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Stephen H. Kolison, Jr., Ph.D. is the Dean and Research Director of the Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Research at Tennessee State University in Nashville, TN. Dr. Kolison, Jr. assumed the leadership of the Cooperative Agricultural Research Program ("CARP") at Tennessee State University in August 1998 as Research Director, and CARP was elevated from a research program to the Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Research in August 2003. Dr. Kolison, Jr. has overall administrative responsibility for agricultural and environmental research at Tennessee State University. Prior to joining Tennessee State University, Dr. Kolison, Jr. was Professor of Forestry/Forest Economics and Coordinator of the Forest Resources Program at Tuskegee University. Under his leadership, Tuskegee University conferred its first Bachelor of Science degrees in Forestry. Dr. Kolison, Jr. is a recipient of several awards and recognitions, including include the "Faculty Advocate Award for Superlative Leadership in Program Development" from Tennessee State University in 2003, the "Faculty Achievement Award" from Tuskegee University (Tuskegee University’s highest academic award) in 1997, and the first "B.D. Mayberry Young Scientist Award" from the Association of Research Directors, Inc. in 1994. He has served on many national and regional committees including the Society of American Foresters Committee on Accreditation. His research expertise is in the area of economic impact assessment of forest policy and management. His international experiences include research conducted in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and Ghana, and other professional activities carried out in Belgium, Brazil, Finland, and The Netherlands. He has published scientific papers widely and spoken to numerous audiences throughout the United States. Dr. Kolison, Jr. obtained his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Forest Economics from Iowa State University of Science and Technology and his B.Sc. degree in General Forestry in 1983 from the University of Liberia. He has received formal and intensive training in "Public Policy and Executive Leadership in Higher Education" from the Fischler School of Education and Human Services of Nova Southeastern University, "Challenges in Risk Communications" from the Harvard University School of Public Health, and "Global Trade Analysis" from the Institute of Agricultural Economics in The Hague, The Netherlands. In November 2002, Dr. Kolison was elected Chair Elect of the Association of Research Directors, Inc. and in November 2004, he assumed the role of Chair and Chief Executive Officer of the Association of Research Directors, Inc. | 