Prof. Van Crowder

Virginia Tech, USA

Email: vcrowder@vt.edu

Qualifications

1990 Ph.D., Department of Education (Rural Sociology minor), Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.

1976 M.S., Professional Studies, Department of Communication, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.

1974 B.S., College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.

Publications (Selected)

1. N.E. Awa and L. Van Crowder. The World Population and Food Crisis: Implications for Intercultural Communication. Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research (SIETR) Third Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, 1977.

2. N.E. Awa and L. Van Crowder. Linguistic Relativity Revisited. International Communication Association Conference, Berlin, Germany, May 29, 1977.

3. N.E. Awa and L. Van Crowder. How Extension Stacks Up. Journal of Extension (March/April), 1978.

4. L. Van Crowder and Bernard Delaine. Communicating with Small Farmers in the Chapare of Bolivia. University of Florida/USAID Report on the study: Los Medios de Communicacion en El Chapare - Un Analisis. La Paz, Bolivia, June 1980.

5. L. Van Crowder. Women and Rural Transformations in Ecuador. Association for Women in Development (AWID) Conference, Washington, DC, 1987.

6. L. Van Crowder. Public and Private Sector Extension in Agricultural Development. Agriculture and Human Values, Fall, 1988.

7. L. Van Crowder. Agents, Vendors and Farmers: Technology Development and Transfer in Ecuador. Agricultural Administration and Extension, Vol. 30, No. 3, 1988.

8. L. Van Crowder. Participatory Research and Extension: A Model for Assessing Irrigation Activities in Jamaica. Proceedings of the Lifelong Learning Research Conference, University of Maryland, 1990.

9. L. Van Crowder et al. Focused Sondeos to Assess Farmers' Technology Evaluation Criteria in Nicaragua. Association for Farming Systems Research and Extension (AFSRE) Symposium, Michigan State University, Oct. 5-10, 1990.

10. L. Van Crowder, E. French and C. Parera. A Farming Systems Research and Extension Approach to Working with Cooperatives in Nicaragua. AFSRE Symposium, Michigan State University, Oct. 5-10, 1990.

11. L. Van Crowder. Extension for Profit: Agents and Sharecropping in the Highlands of Ecuador. Human Organization, The Journal of Applied Anthropology, Vo1. 50. No. I, 1991.

12. L. Van Crowder. Is There a Communication Mass Media Bias in Development Programs? Journal of Applied Communications, Vol. 75, No. 2, 1991.

13. M. Breeze and L. Van Crowder. Agents, Media and Distance Education. Agricultural Communicators in Education (ACE) Conference, Washington, DC, 1992.

14. L. Van Crowder. Perspectives on Education for Sustainable Development. Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Tropical Agriculture in the 20th Century and Prospects for the 21st, University of the West Indies and the Caribbean Agro- Economic Society, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, 1994.

15. L. Van Crowder and W. Fielding. The Social Dynamics of On-Farm Adaptive Research. Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) FSR/E Project, Kingston, Jamaica, December 1993.

16. L. Van Crowder. The Role of Rural Education in Sustainable Development with Special Reference to Near Eastern Countries. Technical paper presented at the FAO Synthesis Workshop on Promoting the Role of Universities in National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS) of Selected Near East Countries, Rabat Morocco, 1994.

17. Fielding, W.J. & L. Van Crowder. Sweet Potato Weevils in Jamaica: Acceptable Pests? Journal of Sustainable Agriculture, Vol. 5(4), 1995.

18. L. Van Crowder. Participatory Curriculum Development: A "New" Approach for Improving Education and Training. Lead technical paper presented at the FAO Regional Seminar on Curriculum Development, Valetta, Malta, 1995.

19. T. Kumuk and L. Van Crowder. Harmonizing T&V Extension: Some Experiences from Turkey. Journal of Extension Systems, Vol. 12, December 1996.

20. L. Van Crowder. Editor, Training for Agriculture and Rural Development (TARD), FAO Economic and Social Development Series, No. 54, Rome, 1996; author Environmental and Sustainable Development Themes in Agricultural Extension Programs: A Review of FAO Case Studies, TARD 1996.

21. L. Van Crowder. A Sequel to the Debate. Review and comment on "Indigenous and Scientific Knowledge: Some Critical Comments" (by A. Agrawal). Indigenous Knowledge and Development Monitor, Vol. 4, Issue 2, 1996.

