Virginia Lee Brown
Extension Evaluation Specialist
Office of Learning and Organizational Development (OLOD)
Areas of expertise
Education Systems
Education
Master of Arts, Sociology, General
University of Maryland – Baltimore County, MD, United States (2005)
Bachelor of Arts, Sociology, General
University of Maryland – Baltimore County, MD, United States (2004)
Doctor of Public Health, Public Health, General.
University of North Carolina – Greensboro, NC, United States (2012)
Awards and Honors
- Excellent in Teamwork Award (2024)
- Program Research Through Excellence Award- State (2024)
- Mary W. Wells Memorial Diversity Award- State (2024)
- Extension Disaster Education Award (2024)
- Educational Piece Team Award- STATE (2024)
- Community Partnership Award (2022)
- Program Excellence Through Research (2020)
- Program Excellence Through Research Award (2020)
Scholarly Works
- Cooperative Extension offices as mental health hubs: A social ecological case study in rural Georgia, United States, SSM-MENTAL HEALTH, (2023).
- Community perspectives on the use of extension offices for behavioral health, Discover Health Systems.
- Time is a Precious Commodity: Reframing Farmer Stress and Mental Health Through the Lens of Time Poverty, OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine, (2025).
- Five-Year Review of the Foundations Onboarding Program for the UGA Cooperative Extension, Journal of Human Sciences and Extension.
- Leveraging a Team Approach for Emergency Preparedness in Georgia, Journal of Human Sciences and Extension.
Contact
Mailing Address
318 Hoke Smith Building
Athens, GA 30602
Shipping Address
318 Hoke Smith Building
Athens, GA 30602