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John F. (Jack) Thigpen, III
Candidate for Public Sector Institutional Member Board of Directors seat.
Department of Sociology and Anthropology,
North Carolina State University.
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. (Sociology, emphasis - natural resources), University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 1988.
M.S. (Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, emphasis - rural demography), University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 1981
B.S. (Agricultural Business, emphasis - rural community development), University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 1979
PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC:
Extension Director, North Carolina Sea Grant Program; Associate Faculty, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, North Carolina State University.
Acting Extension Director and Coastal Community Specialist, NC Sea Grant (2000-2003). Senior Scientist, Institute for Coastal and Marine Resources, East Carolina University
Coastal Recreation and Tourism Specialist, NC Sea Grant Program; Associate Scientist, Institutefor Coastal and Marine Resources; Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, East Carolina University, 1998 - 2000.
Associate Professor of Rural Sociology and Extension Community Development Specialist, Texas Agricultural Extension Service, Department of Rural Sociology, 1995 - 1998.
Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology and Extension Community Development Specialist, Texas Agricultural Extension Service, Department of Rural Sociology, September 1988 -1995.
Research Assistant, Department of Sociology, University of Kentucky, 1981-1985, 1987 -1988.
Agricultural Economist, U.S.D.A., Economic Research Service, Washington, D.C., 1985-1986.
EXPERIENCE:
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS AND RECOGNITION:
Excellence in Extension Award, Southern Rural Sociological Association, 2002.
Natural Resources Leadership Institute, NC State University, 2001
Leadership Extension Program, Texas Agricultural Extension Service, 1996.
Agriculture and Rural Affairs Fellow, U.S.D.A. Extension Service/National Association of Counties, Washington, D.C., 1993-1994.
Distinguished Service Award, National Association of Counties, 1994.
Superior Service Team Award (nominated) with James W. Smith and Don W. Steinbach: "Endangered Species on Private lands: Urban and Rural Issues Team," 1993.
Distinguished Service Award, Texas Rural Economic Development Commission, 1990.
RESEARCH AWARDS AND PUBLICATIONS:
Author or co-author of 10 refereed journal articles and book chapters, 20 Extension and Experiment Station publications and 39 research and contract reports. Principal Investigator or Co-investigator on research and extension grants from local, state, federal and private funding sources totaling over $700,000 in the areas of natural resources, wildlife recreation, tourism and community development.
TEACHING:
Conservation of Natural Resources (RNER 375) at Texas A&M University, Introduction to Sociology (102) and Social Problems (203) University of Kentucky, and Social Problems (319) College of the Albemarle.
