{"id":191789,"date":"2022-10-28T09:37:50","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T13:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=191789"},"modified":"2022-10-28T09:37:50","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T13:37:50","slug":"amy-harder-appointed-associate-dean-of-uconn-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2022\/10\/amy-harder-appointed-associate-dean-of-uconn-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Amy Harder Appointed Associate Dean of UConn Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/s.uconn.edu\/cahnr\">College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources (CAHNR)<\/a> at the University of Connecticut is pleased to announce that following a national search, Amy Harder, Ph.D. will serve as the next associate dean of UConn Extension. Harder will be taking over this role from Michael O\u2019Neill, Ph.D. who has served as both associate dean and associate director of UConn Extension since 2012.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDr. Harder brings extensive experience and dedication to the community to this role,\u201d says CAHNR Dean Indrajeet Chaubey. \u201cWe are confident that she will help the College build on the current success of UConn Extension to serve our communities and fulfill our land-grant mission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Growing up in the Chicago suburbs, it wasn\u2019t until Harder was an undergraduate at Colorado State University that she learned about Extension and changed her career path to focus on working for the organization. Her experience as a county 4-H agent inspired her research and Extension programs as a state Extension specialist, which focus on competency-based professional development, effective mentoring, and improving organizational practices in extension organizations. That work has resulted in over 100 peer-reviewed publications and competitive research funding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am honored to join one of the nation\u2019s top public universities and support communities in Connecticut and beyond,\u201d says Harder. \u201cI am excited to have the opportunity to work with stakeholders around the state to connect residents of all ages and all backgrounds with CAHNR through Extension\u2019s impactful programs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before coming to UConn, Harder served as a professor within the Department of Agricultural Education and Communication at the University of Florida and director of the Program Development and Evaluation Center. She holds a Ph.D. in agricultural education and communication from Texas A&amp;M University.<\/p>\n<p>Harder will assume the role as associate dean of UConn Extension January 27, 2023.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/uconncahnr_social\"><em>UConn CAHNR<\/em><\/a><em> on social media<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harder will lead UConn Extension&#8217;s programs, which serve all of Connecticut&#8217;s 169 municipalities<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":191802,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2297,2296,147,2298,2224,2304,2299,2300,2301,2302,2303,2076],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[2140],"class_list":["post-191789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agricultural-resource-economics","category-allied-health-sciences","category-alumni","category-animal-science","category-cahnr","category-extension","category-kinesiology","category-natural-resources-environment","category-nutritional-sciences","category-pathobiology-veterinary-science","category-plant-science-landscape-architecture","category-research"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-29 07:24:23","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/127"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191789"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":191902,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191789\/revisions\/191902"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/191802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191789"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=191789"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=191789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}