{"id":1323,"date":"2025-10-02T18:14:48","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T18:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/animal-science\/?page_id=1323"},"modified":"2025-10-02T18:14:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T18:14:49","slug":"jessica-leatherwood","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/animal-science\/jessica-leatherwood\/","title":{"rendered":"Jessica Leatherwood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"832\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/animal-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/198\/2025\/09\/TSU-2023-Faculty-Photo-832x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A woman in a brown blazer with brown hair smiles in front of a grey backdrop.\" class=\"wp-image-1324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/animal-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/198\/2025\/09\/TSU-2023-Faculty-Photo-832x1024.jpg 832w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/animal-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/198\/2025\/09\/TSU-2023-Faculty-Photo-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/animal-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/198\/2025\/09\/TSU-2023-Faculty-Photo-325x400.jpg 325w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/animal-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/198\/2025\/09\/TSU-2023-Faculty-Photo-768x946.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/animal-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/198\/2025\/09\/TSU-2023-Faculty-Photo-1247x1536.jpg 1247w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/animal-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/198\/2025\/09\/TSU-2023-Faculty-Photo-1663x2048.jpg 1663w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/animal-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/198\/2025\/09\/TSU-2023-Faculty-Photo-1568x1931.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/animal-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/198\/2025\/09\/TSU-2023-Faculty-Photo.jpg 1871w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jessica Leatherwood, Ph.D.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Associate Professor &amp; ANSC Graduate Program Coordinator<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:jleatherwood@tarleton.edu\" data-type=\"mailto\" data-id=\"mailto:jleatherwood@tarleton.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">jleatherwood@tarleton.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phone: <a href=\"tel:+12549681697\" data-type=\"tel\" data-id=\"tel:+12549681697\">(254)-968-1697<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Office: Autry 117<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:6px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research Interests<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Equine Nutrition &amp; Physiology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Undergraduate Education<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>B.S. in Animal Science, Texas A&amp;M University, 2007<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Graduate Education<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>M.S. in Animal Science, Texas A&amp;M University, 2009<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ph.D. in Animal Science, Texas A&amp;M University, 2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Professional Biography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Jessica Leatherwood serves as a Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator at Tarleton State University. She received her BS, MS, and PhD in Animal Science from Texas A&amp;M University. Her research focuses on improving joint health in young performance horses, supported by extramural funding nearing $2.5 million. This funding has been instrumental in mentoring numerous undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral students who have matriculated into academic and industry positions. Dr. Leatherwood has co-authored 34 peer-reviewed journal articles and more than 100 conference papers and abstracts, highlighting her scholarly contributions. She resides in Dublin, TX, with her husband, Cole, and their two children, Charlie and Kelly, and enjoys riding their American Quarter horses as a family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Scholarly Works<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-button alignnone\"><a class=\"wp-block-advgb-button_link advgbbtn-32478eb9-469d-415c-ad4b-78c00c8d4602\" href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/scholar?hl=en&amp;as_sdt=0%2C44&amp;q=jessica+leatherwood+&amp;btnG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span><strong>Google Scholar<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<style class=\"advgb-styles-renderer\">.advgbbtn-32478eb9-469d-415c-ad4b-78c00c8d4602{font-size:18px;color:#4f2d7f !important;background-color:#ffffff !important;margin:0px 0px 0px 0px !important;padding:10px 30px 10px 30px;border-width:4px !important;border-color:#4f2d7f !important;border-style:solid !important;border-radius:25px !important;}.advgbbtn-32478eb9-469d-415c-ad4b-78c00c8d4602:hover{box-shadow:1px 1px 12px 0px #ccc;opacity:1;transition:all 0.2s ease;}.advgbbtn-32478eb9-469d-415c-ad4b-78c00c8d4602 > i {font-size:30px;color:inherit;float:left;margin-right:7px;}<\/style>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jessica Leatherwood, Ph.D. Associate Professor &amp; ANSC Graduate Program Coordinator Email: jleatherwood@tarleton.edu Phone: (254)-968-1697 Office: Autry 117 Research Interests Education Undergraduate Education B.S. in Animal Science, Texas A&amp;M University, 2007 &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":845,"featured_media":580,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1323","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/animal-science\/author\/swdmcelyea\/","display_name":"swdmcelyea"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 7 months ago","modified":"Updated 7 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on October 2, 2025","modified":"Updated on October 2, 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on October 2, 2025 6:14 pm","modified":"Updated on October 2, 2025 6:14 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","featured_img":false,"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/animal-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/animal-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/animal-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/animal-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/845"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/animal-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1323"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/animal-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1358,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/animal-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1323\/revisions\/1358"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/animal-science\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/animal-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}