Jimmy Lindner

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• Ph.D.
• Professor (Full) at Auburn University

Exploring Epistemological Stance as a Potential Communications Bias in the Agricultural Communications Classroom

I Learned About That in Class: Teaching Undergraduate Agricultural Communications Students to Write Quality Press Releases

Bridging the Language Gap: Student-Led Translation in SBAE for ELLs

Agricultural mechanics instruction is crucial for preparing students for agricultural careers, emphasizing safety practices with potentially hazardous equipment. While overall safety culture in agricultural education has progressed, hearing safety remains a concern, particularly among younger individuals. This study aimed to develop and field-test...

This exploratory study investigated U.S. and non-U.S. graduate students' perceptions of artificial intelligence (AI) as a tool for advancing sustainable fruit and vegetable (SFV) production. An in-person questionnaire was administered to horticulture graduate students at Auburn University and Perrotis College in Thessaloniki, Greece, spring of 2025...

This study investigated the pedagogical readiness of United States secondary school-based agricultural education (SBAE) teachers to educate multilingual learners (MLs) in California's Central Region. The focus of this study addressed SBAE teacher qualifications, language proficiency, professional development experiences, and perceived competence to...

This is the annual State of the Journal report for Advancements in Agricultural Development. 2024 was another great year for AAD. First, we formed a new partnership to elevate the digital presence of research published in AAD. Second, we published our first special issue. Third, we refined several policies to provide greater clarity for our authors...

This study used Rogers’ Diffusion of Innovation Theory theoretical framework to explain the adoption of the eradication methods of the Giant African Snail (Achatina fulica) by farmers in Trinidad and Tobago. The purpose of this study was to understand the influence of selected factors on the adoption of eradication methods/programs for the Giant Af...

This study explored secondary [STATE] school-based agricultural education (SBAE) teachers' perceptions of instructing students with learning disabilities in Supervised Agricultural Experiences (SAEs) programs. The perceived importance and competence levels of SBAE teachers utilizing individualized education programs (IEPs), implementing inclusive c...

Auburn University researchers explored how agricultural education teachers in Alabama equip students with the knowledge and vocabulary needed to navigate the world of agriculture. Researchers investigated teachers' instructional methods and how they assess student learning and connect literacy skills to overall understanding. The study found that a...

School-based agricultural education (SBAE) teachers formally acquire requisite skills across many content-based curricula pathways. This study aimed to understand Alabama agricultural mechanics teachers' perceived levels of competence with and the importance of Alabama agricultural mechanics standards. The participants were purposively stratified,...

This qualitative study investigated instructional practices SBAE teachers use in their lessons to develop knowledge and understanding of content and disciplinary words, terms, and phrases. The overarching question guiding this research study addressed what pedagogical practices SBAE teachers incorporate within their lessons for developing disciplin...

Providing students opportunities to travel outside their home country to engage new cultures and perspectives increases global awareness and desirable workplace skills. Students are most influenced to go abroad by cost, course(s), length, and destination, and by family, peers, and advisors. This study examined data from 1,807 students at a U.S. uni...

This paper provides a rationale and convention for discussing the true limits and interpretation of data collected using unidimensional, summated, Likert-type, and attitudinal scales used in research investigating human behavior, sociology, education, psychology, and other related fields of study. All vague quantifiers must be described in methods...

This is the annual state of the journal report for Advancements in Agricultural Development. This report: (a) highlights key accomplishments from 2023, (b) discusses changes beginning in 2024, (c) shares journal statistics from 2023, (d) presents goals for 2024, and (e) lists reviewers for the year. 2023 (Volume 4) was a banner year for Advancement...

Teachers of agriculture have used project-based learning as a primary teaching method in agricultural mechanics since the 19th century. These methods teach the information and motivate students to engage the content. Locus of Control (LOC) categorizes the relationship with decision-making and motivation. Internal LOC have a higher level of internal...

Teachers of agriculture have use project-based learning as a primary teaching method in agricultural mechanics since the 19th century. These methods teach the information and motivate students to engage the content. Locus of Control (LOC) categorizes the relationship with decision-making and motivation. Internal LOC have a higher level of internal...

This panel will focus on development processes in the areas of food and agriculture. Hunger and food insecurity impact millions, denying the innate human right of food sovereignty. Agricultural and food systems stressed by climate change, population growth, biodiversity loss, environmental degradation, economic challenges, migration, and other fact...