22. L. Van Crowder and J. Anderson. Linking Research, Extension and Education: why is the problem so persistent and pervasive? European Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, Vol. 3, No. 4, 1997.

23. L. Van Crowder. Marketing Information Systems for Small-Scale Farmers. Information Development, Vol. 13, No. 4, December 1997.

24. L. Van Crowder. Editor, Training for Agriculture and Rural Development. FAO Economic and Social Development Series. No. 55, Rome, 1998.

25. L. Van Crowder, W. J. Lindley, T. H. Bruening & N. Daron. Education for Sustainable Rural Development: Challenges for Developing Countries in the 21st Century. The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, Vol. 5, No. 2, 1998.

26. L. Van Crowder. Women in Higher Agricultural Education and Employment Opportunities. In Graduate Prospects in a Changing Society (A. Ronning and M. Kearney, Eds), UNESCO Publishing, Paris, 1998.

27. L. Van Crowder et al. Knowledge and Information for Food Security in Africa: From Traditional Media to the Internet. In Telecoms in Africa -- Tam to Internet (T. RasWork, Ed), Betam Communications/Mafube Publishing, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1998.

28. J. Anderson, J. Clement and L. Van Crowder. Accommodating Conflicting Interests in Forestry: Concepts Emerging from Pluralism. In Unasylva, International Journal of Forestry and Forest Industries, Vol. 49, No. 194, 1998. (Republished in Unasylva, Vol. 58, Sixty years of Unasylva - Weaving knowledge into development, 2007).

29. Jon Anderson, L. Van Crowder, et al. Applying the Lessons of Participatory Communication and Training to Rural Telecentres. In The First Mile of Connectivity: Advancing Telecommunications for Rural Development through a Participatory Communication Approach (D. Richardson and L. Paisley, Eds), FAO, Rome, 1999.

30. A.Weiss, L. Van Crowder and M. Bernardi. Communicating Agrometeorological Information to Farming Communities. Paper presented at the International Workshop on Agrometeorology in the 21st Century-- Needs and Perspectives, Feb. 1999, Accra, Ghana. Also published in World Meteorological Organization Bulletin, Vol. 48, No. 4, October 1999.

31. Jon Anderson and L. Van Crowder. The Present and Future of Public Sector Extension in Africa: Contracting-out or Contracting-in? Public Administration and Development, 20, 2000.

32. L. Van Crowder and J. Anderson. Contrasting Approaches for Extension Services in Mozambique. In Agricultural Extension Systems: An International Perspective (F. L. Brewer, Ed), Erudition Books, 200l.

33. W. Rivera, M. K. Qamar and L. Van Crowder. Agricultural and Rural Extension Worldwide: Options for Institutional Reform. FAO-Rome, Extension, Education and Communication Service (SDRE), 2001.

34. L. Van Crowder and S. Michiels. Discovering the Magic Box: Local Appropriation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). Communication for Development Group Publication, FAO-Rome, 2001.

35. L. Van Crowder and J. Anderson. Uganda: Private Sector Secondment of Government Extension Agents. In Contracting for Agricultural Extension: International Case Studies and Emerging Practices (W. Rivera & W. Zijp, Eds), CABI Publishing, 2002.

36. Ramiro Ortiz and L. Van Crowder. Evolucion de los Servicios de Extension en Nicaragua, FAO Nicaragua, 2006 (final publication FAO-Rome, 2009).

37. L. Van Crowder, et al. Human and Social Capital - Contributions to Economic Growth and Development. Paper prepared for the MCC Human and Community Development Practice Group Learning Event, Washington, DC, June 3-6, 2013.

38. L. Van Crowder, et al. Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Key Nexus for Corporate Partnership. Knowledge & Innovation Network (KIN), Journal of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Technical Staff, Washington, DC, 2015.

39. D. Odoom, J. Obeng-Baah, L. Van Crowder, et al. Appreciating the Role of Communication in Promoting Sustainable Livelihoods. E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (EHASS), Vol.3  No.6, June, 2022.

40. D. Odoom, L. Van Crowder, et al. Promoting Gender Equality as a Strategy for Community Development in Ghana: Moving Beyond the Rhetoric. E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (EHASS), Vol.3  No.9, September 2022.

Personal Website:

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