Career Vita January 2015 DEPARTMENT OF PLANT AND SOIL SCIENCE TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY, LUBBOCK, TX 79409 CURRICULUM VITAE Cynthia B. McKenney Rockwell Professor of Horticulture Distance Education Coordinator Education: Ed.D. Texas Tech University. 2000. Higher Education: Administration. M.S. Texas Tech University. 1986. Horticulture. B.S. Texas Tech University. 1979. Ornamental Horticulture. Professional Experience: Rockwell Professor of Horticulture and Associate Chair Texas Tech University, 2010 to present Professor of Horticulture and Associate Chair/ Texas Tech University, 2010 to present Associate Professor of Horticulture and Associate Chair, Texas Tech University, 2006 to 2010 Associate Professor of Horticulture and Regional Distance Education Coordinator / Texas Tech University, 2004 to 2006 Associate Professor of Urban Horticulture and Extension Specialist / Texas A&M University, 2004 to 2006 Assistant Professor of Horticulture and Regional Distance Education Coordinator / Texas Tech University, 2000. Assistant Professor of Urban Horticulture and Extension Specialist / Texas A&M University, 2000 Horticulture Specialist / Texas A&M University, 1999 Instructor, Undergraduate Program Coordinator, and Greenhouse Administrator. Texas Tech University. 1996 to 1999. Instructor and Greenhouse Manager. Texas Tech University. 1984-96. Professional and Honorary Societies: Am. Soc. for Hort. Science Phi Kappa Phi Am. Soc. for Hort. Science-SR Pi Alpha Xi Gamma Sigma Delta Texas Association of Nurserymen Native Plant Society of Texas Professional Accreditations: Texas Provisional Secondary Teaching Certificate. Texas Tech University. 1982. Broad Field Science. Honors and Awards: (Career Total of 14): Honors: 1. Teaching Academy. Texas Tech University. Charter Member. 1997. 2. Who's Who among America's Teachers. 1998. 2 3. Who’s Who in Agriculture Higher Education. 2003. 4. Teacher of the Semester, Fall 2007. TTU Ag Council 5. Rockwell Endowed Professor of Horticulture, Spring 2013. 6. Fellow of the American Society for Horticultural Science, Spring 2014. Awards: 7. Fredrick Law Olmsted Award for Landscape Beautification. Texas Tech University Law School. 1992. 8. Excellence in Teaching Award. College of Agriculture. Texas Tech University. 1993. 9. President's Excellence in Teaching Award. Texas Tech University. 1994. 10. Excellence in Extension Blue Ribbon Award for the TechHort Web Site. American Society of Horticultural Science, Southern Region. 1999. 11. Best Instructor Using TTVN. TTVN Annual Conference. 2001 12. Taber Award. Texas Nursery & Landscape Association, Region IV. 2003. 13. Quality Matters Peer Course Review Designation, PSS 3317 Interior Plants, 2007. 14. Outstanding Hort Technology Paper Award, Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci., 2010 15. J.C. Miller Distinguished Educator Award, So. Region-Amer. Soc. Hort Sci., 2010 16. Honorary Lifetime Membership Award, Texas Nursery and Landscape Assoc., 2013 Books and Book Chapters (Career Total of 3): 1. McKenney, C. B. 1995. Principles of Horticulture: Teaching Assistant Manual. Department of Plant and Soil Science. Texas Tech University. Lubbock, TX. 2. Peffley, E.B., R.E. Durham, C.B. McKenney. 2011. Introductory Horticulture. Kendall Hunt Publishing Company. 4th Edition. ISBN 9780757587764. 