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Odom, Summer

Associate Professor

Positions:

Assistant Professor, Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Associate Professor, Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Research Areas:

College students, Project method in teaching, Project-based Learning, Community leadership, Leadership

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summerodom@tamu.edu

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Research Areas:

College students, Project method in teaching, Project-based Learning, Community leadership, Leadership

overview

As an Associate Professor, I teach undergraduate and graduate courses at Texas A&M, conduct research related to college student leadership development, and engage in service activities at the university, state, and national levels.

education and training

Ph.D. in Educational Human Resource Development, Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States) 2010
M.A. in Agricultural Education, Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States) 2001
B.S. in Food Science & Technology, Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States) 1999

selected publications

Academic Articles27

Odom, S. F., & Cantrell, M. S. (2022). Using games in the college curricular setting to engage leadership learners.. New Dir Stud Leadersh. 2022(174), 43-52.
Pierre, D., Dunn, A. L., Barnes, A. C., Moore, L. L., Seemiller, C., Jenkins, D. M., ... Odom, S. F. (2020). A CRITICAL LOOK AT LEADERSHIP EDUCATOR PREPARATION: DEVELOPING AN INTENTIONAL AND DIVERSE APPROACH TO LEADERSHIP LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT: PRIORITY 4 OF THE NATIONAL LEADERSHIP EDUCATION RESEARCH AGENDA 2020-2025. JOURNAL OF LEADERSHIP STUDIES. 14(3), 56-62.
Dunn, A., Moore, L., Odom, S., Bailey, K., & Briers, G. (2019). Leadership Education Beyond the Classroom: Characteristics of Student Affairs Leadership Educators. Journal of Leadership Education. 18(4),
Dunn, A., & Odom, S. (2019). The Motivation and Intent Toward Leadership and Entrepreneurship of Undergraduate Students Enrolled in Academic Leadership Programs. Journal of Leadership Education. 18(4),
Odom, S., & McKee, V. (2018). Real Life Leader in the Mirror: An Online Undergraduate Leadership Course Assignment. Journal of Leadership Education. 17(2), 114-122.

Conference Papers9

Odom, S. F., Long, M., & Andersen, K. (2022). #FirstGenVets: Building community for first generation student veterans. Texas Conference on Student Success, Texas Conference on Student Success.
Owen, J., Yamanaka, A., Chunoo, V., Odom, S. F., & Rocco, M. (2022). A complicit omission? Issues of equity, identity, and power in leadership development. International Leadership Association Annual Conference, International Leadership Association Annual Conference.
Odom, S. F., Bryk, M., Coates, C., & Andersen, K. (2022). Agricultural graduate inclusive excellence leadership community: Developing graduate students for life and career success.. Texas Conference on Student Success, Texas Conference on Student Success.
Donaldson, J., Odom, S. F., Stoddard, K. I., Parker, D. R., & Zhao, Y. (2022). Design Thinking as a Structure for Collaborative Project-Based Learning. Proceedings of the 2022 AERA Annual Meeting, 2022 AERA Annual Meeting.
Donaldson, J. P., Stoddard, K., Odom, S. F., Parker, D., Paudyal, S., Thomas, S., Dunlap, K., & Jamal, T. (2022). Design thinking as a structure for collaborative project-based learning in multiple disciplines. International Society of the Learning Sciences, International Society of the Learning Sciences Conference.