{"id":1167,"date":"2025-10-03T15:43:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T15:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/wildlife\/?page_id=1167"},"modified":"2025-10-07T15:56:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T15:56:02","slug":"crissa-nugen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/wildlife\/crissa-nugen\/","title":{"rendered":"Crissa Nugen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Crissa Nugen, Ph.D.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Assistant Professor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: cnugen@tarleton.edu <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phone: (254)-968-9208<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Office: Ag Mech 106<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Research Interests<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  • Human Issues in Horticulture<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Ornamental Horticulture<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Impact of Horticulture on Public Health<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

    Professional Biography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Dr. Crissa Nugen\u2019s research interests are interdisciplinary and established in a larger field of study of human issues in horticulture (HIH), and how plants and horticulture affect human life and well-being. Her past research includes ethnobotany and modern culture associated with marigolds (Tagetes erecta, T. patula, T. tenuifolia<\/em>), the effects of human interventions influencing the coevolution of plants and butterflies, landscape design efficacy for outdoor learning environments, and implementation of therapeutic horticulture programming within public gardens. Her latest research centers on knowledge and perceptions of nutritious food and applications of culinary medicine. Her research expectations are to contribute to personal wellness and healthcare strategy decision-making based upon the use of food is medicine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Crissa Nugen, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Email: cnugen@tarleton.edu Phone: (254)-968-9208 Office: Ag Mech 106 Research Interests Professional Biography Dr. Crissa Nugen\u2019s research interests are interdisciplinary and established in a larger field …<\/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-1167","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/wildlife\/author\/swdmcelyea\/","display_name":"swdmcelyea"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 7 months ago","modified":"Updated 7 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on October 3, 2025","modified":"Updated on October 7, 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on October 3, 2025 3:43 pm","modified":"Updated on October 7, 2025 3:56 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","featured_img":false,"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/wildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/wildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/wildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/wildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/845"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/wildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1167"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/wildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1236,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/wildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1167\/revisions\/1236"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/wildlife\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/wildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}