Dr. Thearon T. McKinney

Extension Professor

MAJOR AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

  • Serve on Administrative Council
  • Administration and Faculty Development and Supervision as Department Head
  • 4-H Development Fund Program Liaison
  • State 4-H Program Committee Facilitation
  • Resource Development and External Relations
  • Strategic Planning
  • Administrative Liaison to 4-H Agents Association
  • 4-H EFNEP Budget Accountability
  • 4-H Urban and Rural Expansion Program Budget Accountability
  • Lead Departmental Strategic Plan
  • Direct North Carolina 4-H Marketing Plan/Ad Council Project
  • Co-chair Cooperative Extension Major Program 19: Resilient Youth, Families, and Communities
  • Coordinate North Carolina 4-H Congress
  • 4-H/Extension Superintendent, North Carolina State Fair
  • Principal Investigator for statewide Migrant Education Program

EDUCATION

  • BA, Sociology and Psychology, Ouachita Baptist University, 1968
  • MA, Sociology, University of Georgia, 1971
  • Ph.D., Sociology, University of Georgia, 1973

EXPERIENCE

  • Interim State 4-H Leader/Department Head beginning 1/2002
  • Extension Associate State 4-H Program Leader, 1995 to 2002
  • Extension 4-H Specialist, NCSU, 1977-1995
  • Extension 4-H Specialist, University of Florida, 1975-1976
  • Assistant Professor of Sociology, Eastern Kentucky University, 1973-1975
  • Instructor of Sociology, University of Georgia, 1971-1973
Thearon McKinney
The Department of 4-H Youth Development
Cooperative Extension Service
Box 7606, NC State University
Raleigh NC, 27695-7606
(919) 515-8472
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