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Contact an Advisor

In the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences we have aligned our academic advising to better support students during their time at Texas A&M University. We have assembled a diverse and knowledgeable advisor community dedicated to providing our students with high-quality academic advising services.  Our advisors are grouped into advising hubs based on location, courses of study and/or related commonalities. Advisors in AGLS Advising Hub support students in the Department of Agricultural Economics.

Undergraduate Advising

To make an appointment with an advisors, student should schedule an appointment through the Navigate Student App. Click on their individual profiles below to view their individualized Navigate scheduling link.

  • Adcock, Donna

    Donna Adcock

    Academic Advisor IV

    [email protected]

    AGLS 408C

  • Chavarria, Hannah

    Hannah Chavarria

    Academic Advisor III

    [email protected]

    AGLS 408F

  • Hirsch, Kelsey

    Kelsey Hirsch

    Academic Advisor IV

    [email protected]

    AGLS 408D

  • Stricklin, Melyssa-Anne

    Melyssa-Anne Stricklin

    Senior Academic Advisor

    [email protected]

    AGLS 408B

  • Vickers, Bridgette

    Bridgette Vickers

    Academic Advisor IV

    [email protected]

    AGLS 408E

Graduate Advising

Graduate students will work as a team with their faculty committee chair, their Academic Advisor, and The Graduate School to learn steps to graduate and navigating their graduate program.

Students will contact Lauren Johnson for:

  • academic policies
  • Registration questions
  • Graduation requirements
  • DPSS, DocuSign, Adobe Sign, ARCS questions
  • Learning about on-campus resources, or if you don’t know where to go.

Students will contact Kathleen Roche for:

  • Assistantships
  • Scholarships
  • Departmental funding questions
  • Variable credit registration, etc.
  • Admissions/application questions are to be directed to [email protected]

Students will contact their Faculty Committee Chair to:

  • discuss course selection
  • Degree plan approval prior to submitting via DPSS
  • Research/project questions
  • Committee member help, etc.

Dr. Leatham is the Associate Head for Graduate Programs and can assist with course work selection if you do not have a Faculty Committee Chair

Advising Support for MAB and ABME Students

The individuals below serve as a resource for helping you navigate your graduate program.

  • Lepley, Karen S.

    Karen S. Lepley

    Program Manager - Master of Agribusiness

    (979) 393-0884

    [email protected]

    AGLS 213C

  • Roche, Kathleen

    Kathleen Roche

    Graduate Program Coordinator - Agricultural Economics

    (979)393-0933

    [email protected]

    AGLS 213E

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