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Shehane, Melissa

Melissa Shehane

Instructional Assistant Professor and Internship Coordinator
Office:  
HFSB 323
Email:  
Phone:  
(979) 314-8479

Education

Undergraduate Education
B.S. Renewable Natural Resources, Texas A&M University
Graduate Education
M.Ed. College Student Affairs, The Pennsylvania State University
Ph.D. Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications, Texas A&M University

Areas of Expertise

  • Leadership education, training and development
  • Experiential learning and service-learning
  • Reflection and critical thinking

Professional Summary

Melissa Shehane, Ph.D., serves as an instructional assistant professor for the Department of Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management. Her research and teaching interests lie in developing civically minded leaders to combat challenges within the field of agriculture and beyond. She is nationally known in the leadership education field through her program design experience. She has over 15 years of leadership development, service-learning, career development, curriculum design and course instruction in both agriculture and non-agriculture courses. Shehane fosters a nurturing yet rigorous classroom environment that challenges and supports students in their transition to college, development of professional skills and writing in agricultural sciences.

Selected Publications

Odom, S. F., Woodruff, T., Shehane, M. R., Stein, M., & Dooley, K. E. (2021). A qualitative analysis of how students construct their leadership learning from a high-impact leadership program. Journal of Leadership Education, 20(1), 31-45. https://doi.org/10.12806/V20/I1/R3
Allen, S., & Shehane, M. R. (2016). Co-curricular and curricular partnerships to assess leadership. New Directions for Student Leadership: Assessing Student Leadership. (pp. 35-49).
San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Lewing, J. M., & Shehane, M. R. (2016). The institutionalization of service-learning at the independent colleges and universities of the Gulf Coast Region. Christian Higher Education. (16)4, pp. 211-231. Horney, J. A., Bamrara, S., Macik, M. L., & Shehane, M. R. (2016). EpiAssist: Service-learning in public health education. Education for Health, (29)1, 30-34.
Odom, S., Shehane, M. R., Moore, L. & McKim, B. (2014). An analysis of a high-impact field experience in agriculture: Documenting critical thinking skills through reflection. North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture Journal, (58)1-4, 216-222.