Biological & Agricultural Engineering at KState, and the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln as part of the NSF EPSCoR BioWRAP project was recently published!
Last updated on Mar 16, 2024
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Congratulations on Jean's published book review!
Jean’s review of the book “Risk on the table: food production, health, and the environment” was recently published in Agriculture and Human Values!
Jean Ribert Francois
Last updated on Sep 12, 2024
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New Publication in PLOS One
Michael and Kate’s reanalysis study was recently published in PLOS One! The study, “Effects of landscape simplicity on crop yield: A reanalysis of a global database” reanalyzes an existing dataset of field-scale crop experiments with information on landscape diversity, ecosystem services, and yields.
Kate Nelson
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Michael Madin
Last updated on Sep 12, 2024
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Jean advances to candidacy
Congratulations to Jean who officially moved to “doctoral candidate” status in September 2023!
Jean Ribert Francois
Last updated on Sep 12, 2024
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