Dan Croom

Barry Croom is a professor and department head for Agricultural Education and Agricultural Sciences at Oregon State University. He is an alumnus and Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Emeritus in the Department of Agricultural and Extension Education at North Carolina State University.

Dr. Croom teaches courses in the Agricultural Science Major at Oregon State. Croom is a former NCSU Park Faculty Scholar, a Fellow of North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture, and a Fellow of the American Association for Agricultural Education. His research program includes developing new teaching methods, innovative educational programming for rural and disadvantaged youth, and historical studies in career and technical education. Dr. Croom serves as the editor of the Journal of Agricultural Education.

Specialties:

Experiential learning

Teaching methods

Historical research in career and technical education

Training and Development