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Department of Agriculture

Justin Rickard

Associate Professor of Animal Science
Research & Sponsored Programs
Office
RAB Ropp Agriculture Building 108a
Office Phone
(309) 438-0285office
phone
Email
jwricka@ilstu.eduemail
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Current Courses

AGR 380.001 Current Issues In Livestock Industry

AGR 480.001 Current Issues in Livestock Industry

AGR 299.006 Independent Honor Study

AGR 287.008 Independent Study

AGR 285.001 Meat Science

AGR 285.002 Meat Science

AGR 302.019 Special Problems In Agriculture

AGR 291.017 Undergraduate Teaching Experiences In Agriculture

AGR 271.001 Foods Of Animal Origin

AGR 299.002 Independent Honor Study

AGR 499.014 Independent Research For The Masters Thesis

AGR 287.014 Independent Study

AGR 400.008 Independent Study

AGR 291.014 Undergraduate Teaching Experiences In Agriculture

Journal Article

Boerngen, M., & Rickard, J. Structuring Group Work to Provide a More Positive Student Learning Experience. Natural Sciences Education 52.2:e20124 (2023)
Boerngen, M., & Rickard, J. To Zoom or not to Zoom: The impact of rural broadband on online learning. Natural Sciences Education 50:e20044 (2021)
Boerngen, M., & Rickard, J. Assessment and perception of student farm background in an introductory agriculture course. Natural Sciences Education 49:e20013 (2020)
Myers, K., Mohammed, F., Rickard, J., Meyer, D., & Spaulding, A. Unwanted Horse Population in Illinois: Perceptions of Horse Owners, Non-Horse Owners, and Equine Industry Stakeholders. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science (2018)
Rickard, J., Boerngen, M., Lorenz, S., & Baker, E. Assessing Student Demographics in a Non-Land-Grant University Department of Agriculture. Natural Sciences Education 46.1 (2017)

Presentations

Equity Concerns: Rural vs. Urban Students and the Digital Divide. 86th Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society. Rural Sociological Society. (2024)
The Relationship Between Experience and Perception in the Agricultural Classroom. 69th Annual North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) Conference. (2023)
Perceived Agriculture Experience Impacts the Learning Environment. 68th Annual North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) Conference. (2022)
You’re all farmers, right? Students’ perceptions of classmates’ and instructors’ experience. 67th Annual North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) Conference. North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA). (2021)
Effect of enhanced organic acid supplementation in late gestation and lactation of sows on body weight change, litter performance, and wean to estrus interval. ASAS Midwest Section Meeting. (2020)
Structuring group projects for a more positive student learning experience. Teaching and Learning Symposium. ISU CTLT. (2019)
Structuring group projects for a more positive student learning experience. Faculty Summer Institute. (2018)
Does structure alter students' perceptions of group projects?. 63rd Annual North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) Conference. (2017)

Grants & Contracts

You're all farmers right? Students' perceptions of classmates' and instructors' experience. Cross Endowed Chair in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Illinois State University. (2020)