{"id":2623,"date":"2023-10-10T20:36:48","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T20:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/?page_id=2623"},"modified":"2025-11-24T21:57:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T21:57:22","slug":"arsc-phd-overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/arsc-phd-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Ph.D. Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ph.D. in Animal &amp; Natural Resource Sciences Overview <\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Animal and Natural Resource Sciences Ph.D. is a unique program that reaches across disciplines to solve problems associated with maximizing energy and food production while conserving natural resources in the face of increased environmental stressors. No other program in the southwestern United States explicitly focuses on preparing students to balance these competing factors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This program integrates the animal sciences, natural resource sciences, and social sciences to breach disciplinary walls and leverage multidisciplinary synergies to address novel, twenty-first-century challenges. Graduates of the program will be equipped to increase America\u2019s food production capacity, conserve natural resources, enhance ecosystem services, and resolve resource conflicts. They will be prepared to conduct cutting-edge, multidisciplinary research; disseminate knowledge to students, managers, and policymakers; and pursue careers as practitioners for private industry, government agencies, and non-governmental organizations.<\/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\">Ph.D. Faculty Profiles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Explore the research faculty in each department by navigating through the buttons below!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\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\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/agservices\/research-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/228\/2025\/11\/9-1024x341.png\" alt=\"Research in Agricultural Education and Communication.\" class=\"wp-image-3720\" style=\"width:372px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/228\/2025\/11\/9-1024x341.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/228\/2025\/11\/9-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/228\/2025\/11\/9-600x200.png 600w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/228\/2025\/11\/9-768x256.png 768w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/228\/2025\/11\/9.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/animal-science\/ansc-research\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/228\/2025\/11\/7-1024x341.png\" alt=\"Research in Animal Science.\" class=\"wp-image-3721\" style=\"width:372px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/228\/2025\/11\/7-1024x341.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/228\/2025\/11\/7-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/228\/2025\/11\/7-600x200.png 600w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/228\/2025\/11\/7-768x256.png 768w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/228\/2025\/11\/7.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/wildlife\/research-faculty\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/228\/2025\/11\/8-1024x341.png\" alt=\"Research in Wildlife and Natural Resources.\" class=\"wp-image-3722\" style=\"width:372px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/228\/2025\/11\/8-1024x341.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/228\/2025\/11\/8-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/228\/2025\/11\/8-600x200.png 600w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/228\/2025\/11\/8-768x256.png 768w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/228\/2025\/11\/8.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:11px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have questions about this program please email\u00a0<a href=\"mailto: arsc_phd@tarleton.edu\">arsc_phd@tarleton.edu<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ph.D. in Animal &amp; 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