Laura Stephenson

Laura Stephenson, PhD, has been named associate dean and director of the University of Kentucky (UK) Cooperative Extension Service in the College of Agriculture, Food and Environment. She will begin her duties on Aug. 1.

“Dr. Stephenson’s appointment is one more step in the college’s ongoing efforts to provide the best leadership and fiscal management for a system that is indispensable to communities across Kentucky,” said Nancy Cox, PhD, dean of the UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment. “We are happy to have her back home and excited about the wealth of knowledge and leadership she brings to the post.”

Stephenson is currently serving as assistant dean of extension and department chair of family and consumer sciences at the University of Tennessee. However, much of her extension career has been in Kentucky