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- Agribusiness
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- Agricultural Mechanization & Business
- Animal & Veterinary Sciences
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- Agricultural and Applied Economics (MS)
- Agricultural Education (MAgEd)
- Agriculture (MS, PhD)
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- Entomology (MS, PhD)
- Food, Nutrition and Culinary Sciences (MS)
- Food, Nutrition, and Packaging Sciences (PhD)
- Forest Resources (MFR, MS, PHD)
- Packaging Science (MS)
- Plant and Environmental Sciences (MS, PhD)
- Wildlife and Fisheries Biology (MWFR, MS, PhD)
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Samantha Kennett
PhD Student
Graduate Research Assistant
Forestry and Environmental Conservation Department
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Educational Background
MS Integrative Biology
Kennesaw State University 2023
BS Environmental Science and Conservation
Southern New Hampshire University 2018
Courses Taught
FRN 4700 Insect Ecology in Urban Ecosystems (CI course)
Profile
Researching the ecology, management, and impact of the invasive crape myrtle bark scale (Acanthococcus lagerstroemiae) in South Carolina and Washington, D.C.
Publications
Kennett, S. M., Seifert, B., Dunn, R. R., Pierson, T. W., & Penick, C. A. (2024). The ManhattAnt: identification, distribution, and colony structure of a new pest in New York City, Lasius emarginatus. Biological Invasions, 1-14.
Links
Meet the ManhattAnt, the ant that's taken New York's streets by stormIn N.Y.C. Apartments, The Ants Go Marching Up