Wendy Warner, PhD

Bio

Wendy Warner is an associate professor of agricultural education in the Department of Agricultural and Human Sciences at NC State University. She grew up on a small hog and grain crops farm in Washington Court House, Ohio and earned a B.S. in agricultural education from the Ohio State University. She taught middle school and high school agriculture in Orlando, Florida before earning a Ph.D. in agricultural education at the University of Florida. Wendy was an assistant professor at California Polytechnic State University from 2006 – 2009 and started at NC State in January 2010. She is responsible for teaching both on-campus and distance education courses in agricultural education and provides leadership for NC DELTA (Developing Educational Leaders and Teachers of Agriculture) 40-hour teacher induction program. Wendy enjoys watching college sports, hiking, biking, and adventuring with her daughter.

Programs and Initiatives

• Director of NC DELTA Induction Program

Primary Teaching Responsibilities

• AEE 206: Introduction to Teaching Agriculture
• AEE 226: Computer Applications Information Technology in Ag & Extension Education
• AEE 303: Administration and Supervision of Student Organizations
• AEHS 500: Agricultural Education, Schools, and Society
• AEHS 503: Youth Program Management
• AEHS 526: Information Technologies in Agricultural and Extension Education
• AEHS 535: Teaching Agriculture in Secondary Schools

Contributing Websites

• FFA History Central

Professional Honors/Offices/Recognitions

• 2015 – Academy of Outstanding Teachers, NC State University
• 2015 – Outstanding Teacher Award, NC State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
• 2013 – Teaching Fellow, North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture
• 2013 – Honorary State FFA Degree, North Carolina FFA Association
• 2005 – Honorary State FFA Degree, Florida FFA Association
• 2002 – Florida FFA Agriscience Teacher of the Year

Selected Publications and Presentations

• • Wallace II, H. M., Jayaratne, K. S. U., Warner, W., Bloom, J., & McKeown, J. (2025). Agricultural Extension Agents’ Current Usage of Social Media in Extension Work and Challenges They Face. The Journal of Extension, 63(4), Article 15. https://open.clemson.edu/joe/vol63/iss4/15
  • Reilly, K., Stevenson, K., Warner, W. J., Park, T. D., Knollenburg, W., Lawson, D., Brune Arita, S., & Barbieri, C. (2022). Agricultural and environmental education: A call for meaningful collaboration. Environmental Education Research, DOI: 10.1080/13504622.2022.2040431
  • Bullock, J. H., Morgan, J. E., & Warner, W. J. (2021). Motivations and challenges of underrepresented students enrolled in a post-secondary agricultural education program: Community through diversity. Journal of Agricultural Education,62(3), 185-201. https://doi.org/10.5032/jae.2021.03185
  • Jones, S. L., Warner, W. J., Park, T. D., & Kirby, B. M. (2021). The community college experiences of students in a baccalaureate pathway program in a College of Agriculture. NACTA Journal, 65.
  • Jones, S. L., Kirby, B. M., & Warner, W. J. (2021). The role of NFA camps in agricultural education for rural African American boys in North Carolina. Journal of Agricultural Education, 62(1), 276-290. http://doi.org/10.5032/jae.2021.01276
  • Whitley, V. P., Park, T. D., Warner, W. J., & Horne, E. T. (2019). Relationship Between Career and Technical Education Student Teachers’ Self-Efficacy and edTPA Performance. Career and Technical Education Research Journal, 44(2), 88-113. doi: 10.5328/cter44.2.88
  • Bruce, J. A., McKee, K., Morgan-Fleming, J. E., & Warner, W. J. (2019). The Oaks Scholars: Transformative leadership in action. International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 31(3).
  • Patterson, R., Jordan, D., Cave, C., Moore, G., Warner, W., Unruh-Snyder, L., & Vann, M. (2019). Perceptions of Undergraduate Students Regarding Global Hunger. NACTA Journal, (63)1, 42 – 45.
  • Curry, K., Warner, W., & Park, T. D. (2018). Exploring the Motivations of Competitors in the FFA Meats Evaluation Career Development Event. Career and Technical Education Research, 43(2), 149-160. doi: 10.5328/cter43.2.149

 

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Area(s) of Expertise

• Agricultural Education
• Teacher Preparation
• Teaching and Learning
• Technology Integration