3. McKenney, C., U. Schuch and A. Chau. 2013. Introductory Plant Science: Investigating the Green World. Kendall Hunt Publishing Company. ISBN 978-1-4652-1837-7. Refereed Publications (Career Total of 42): 1. McKenney, C. B. and Robert Terry, Jr. 1995. The effectiveness of using workshops to change audience perception of and attitudes about xeriscaping. HortTechnology 5:327-329. 2. Dotray, P. A. and C. B. McKenney. 1996. Established and seeded buffalograss tolerance to herbicides applied pre-emergence. HortScience 31:393-395. 3. McKenney, C. B. and R. E Zartman. 1997. Response of buffalograss and bermudagrass to reduced irrigation practices under semiarid conditions. J. Turfgrass Management 2:45-54. 4. Gaitan-Gaitan, F., C. B. McKenney, and D. L. Auld. 1998. Effect of burrs vs. caryopses and on establishment of seeded buffalograss in the Southern Great Plains. Crop Science 38:795-800. 3 5. Gaitan-Gaitan, F., C. B. McKenney, and D. L. Auld. 1999. Planting date and caryopses effect of establishment of buffalograss on the Southern Great Plains. J. Turfgrass Management 3:1-11. 6. Kenworthy, K. E., D. L. Auld, D. B. Wester, R. E. Durham, and C. B. McKenney. 1999. Evaluation of buffalograss germplasm for induction of fall dormancy and spring greenup. J. Turfgrass Management 3:23-42. 7. Green, C. J., D. L. Auld, C. B. McKenney, T. G. Long, and F. Gaitan-Gaitan. 1999. Effect of soil fertility and cultural practices on burr yield of buffalograss. Texas J. Agric. and Nat. Resources 12:51-61. 8. McKenney, C. B. and B. D. Cejda. 2000. Profiling chief academic officers in public, community colleges. Community College J. of Research and Practice. 24:745-758. 9. Cejda, B. D. and C. B. McKenney. 2000. Boundaries of an administrative labor market: An examination of the chief academic officer position in public, comprehensive community colleges. Community College J. of Research and Practice, 24:615-625. 10. McKenney, C. B. and B. D. Cejda. 2001. The career path and profile of women chief academic officers in public community colleges. Advancing Women in Leadership Journal. Available at: http://www.advancingwomen.com/awl/summer2001/index.html 11. Cejda, B. D., C. B. McKenney, and C. W. Fuller. 2001. Leaving office: Position changes of chief academic officers. Com. College J. of Res. and Prac. 25:137-146. 12. Maurer, M.A., D. L. Auld, C.L. Murphy, C. B. McKenney, P.G. Johnson, and K.E. Kenworthy. 2001. Evaluation of Twenty-six Buffalograss Cultivars and Accessions for Use as Turfgrass on the High Plains of West Texas. Texas J. Agric and Nat Resources 14:24-36. 13. Cejda, B. D., C. B. McKenney, and H. Burley. 2002. The Career Lines of Chief Academic Officers of Public Community Colleges. Com. College Review. 28:31-46. 14. Lockett, L., T. Montague, C. McKenney and D. Auld. 2002. Assessing Public Opinion on Water Conservation and Water Conserving Landscapes in the Semiarid Southwestern United States. HortTech. 12:392-396. 15. Maurer, M.A., D.L. Auld, C.L. Murphy and C.B. McKenney. 2002. Evaluation of Ninteen Zoysiagrass Turfgrass Cultivars on the Texas High Plains. Texas J. Agric. and Nat. Resources 15:51-59. 16. Balch, S.A., C.B. McKenney, and D.L. Auld. 2003. Evaluation of Gamma-Linolenic Acid Composition of Evening Primrose Oenothera Species Native to Texas. HortScience. 38:595-598. 17. McKenney, C. B., E. B. Peffley and I. Teolis. 2004. A comparison of asynchronous communication levels with students enrolled in compressed video, internet and traditional classes. Acta Hort. 641:79-84. 