Howe, Rodney Louis
Senior Extension Associate
As Cornell Cooperative Extension Assistant Director for Community and Economic Vitality and Executive Director of the Community and Rural Development Institute (CaRDI), Rod Howe 1) provides leadership and support for integrating research and extension into programs which address community & economic vitality issues; 2) fosters collaborative programming among faculty and off-campus Extension educators; and 3) establishes effective working relationships with local, state, regional and national agencies and organizations. He seeks input from stakeholders and works with the Community and Economic Vitality Program Council to identify research and extension priorities and CaRDI`s faculty advisory committee members to establish program foci.
research
research and scholarship focus
In order to offer training and deliverables to CCE Extension educators and community and regional stakeholders there needs to be a collaboriatve relationship with a broad set of faculty and research associates.
primary investigator of
- CORNELL EDA UNIVERSITY CENTER | Research Grant
- READY AG- DISASTER AND DEFENSE PREPAREDNESS FOR PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE | Research Grant
co investigator of
- CORNELL UNIVERSITY'S EDA UNIVERSITY CENTER | Research Grant
research areas
- adult and extension education | collaborative research area (CALS)
- applied economics | collaborative research area (CALS)
- community development | collaborative research area (CALS)
- development sociology | collaborative research area (CALS)
- entrepreneurship | collaborative research area (CALS)
- land use | collaborative research area (CALS)
- rural development | collaborative research area (CALS)
- sustainable development | collaborative research area (CALS)
submitted impact statement
- Cornell connecting with state and regional stakeholders | 2007 Impact statement
- Rural Visioning Project uses extension, outreach, and applied research to help New York communities | 2006 Impact statement
- Rural Visioning Project uses extension, outreach, and applied research to help New York communities | 2005 Impact statement
- Cornell University Economic Development Administration Center | 2004 Impact statement
affiliations
head of
- Community and Rural Development Institute (CARDI) | extension program unit
academic staff in
- Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) | extension division
staff member in
- Development Sociology (D SOC) | Cornell department
teaching
teaches
- DSOC 4960 - Internship in Development Sociology (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
service
outreach focus
I am a point of contact for CCE Associations, Executive Directors and Extension Educators as they conduct community and economic vitality programming and as they seek to be a resource to their elected officials and community leaders on a broad set of issues. There has been Rural Vision Project follow-up in areas like rural health and the role of rural schools in ther communities. I have been very involved in training of local leaders and officials (Cornell Municipal Clerks Institute, Dennis A. Pelletier County Government Institute, and Rural Learning Network of Western and Central New York) in partnerships with key state organizations and agencies. There has been a particular focus this past year on enhancing regional collaboration.||I am PI for the EDA University Center at Cornell. During 2007, Year II funded projects ended and Year III was initiated; key focus the second half of the year was the North Country Regional Foods Initiative.
background
educational background
1991, Ph.D., Boston University, Boston, MA
featured in
- Cornell Center for a Sustainable Future (CCSF) Academic Venture Fund awards five grants to explore burning powdered wood, developing cheaper solar cells and more | Cornell Chronicle feature
- Cornell Cooperative Extension to hold public sessions on Marcellus Shale exploration | Cornell Chronicle feature
- Cornell institute launches publications and programs to foster community development | Cornell Chronicle feature
- Extension helps communities be more efficient | Cornell Chronicle feature
Keywords: ag, community capacity building, community economic development, community sustainability, food and community development, land use education, public issues education, training for local leaders