Most research is reported in scientific journals published by various professional societies, organizations, and institutions. These journals have evolved over time, with the Internet leading to substantial changes in the dissemination of research. The American Association for Agricultural Education’s (AAAE) Journal of Agricultural Education (JAE)...

Many academic departments now are faced with reporting their impact and the extent the impact aligns with the higher education system’s institutional goals. Small disciplinary communities, such as agricultural education, can be at a disadvantage when research is evaluated through measures such as total citation counts or journal impact factors beca...

Instrumentation is a critical function in measuring social and behavioral science impacts on stakeholders, teachers, and change agents. Internal validity and reliability have long been considered social sciences’ quality gatekeepers. A systematic review uses a comprehensive search based on explicit protocols to review existing literature with a syn...

Institutions are challenged with producing impact from their extension, research, and teaching efforts with stakeholders. Many Extension systems now are faced with reporting their impact and the extent the impact aligns with the institutional goals. The goal of this session is to communicate strategies to attendees in being more responsive in provi...

Inquiries on instrument quality offers researchers evidence of the extent measurement attributes were examined, and thereby, assisting the researcher select the best instrumentation tool to use (Dillman et al., 2014). The authors systematically reviewed, using the five steps, all articles from Advancements in Agricultural Development (AAD), Journal...

This is the annual state of the journal report for Advancements in Agricultural Development. This report highlights activities and accomplishments in 2022 (Volume 3).

Safety in agricultural laboratories is of the highest concern for teachers and instructors. While there is a known safety concern with hearing in agriculture, it has been identified that there is a deficiency in the attitudes and perceptions relating to the output of decibels of tools in agricultural laboratory settings. This research focuses on he...

Since 1998, eight salary studies have been completed for AAAE with varying timeframes between studies. During the spring of 2022, Drs. Clemons, Lindner, and McKibben of Auburn University facilitated a nationwide study on behalf of the AAAE to assess the current renumeration provided by varying institutions for all levels of professional rank (assis...

There are fewer forestry/natural resources pathway classes being taught in Georgia high schools in relation to other commonly associated agriculture curricula (Georgia Agriculture Education, 2019). The purpose of this study was to investigate school-based agriculture education (SBAE) teachers' perceptions of forestry/natural resources curriculum to...

The purpose of this study was to determine students' perceived confidence in mechanics skills increases through exploration and enlargement of the college education experience. This paper describes the relationship between West Virginia University first-semester agricultural education pre-service teachers' perception of their confidence in specific...

The study sought to: (1) evaluate agriculturalists’ characteristics as adopters of IoT smart agriculture technologies, (2) evaluate traits fostering innovation adoption, (3) evaluate the cycle of IoT smart agriculture adoption, and, lastly, (4) discern attributes and barriers of information communication. Researchers utilized a survey design to dev...

West Virginia ranks last in the country for undergraduate educational attainment. A little of 21% of the state population has a bachelor’s degree. Access to opportunities to advance a school system’s ability to prepare students for the workforce in the food, agriculture, natural resources, and human sciences (FANH) with extremely limited resources...

Agriculturists are among the many groups of individuals that can utilize social media to share innovations in the field with their peers. For researchers in the field, their findings can provide insight and correct misconceptions of agricultural or even environmental issues, benefiting those inside and outside the industry. Consequently, agricultur...

Auburn University was awarded a USDA Professional Development for Agricultural Literacy Grant through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative for the Sustaining Our Agricultural Resources (SOAR) Program. The SOAR Program creates sustainable professional development and continuing education for science and agriscience teachers. This program add...

Agricultural literacy is important, and it is essential to have more people possess agricultural literacy. Not many people possess agricultural literacy. There is a gap between those that possess disciplinary literacy and those that do not and how to better share their knowledge in ways that the public is able to understand. A general population po...

Providing healthy food options can help to decrease obesity, high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, and high cholesterol in low-income minority populations. These communities often struggle with the accessibility and availability of nutritional foods, example in [CITY], a small community in central Alabama. A community member expressed an int...

Livestock shows allow youth to get firsthand experience in handling and taking care of animals, and other life skills such as responsibility, time management, hard work, and leadership. However, the relationship between participation in livestock shows and future career choices has not been clearly established. A questionnaire survey was developed...

Safety in agricultural laboratories is the highest of concern for teachers and instructors. While there is a known safety concern with hearing in agriculture, it has been identified that there is a deficiency in the perception and output of decibels of tools in agricultural laboratory settings. This research focused on hearing and noise levels in a...