4 18. Taraban, R., C.B. McKenney, E. Peffley and A. Applegarth. 2004. Live specimens are more effective than world wide web for learning plant materials. J. Nat. Res. and Life Sci. Education. 33:106-110. 19. McKenney, C.B., S. A. Balch, C. Murphy, V. Stoker and D. Auld. 2004. ‘Plains’ Blackfoot Daisy (Melampodium leucanthum). HortScience 39:637-638. 20. Murphy, C.L., C.B. McKenney, D.L. Auld and N.W. Hopper. 2004. Field production of Texas native evening primrose (Oenothera spp.) as a source of gamma linolenic acid. Acta Hort. 629:283-288. 21. Nofal, H.R., R.E. Sosebee, C. Wan, J. Borrelli, R. Zartman and C.B. McKenney. 2004. Effect of defoliation on carbohydrate reserves and tiller development in selected grasses grown along highway rights-of-way. J. of Range Mgmt. 57:497-502. 22. Niu, G., D.S. Rodriguez, R. Cabrera, C. McKenney, and W. Mackay. 2006 Determining water use and crop coefficients of five woody landscape plants. J. Env. Hort. 24:160-165. 23. McKenney, C. B., S. A. Balch, and D. Auld. 2007. ‘Raider Amethyst’ (Glandular bipinnatifida ‘Raider Amethyst’). HortScience. 42:391-392. 24. Montague, T., C. McKenney, M. Maurer, and B. Winn. 2007. Influence of irrigation volume and mulch on establishment of select shrub species. Arbor. and Urban Forestry. 33:202-209. 25. Kenworthy, K., D. L. Auld, C. B. McKenney, F. Gaitan-Gaitan, C. C. Lowery, H. Kebede, R. Wright, M. Maurer, and D. Ryan. 2008. Registration of ‘Tech Turf I’ Buffalograss. Jour. of Plant Registrations. 2:12. 26. Cabrera, R.I., Reinert, J.A. and C.B. McKenney. 2008. Differential resistance among crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia) species, hybrids and cultivars to foliar feeding by adult primrose flea beetles (Altica litigata). HortScience. 43:403-407. 27. McKenney, C.B., S.A. Balch, V. Hegemann, and S.P. Metz. 2008. ‘Raider Azure’ Mealy Blue Sage (Salvia farinacea var. farinacea Benth.). HortScience. 43:540- 541. 28. Mackay, W.A., S.W. George, C.B. McKenney, J.J. Sloan, R.I. Cabrera, J. Reinert, P. Colbaugh, L. Lockett and W. Crow. 2008. Performance of garden roses in north central Texas under minimal input conditions. HortTech. 18:417-22. 29. Basinger, A.R., C.B. McKenney and D. Auld. 2009. Competencies for a U.S. horticulture major: A national Delphi-study. HortTech. 19:452-458. 30. McKenney, C.B., E.B. Peffley and I. Teolis. 2010. Comparison of time investment in common teaching practices among three instructional methods. HortTech. 20:245-249 5 31. Everman, W. J., A. J. Lindsey, G. M. Henry, C. F. Glaspie, K. Phillips, and C. McKenney. 2011. Response of Miscanthus x giganteus and Miscanthus sinensis to postemergence herbicide applications. Weed Tech. 25(3):398-403. 32. Pemberton, Brent., Michael Arnold, Tim Davis, Daniel Lineberger, Cynthia McKenney, David Rodriguez, Larry Stein, Charles Hall, Marco Palma, and Richard De Los Santos. 2011. The Texas SuperStarR Program: Success through partnership. HortTech. 21(6):1-2. 33. Paparozzi, Ellen T., Kimberly A. Williams, Robert Geneve, Harlene Hatterman- Valenti, Cynthia Haynes, Helen Kraus, Cynthia McKenney, and Joelle Pitts. 2011. Development of the AG*IDEA Alliance’s Horticulture Graduate Certificates Program and Inter-institutional Course Share. HortTech. 21(6):688-691. 34. Zartman, Richard E., Cynthia B. McKenney, David B. Wester, Ronald E.