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We Were First Generation College Students

Becoming a Clemson Tiger is an exciting opportunity, but we understand that sometimes as a first-generation student, you worry that you won’t fit in on a college campus. We know how that feels. Many of our faculty and staff were the first in their family to attend college and understand what that is like for our current students. Going to college is a powerful transition that can at times feel overwhelming. You don’t have to experience that alone. You belong here.

Feel free to connect with faculty and staff who were first-generation themselves:

Name Title Email Phone
James H. Blake State Director - SC Master Naturalist Program jblake@clemson.edu 864-898-8321
Luke Bower Assistant Professor lmbower@clemson.edu
Erin Buchholtz Professor, SC Co-op Research Unit Assistant Unit Leader ekbuchh@clemson.edu 864-656-8558
Dillan Burkett Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant burket9@clemson.edu
George Cavender Assistant Professor gcavend@clemson.edu 706-431-3746
Alex Chow Professor achow@clemson.edu 843-546-1013
DeAndra Cooper Williamsburg County 4-H Youth Development Agent deandrw@clemson.edu 843-401-1080
Alexis Daymon Administrative Assistant adaymon@clemson.edu 843-774-8218
Catherine DiBenedetto, Ph. D. Associate Professor CDIBENE@clemson.edu 864-656-0296
Jamie Duberstein Research Scientist JDUBERS@clemson.edu 706-410-6722
Susan Duckett Professor sducket@clemson.edu 864-656-1505
Joanna Fiddler Assistant Professor jfiddle@clemson.edu 864-656-3397
James Frederick Professor, Ag Science Curriculum Specialist jfrdrck@clemson.edu 843-992-8077
Kenneth Greene PhD Student kgreene@clemson.edu
Jess Hartshorn Assistant Professor of Forest Health jhartsh@clemson.edu 864-656-4861
Lauren Hood Graduate Research Assistant eburdin@clemson.edu
Erika Hwang Graduate Teaching Assistant erikaj@clemson.edu 803-238-2183
Annie Joye Research Specialist III ajoye@clemson.edu
Khushwinder Kaur Graduate Research Assistant khushwk@clemson.edu 864-533-4835
Sara Lalk Graduate Research Assistant slalk@clemson.edu
John Lawson Graduate Research Assistant jdlawso@clemson.edu
Shelley Lovern Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant mlovern@clemson.edu 803-209-4492
Courtney Marneweck Post-doctoral Researcher cmarnew@clemson.edu
Dana McCurdy Ph.D. Candidate dmccurd@clemson.edu
Mason McNair Dr. Mason McNair mcnair5@clemson.edu
Paris Mebane Williamsburg County Rural Health and Nutrition Extension Agent psmeban@clemson.edu 843-401-1081
Nataly Medina Graduate Research Assistant nataly@clemson.edu 773-727-4628
Daniela Moreno Graduate Research Assistant dnmoren@clemson.edu 803-507-2607
Kayla Payne Chief of Staff ksteel2@clemson.edu 864-656-3225
Brandon Peoples Associate Professor of Fisheries Ecology peoples@clemson.edu 864-656-4855
J. Todd Petty Department Chair and Professor jtpetty@clemson.edu 864-656-3302
Stacy Phillips Data Entry Assistant stacy8@clemson.edu
Olivia Poelmann Graduate Research Assistant opoelma@clemson.edu 262-994-8626
Robert (Bob) Polomski Associate Extension Specialist--Horticulture/Arboriculture bplmsk@clemson.edu 864-656-2604
Yoseph Roman yroman@clemson.edu 843-683-2533
Kayla Scarborough Nutrition Educator klscarb@clemson.edu 803-649-6297
Liliane Severino da Silva Assistant Professor, Extension Specialist lseveri@clemson.edu 352-871-5830
Dawn Scully Sikora Graduate Student dsikora@clemson.edu
James Smoak Jr Research Farm Manager jsmoak@clemson.edu 803-671-1986
Ricardo ST AIME Post-doctoral Researcher rstaime@clemson.edu 864-722-3594
James Strickland Professor jrstric@clemson.edu
Aaron Turner Assistant Professor apturne@clemson.edu 864-656-9869
Wanda Vandroff Nutrition Educator wvandro@clemson.edu 843-561-6077
Zhine Wang PhD student zhinew@clemson.edu 626-560-4340
Sue Watts Educational Program Coordinator watts9@clemson.edu 864-650-1811
Kimberly Whitlock PhD Student PES whitlo7@clemson.edu 986-200-8455
Jonathan Windham Extension Associate JWINDHA@clemson.edu 843-519-0487

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