Climate-smart agriculture: Perception of smallholder cocoa farmers in Ghana

Every academic year universities in the United States receive hundreds of thousands of international students from across the globe. Statista (2021), reported over 800,000 international students attended American universities in the academic year 2019/2020. International students enroll in U.S. institutions due to the availability of programs that...

Finding Disciplinary Literacy Capacities Between Cultures: An Inquiry in United States Secondary School Agriscience Education Classrooms Between English Language Learners and Native English Speakers

Internal Vs External Locus of Control’s Effect On Learning Type In Agricultural Mechanics

Student Perceptions of the Fifth Annual Greenhand Leadership Conference at Auburn University

This is the annual state of the journal report for Advancements in Agricultural Development. This report highlights activities and accomplishments from 2020 (Volume 1) and 2021 (Volume 2).

Previous researchers found that youth in 4-H were four times more likely to actively contribute to their communities, two times more likely to be civically active, and five times more likely to graduate from college than non-4- H members. In addition, youth who were more actively involved in community engagement tended to perform at an increased ac...

Mining the Mind Through Collaborative Objects of Agricultural Learning (COALs)

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, school-based agriculture education (SBAE) was framed within a traditional approach to teaching and learning; teachers and students shared classrooms, met learning objectives, and promoted their local FFA programs. This study address the degrees of personal and professional motivation experienced by secondary agriscie...

The purpose of this study addressed secondary school agriscience education (SBAE) teachers’ perceptions of supportive administration. Two research questions guided this investigation: how do administrators demonstrate support for SBAE teachers, and how do administrators foster successful FFA experiences? Participants (n = 10) were identified using...

The purpose of this quantitative study was to investigate the family work and life balance of female school based agricultural education (SBAE) teachers in [STATE]. Two research objectives guided the focus of this study: describe the perceived support of local administration for female SBAE teachers in Georgia, and potential correlations between me...

The purpose of this study was to determine first-year and first-year transfer student perceptions and effectiveness of social media influence in Southeastern Land-Grant Universities Colleges of Agriculture. Two research objectives guided this study: identify social media platforms and other communication channels of the Colleges of Agriculture used...

Retaining underrepresented populations in post-secondary Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) programs face unique challenges. Underrepresented minorities (URM) are defined as blacks or African Americans, Hispanics or Latinos, and American Indians or Alaska Natives. Challenges associated with retention include identifying as first-g...

In conjunction with Auburn Youth Programs and Auburn University Agriscience Education, the Auburn University College of Agriculture has hosted Exploring Agricultural and Gaining Leadership Experience (E.A.G.L.E.) Camp since summer 2018. The camp introduced rising 6th-8th grade students to the diverse careers in agriculture as well as opportunities...

The global response to the Covid-19 pandemic has been widespread bans, lockdown policies and restrictions on public transportation, travel, and outdoor recreational activities. Outdoor recreational activities, and specifically community gardens, presents invaluable opportunities/space for gatherings, networking, and a favorable atmosphere to promot...

The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate United States secondary agriscience teachers’ perceptions and attitudes of balancing personal and professional responsibilities. While many researchers are asking educators why they have or would leave the profession others have suggested a more forward-looking approach to why teachers remain...

Inconsistent terminology used to describe agricultural education has plagued the profession for years. Colloquial terms such as “big A” or “little a” used to differentiate meaning demonstrate the struggle to clearly identify agricultural education within the academe. We sought to identify the subjective norms of the four specializations commonly co...

THE PERCEIVED BARRIERS OF THE USDA FARMS SERVICE AGENCY AFFECTING AFRICAN AMERICAN FARMERS IN THE BLACKBELT OF ALABAMA

Keep calm and teach on: A study of motivational factors for school-based agriculture education teachers during COVID-19

The purpose of the qualitative study was to explore how middle and secondary school agriscience teachers define remote instruction and distance education. This research was conducted as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Data for the study were collected during the time schools were closed and/or offering remote instruction. A purposive sample of...

Dissemination of research is a critical part of the research process. Researchers in agricultural education have long embraced this process. However, the Internet has changed the ways in which research is disseminated, with the potential for much broader impacts around the world. The purpose of this study was to provide a benchmark of the current i...

The purpose of this study was to develop an instrument that can be used to identify factors that influence the success of vertical transfer students in agricultural education. The specific objectives of this study were: identify perceived factors that influence the bachelor’s degree attainment of vertical transfer students in agricultural education...

