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Department of Animal Science

Faculty & Staff

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Department Head

Joseph Cassady

Department Head/Professor Animal Science, Interim Department Head Dairy and Food Science

Department of Animal Science

College of Agriculture, Food & Environmental Sciences

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-5165 Email
Rosie Nold

Assistant Department Head/Professor

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5459 Email

Faculty

Amanda Blair

Professor & SDSU Extension Meat Science Specialist

Department of Animal Science

SDSU Extension

SDSU West River Research and Extension

Telephone number: 605-394-2236 Email
Jameson Brennan

Assistant Professor/Research and Extension Specialist-Livestock Grazing

Department of Animal Science

SDSU West River Research and Extension

Telephone number: 605-394-2236 Email
Kristi Cammack

Director-SDSU West River Agricultural Center/Associate Professor

SDSU Extension

Department of Animal Science

SDSU West River Research and Extension

Telephone number: 605-394-2236 Email
Jeffrey Clapper

Professor

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5417 Email
Kelly Froehlich

Assistant Professor/Extension Specialist - Small Ruminant Production

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5165 Email
Michael Gonda

Associate Professor

Department of Animal Science

Beef Cattle Breeding Instruction

Telephone number: 605-688-5442 Email
Judson Grubbs

Assistant Professor

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5165 Email
Natalie Hoyes

Professional Advisor

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-6959 Email
Brady Jensen

Instructor/Livestock Judging Coach

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5165 Email
Crystal Levesque

Associate Professor-Swine Nutrition

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5011 Email
Ken Olson

Professor & SDSU Extension Beef Specialist

Department of Animal Science

SDSU Extension

SDSU West River Research and Extension

Telephone number: 605-394-2236 Email
Carmen Paulson

Instructor

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5165 Email
Ryan Samuel

Assistant Professor & SDSU Extension Swine Specialist

Department of Animal Science

SDSU Extension

Telephone number: 605-688-5165 Email
Zachary Smith

Assistant Professor

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5457 Email
Benoit St Pierre

Assistant Professor

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5409 Email
Robert Thaler

Professor & SDSU Extension Swine Specialist

Department of Animal Science

SDSU Extension

Telephone number: 605-688-5435 Email
Keith Underwood

Associate Professor

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5439 Email
Julie Walker

Professor & SDSU Extension Beef Specialist

Department of Animal Science

SDSU Extension

Telephone number: 605-688-5458 Email
Cody Wright

Professor

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5448 Email

Extension Associate

Stacy Hadrick

SDSU Extension Associate

Department of Animal Science

SDSU Extension

Telephone number: 605-688-5165 Email
Warren Rusche

SDSU Extension Beef Feedlot Management Associate

Department of Animal Science

SDSU Extension

Telephone number: 605-688-5452 Email

Extension Field Specialist

Olivia Amundson

SDSU Extension Cow/Calf Field Specialist

Department of Animal Science

SDSU Extension

Telephone number: 605-782-3290 Email
Kiernan Brandt

Extension Field Specialist I - Cow/Calf

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5165 Email
Heidi Carroll

SDSU Extension Livestock Stewardship Field Specialist & Beef Quality Assurance Coordinator

Department of Animal Science

SDSU Extension

Telephone number: 605-688-6623 Email
Adele Harty

SDSU Extension Cow/Calf Field Specialist

Department of Animal Science

SDSU Extension

Telephone number: 605-394-1722 Email
Robin Salverson

SDSU Extension Cow/Calf Field Specialist

Department of Animal Science

SDSU Extension

Telephone number: 605-374-4177 Email

Staff

Cheryl Beste

Program Assistant II

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5166 Email
Judith Carlson

Senior Secretary

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5165 Email
Jennifer Forney-Eide

Equine Teaching Facility Manager

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5168 Email
Bev French

Financial Program Assistant

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5169 Email
John Goebel

Agricultural Foreman

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-693-3529 Email
Jason Griffin

Research Assistant

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5165 Email
Karolynn Marsan

Livestock Unit Manager (Sheep)

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-693-3808 Email
Cameron Pewe

Swine Unit Manager

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5616 Email
Adam Rhody

Ag Research Mgr/Spec

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5925 Email
Paul Schlobohm

Livestock Unit Manager

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-693-3713 Email
Veronica Shriver

Senior Comp Sup Spec

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5437 Email
Ronald Skovly

Rodeo Program Coach

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-690-1359 Email
Terese Van Ravenswaay

Information Assistant

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5165 Email
Kevin Vander Wal

Ag Research Mgr/Spec

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-693-2253 Email

Postdoctorates

Christina Bakker

Post-Doc Research Associate

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5436 Email
Jinsu Hong

Post Doc Research Associate

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-690-8426 Email
Jorge Yair Perez Palencia

Post Doc Research Associate

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5165 Email

Graduate Assistants

Taylor Andrews

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5165 Email
Elizabeth Buckhaus

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5165 Email
David Clizer

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5165 Email
Trevor DeHaan

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5165 Email
Shannon Dierking

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5165 Email
Talia Everding

Graduate Assistant

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5165 Email
Emily Fowler

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 573-248-7042 Email
Anlly Fresno Rueda

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5165 Email
Erin Gubbels

Graduate Assistant

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5165 Email
LeAnn Hall

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5165 Email
Lydia Hite

Graduate Assistant

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5165 Email
Marissa LaRosae

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5165 Email
Zachary McDaniel

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5165 Email
Saulo Menegatti Zoca

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5165 Email
Hannah Miller

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5165 Email
Clay Newton

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5165 Email
Christian Ramirez Camba

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5165 Email
Dathan Smerchek

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5165 Email
Analicia Swanson

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5165 Email
Himali Chathurika Wickramasinghe Vithana Arachchilage

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5165 Email

Retired Faculty

Dan Gee

Professor Emeritus Animal Science

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5165 Email
Jeffrey Held

Professor Emeritus of Animal Science

Department of Animal Science

SDSU Extension

Telephone number: 605-688-5433 Email
Douglas Mc Farland

Distinguished Professor Emeritus Animal Science

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5431 Email
Lowell Slyter

Professor Emeritus Animal Science

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5165 Email
Rick Wahlstrom

Distinguished Professor Emeritus Animal Science

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5165 Email

Volunteer Faculty

Kyle Coble

Volunteer Faculty

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5165 Email
Jon De Jong

Volunteer Faculty

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5165 Email
Kristin Hales-Paxton

Volunteer Faculty

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5165 Email
Larry Kuehn

Volunteer Faculty

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5165 Email
Don Norton

Volunteer Faculty

College of Agriculture, Food & Environmental Sciences

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4296 Email
Zhongde Wang

Volunteer Faculty

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5165 Email