Teaching Committee

Mission Statement

The Teaching Committee is concerned with all aspects of instruction and education in the discipline of phytopathology other than those traditionally reserved for continuing education as carried out by the Extension Service and other agencies.

Committee Officers and Members

Chair Anissa M. Poleatewich Vineland Res & Innovation Ctr 4890 Victoria Ave North Vineland Station ON L0R 2E0 CANADA Phone: (905) 562-0320x810 Email: apoleatewich@gmail.com Term: 08/14/2014 - 08/05/2015
Immediate Past Chair Brantlee Spakes Richter Univ of Florida Plant Pathology Dept Box 110680 Gainesville FL 32611-0680 USA Phone: (352) 273-2014 Email: bsr@ufl.edu Term: 08/14/2014 - 08/05/2015
Vice Chair Maya C. Hayslett Univ of Wisconsin Plant Pathology Dept 1630 Linden Dr Madison WI 53706 USA Phone: (608) 263-2949 Fax: (651) 649-5055 Email: mch@plantpath.wisc.edu Term: 08/14/2014 - 08/05/2015
Member Ananda Y. Bandara Kansas State Univ Plant Pathology Dept 4024 Throckmorton Plant Sci Ctr Manhattan KS 66506 USA Phone: (785) 320-3736 Email: anandayb@ksu.edu Term: 01/11/2013 - 08/05/2015
Member Darin M. Eastburn Univ of Illinois AW-101 Turner Hall 1102 S Goodwin Ave Urbana IL 61801-4730 USA Phone: (217) 244-9632 Fax: (217) 333-1289 Email: eastburn@illinois.edu Term: 08/12/2010 - 08/03/2016
Member Christopher T. Gee ISK Biosciences 211 S. Platte Clay Way, Suite B Kearney MO 64060 USA Phone: (816) 635-2040 Email: geec@iskbc.com Website: http://iskbc.com/ Term: 08/09/2012 - 08/05/2015
Member Kimberly D. Gwinn Univ of Tennessee Entomology & Plant Pathology Dept 2431 Joe Johnson Dr, 205 Plant Sci Knoxville TN 37996-4560 USA Phone: (865) 974-7135 Fax: (865) 974-4744 Email: kgwinn@utk.edu Term: 08/14/2014 - 08/01/2017
Member Shien Lu Mississippi State Univ Plant Pathology Dept 32 Creelman St Mississippi State MS 39762 USA Phone: (662) 325-3511 Fax: (662) 325-8955 Email: slu@plantpath.msstate.edu Term: 08/09/2012 - 08/05/2015
Member Manuel D. Ospina-Giraldo Lafayette College Biology Dept 29 Kunkel Hall Easton PA 18042 USA Phone: (610) 330-5655 Fax: (610) 330-5705 Email: ospinam@lafayette.edu Term: 08/12/2010 - 08/03/2016
Member Bonnie H. Ownley Univ of Tennessee 2505 E.J. Chapman Drive 370 Plant Biotechnology Knoxville TN 37996-4560 USA Phone: (865) 974-0219 Fax: (865) 974-4744 Email: bownley@utk.edu Term: 08/12/2010 - 08/03/2016
Member Douglas I. Rouse Univ of Wisconsin Plant Pathology Dept 1630 Linden Dr - 395 Russell Labs Madison WI 53706-1520 USA Phone: (608) 262-1395 Fax: (608) 263-2626 Email: dir@plantpath.wisc.edu Term: 08/11/2011 - 08/01/2017
Member Greta L. Schuster Texas A&M Univ Agronomy & Resource Sciences MSC 228, Kleberg Ag Bldg - Rm 116 Kingsville TX 78363-8202 USA Phone: (806) 670-2184 Email: greta.schuster@tamuk.edu Term: 08/11/2011 - 08/01/2017
Member Brent S. Sipes Univ of Hawaii At Manoa Plant & Environmental Protection Science 3190 Maile Way - Rm 309 Honolulu HI 96822 USA Phone: (808) 956-7813 Fax: (808) 956-2832 Email: sipes@hawaii.edu Term: 08/09/2012 - 08/05/2015
Member Subashini N. Sivakumar Michigan State University 1410 Engineering Bldg CEER East Lansing MI 48824 USA Phone: (517) 599-4333 Email: nagendra@msu.edu Term: 08/14/2014 - 08/01/2017
Member Mani Skaria Texas A&M Univ Kingsville Citrus Center 312 N International Blvd Weslaco TX 78596-9027 USA Phone: (956) 447-3386 Fax: (956) 969-0649 Email: mani.skaria@tamuk.edu Term: 08/09/2012 - 08/05/2015
Member Jason E. Woodward Texas AgriLife Extension Service Plant Pathology & Microbiology 1102 E FM 1294 Lubbock TX 79403-6653 USA Phone: (806) 632-0762 Fax: (806) 746-4057 Email: jewoodward@ag.tamu.edu Term: 08/15/2013 - 08/03/2016
Council Liaison - Ex Officio Mary E. Palm USDA APHIS PPQ PHP Unit 133 4700 River Road Riverdale MD 20737 USA Phone: (301) 851-2069 Email: mary.palm@aphis.usda.gov Term: 08/15/2013 - 08/05/2015