This study investigated the characteristics and rationale for teacher longevity and success in the secondary agricultural education classroom. The population was 7,300 (N = 7,300) secondary agricultural education teachers in the United States instructing grades 6-12 during 2017-2018. The sample frame was obtained through the National Association of...

The purpose of the study was to examine the confluence of agricultural literacy, what it means to be agriculturally literate, and if a gap between agricultural literacy and being agriculturally literate existed. Two primary research questions framed this study: 1) How do agriculture professionals define agricultural literacy? 2) What does it mean t...

The purpose of this paper is to provide philosophical observations and reflections over 25 years of the Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education (JIAEE) as a reader, author, and editor. The paper provides a brief history of JIAEE including changes that occurred over the years. This paper honors those that contributed to JIAEE a...

Social media is an effective tool used in extension services and mass/distance education. Facebook is a successful social network site for information gathering and sharing. Facebook's penetration rate is higher in Taiwan than in any other Asian country. The purpose of this study was to determine the influences of selected factors on the adoption o...

Consumer behavior is a complex phenomenon encompassing internal, external, and situational factors. This study examined perceptions of market consumers about fruits and vegetables in Trinidad and Tobago in terms of produce origin, growing method, and willingness to pay. A stratified purposive sample of consumers at 14 unique market locations was su...

This study was designed to describe Georgia Young Farmer Program participants’ learning style preferences. Using survey research methods, a questionnaire was designed to collect data related to the purpose of the study. The population for this study included active members in the program. Study findings showed that participants had a preference for...

As online teaching and learning has become a normal educational delivery method, universities have been challenged with selecting a learning management system (LMS) that meets instructors’ and the institutions’ needs and requirements. This qualitative study focused on faculty perceptions of features in a newly adopted LMS. Feature themes that emerg...

In his acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize Norman Borlaug (1970) stated “Civilization as it is known today could not have evolved, nor can it survive, without an adequate food supply” (para. 1). Feeding a world with nine billion people in approximately 35 years will require several key problems to be resolved (U.N. Food and Agriculture Orga...

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe selected Caribbean extension officers' technology preferences and examine factors that may affect their technology preferences.Design/methodology/approach: The sample consisted of extension officers (N = 119) participating in professional development training sessions in Grenada, Belize and Saint L...

The demand for sustainable agriculture has increased, and many institutions, including the University of Florida, have adopted agricultural sustainability as a major goal. Extension has been identified as a critical information source, important in disseminating sustainable agricultural growing techniques. However, research has demonstrated that an...

Technological advances, company mergers, and company buy-outs relating to learning management systems have taken place over the last few years, making many universities question the effectiveness of the older learning management systems being used at numerous campuses today. Also in recent years, technology in conjunction with new learning and teac...

Sustainable agriculture is an area that is gaining momentum. Extension agents are expected to teach production methods that include sustainable agriculture, yet little is known regarding how Extension agents feel about this agricultural paradigm. The research reported here sought to further develop an instrument that could quantitatively measure Ex...

Faculty abroad programs are becoming a popular method to provide faculty in colleges of agriculture with international experiences so they may internationalize their curricula. These programs also serve to provide experiential faculty development opportunities. Eight faculty members from Texas A&M Univer- sity participated in a faculty abroad exper...

Leadership is a versatile process that requires working with others in personal and professional relationships to accomplish a goal. Cultivating leadership skills is important for students who are developing professional competencies. Leadership characteristics and abilities should be evaluated to assist in learning student traits to better prepare...

The use of faculty abroad programs has become a popular means of professional and curricular development over the past years (Dooley & Rouse, 2009). Universities are calling for the internationalization of the curricula and new teaching methods that include the use of highimpact educational practices to develop the “knowledge of human cultures and...

Developing the human capacity of extension systems is a necessary part of improving services intended to meet the needs of small farmers. The purpose of this study was to determine the competencies for which professional development is needed in the area of programming for extension officers in selected Caribbean countries. A survey was conducted w...

The study reported here sought to determine the level of demand Texas AgriLife Extension agents are receiving for information on organic agriculture and their interest in training on organic agriculture. A majority of agents perceived the interest in organic agriculture was low to moderate in their respective counties, but was increasing. Agents in...

Study abroad programs have been identified as one of the most effective methods of globalizing curricula and students. The purpose of this study was to examine the current framework of the Leading Change in Costa Rica Study Abroad Program and its ability to diffuse leadership theory to the participating students and to students who are not able to...