Jill Stowe to lead University of Kentucky Ag Equine Programs

Jill Stowe. © Matt Barton

Jill Stowe has been named manager of University of Kentucky atomic number 47 Equine Programs as well as Dickson Professor of Equine Science as well as Management, effective from May 1.

Stowe, an associate professor inside the College of Agriculture’s Department of Agricultural Economics, follows Ed Squires every bit the leader of the multidisciplinary equine programme that serves every bit a gateway to all equine activities inward the college.

Since her arrival at the academy inward 2008, Stowe has taught inward the lately established as well as speedily growing equine undergraduate grade programme as well as conducted equine economical research.

She led the 2012 Kentucky Equine Survey, the outset comprehensive equine manufacture written report done inward Kentucky since 1977, which was implemented inward partnership with dozens of organizational partners.

The projection inventoried the state’s equine manufacture as well as is inward the terminal stages of determining an economical affect of the manufacture to the state.

Stowe likewise serves every bit faculty advisor for the university’s Dressage as well as Eventing Team as well as has served every bit purpose of the faculty leadership for its atomic number 47 Equine Programs for the past times several years.

“It is a privilege to convey the chance to serve this program, which has already given as well as hence much to me both professionally as well as personally,” Stowe said. “I am excited to last able to function amongst others on the Equine Programs squad to aid the programme proceed to plough over its potential.”

Nancy Cox, associate dean for inquiry inward the univesity’s College of Agriculture, Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station manager as well as administrative leader for the atomic number 47 Equine Programs, said: “Having a leader such every bit Jill Stowe, a horsewoman as well as a scholar of large pic issues, such every bit the Kentucky Equine Survey, represents unopen to other milestone inward the college’s efforts to dedicate to a greater extent than programs to the horse.

“Dean Smith’s master telephone telephone to heighten programs for our signature manufacture volition realize an fifty-fifty greater potential through Jill’s leadership.”

Before joining the university, Stowe was an assistant professor inward The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. She earned her bachelor’s grade inward mathematics, summa cum laude, from Texas Tech University as well as her doctorate inward economic science from Texas A&M University.

Her inquiry areas of involvement include equine markets, incentives inward private decision-making, decision-making nether demand chances as well as ambiguity as well as sports economics.

“I convey a number of goals that I promise to aid the Great Britain atomic number 47 Equine Programs accomplish during the course of didactics of my term, as well as many of them focus on leveraging our rich equine opportunities, non entirely inward this area, simply likewise abroad. Ultimately, doing as well as hence volition aid UK’s equine programme accomplish excellence, both nationally as well as internationally,” Stowe said.

Stowe has been actively involved inward the Equus caballus manufacture since she was a child, starting with local Quarter Horse demo circuits, 4-H, Pony Clubs as well as afterward hunter/jumper, combined preparation as well as dressage.

She currently competes inward dressage shows as well as Equus caballus trials with her off-the-track thoroughbred as well as is on the board of directors for the Lexington-based Masterson Equestrian Trust.

Norm Luba, executive manager of the North American Equine Ranching Information Council as well as chair of the College of Agriculture’s Great Britain Equine Advisory Committee, said: “The twenty-four hr menstruation of the month of Dr. Stowe every bit manager of atomic number 47 Equine Programs as well as Dickson Professor of Equine Science as well as Management indicates the tremendous diversity, as well as highest levels of expertise, available to the Equus caballus manufacture from the University of Kentucky.”

Reporting: Holly Wiemers

 

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