Rural Renewal Resources

Economic Trends and Issues in Rural Oklahoma

Rural Renewal in the Media

Rural Renewal Scholarly Works & Presentations

Caruso, T. C., Cline, L. L., & King, A. E. H. (2022). Rewriting the narrative: A Portrait of leadership in Oklahoma’s rural communities. Presented at the International Leadership Association's Global Conference, Washington D. C.

Whitacre, B. E., Woodring, M., Brooks, L., & Smithson, T. (2022). Gauging local interest in telemedicine visits: Are online surveys enough? Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 33(3). https://muse.jhu.edu/article/862412

Biedny, C. & Whitacre, B. E. (2022). The broadband serviceable location fabric, rural America, and agriculture. Choices, Quarter 3. https://www.choicesmagazine.org/choices-magazine/theme-articles/making-it-count-applying-science-to-support-universal-broadband/the-broadband-serviceable-location-fabric-rural-america-and-agriculture

Olofsson, K. Through Their Stories: How Rural Americans Live in Complex Systems. Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL on April 9, 2022. https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/mpsa/mpsa22/index.php?cmd=Online+Program+View+Paper&selected_paper_id=1916085&PHPSESSID=5jimfplsmehauk2vsv16m9ugne

Olofsson, K., Fitzgerald, J. B., & Hussain, B. Sustainable Development Goals in Rural America: Giving Voice to Rural Communities. Presented at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Research Annual Meeting in Austin, TX on March 29, 2022. https://appam.confex.com/appam/2021/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/40320

Woodring, M. (2021). Tier One Rural Renewal Initiative Update. Telehealth Alliance of Oklahoma Board of Directors.

Taylor, R. (2021). Applying a Community Capitals Framework to Compare Two Rural Counties in Oklahoma [master's thesis]. Oklahoma State University.

Miller, K. (2021). Voices from the field: A Q methodology study about rural hospital priorities [master's thesis]. Oklahoma State University.

King, A. E. H., Robinson, J. S. Ochsner, T., Woodring, M., & Weckler, P. (2021). Developing rural scholars for conducting research and service in rural communities: The effects of a high-impact learning opportunity. Poster presented virtually at the Southern Region American Association for Agricultural Education Conference.

Ochsner, T., Hagerman, A., Krueger, E., Lambert, D., Lambert, L., and Weckler, P. (2021). Drought severity and impact relationships: A multidimensional case study of recent droughts in the south-central semiarid prairies of the United States, EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 Apr 2021, EGU21-6530, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-6530.

Robinson, J. S., Bohannon, L., & Hill, R. (2020, October). Mentoring rural youth through Big Topics. UNM Mentoring Institute, Albuquerque, NM.

Robinson, J. S., Ochsner, T. E., Weckler, M., & Woodring, M. (2020). Equipping students to address wicked problems in rural communities: The development of a rural scholars program. 2020 AAAE Virtual Conference (Innovative Idea Poster).

Barringer, B., Cook, N., Ochsner, T. E., Robinson, J. S., Weckler, P., & Woodring, M. (*accepted for presentation in 2020). A high impact learning experience that promotes transformation through the development of a team of rural scholars. Transformative Learning Conference, Edmond, OK. *Conference was canceled due to COVID-19.

Barringer, B., Ochsner, T. E., Robinson, J. S., Weckler, P., & Woodring, M. (*accepted for presentation in 2020). A high impact learning experience that promotes transformation through the development of a team of rural scholars. 7th Annual Big 12 Teaching and Learning Conference, Overland Park, KS. *Conference was canceled due to COVID-19.

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Funding (or support) for this project was provided by the Oklahoma State University Rural Renewal Initiative, one of the Tier 1 research initiatives supported by the Office of the Vice President for Research.