Patricia HesterPatricia (Scotti) Hester, Professor of Animal Science

Purdue University School of Agriculture

Area of Expertise: Physiology, Poultry

Education: B.S. and Ph.D., North Carolina State University

Visiting Professorships: Cuddy International, Canda; University of Guelph, Canada

Currently Teaching ANSC 44500 - Commercial Poultry Management and ANSC 53500 (BMS 52800) - Avian Physiology

Awards and Honors:

Past President Poultry Science Association

(2010) Poultry Welfare Research Award. Poultry Science Association.

(2009) Fellow. Poultry Science Association.

(2009) Outstanding Alumni Award. College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, North Carolina State University.

(2004) Helene Cecil Leadership Award. Poultry Science Association.

Memberships in academic, professional, and scholarly societies

Gamma Sigma Delta

Phi Kappa Phi

Poultry Science Association (U.S.A.)

The World's Poultry Science Association- life time member

Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST)

American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1982-1983

American Society for Gravitational Biology

American Poultry Historical Society- life time member

Professor Hester has published extensively as well as presented at numerous relevant meetings and conferences. Her course evaluation rates are consistently 4.6 on a 5 point scale Read More Read Less