Griffin Campus: Academic Programs: Meet Our Faculty
Sarah W. Workman
Assistant Research Scientist
UGA Campus mailing address:
Office of Global Programs
312 Hoke Smith Building
Athens, GA 30602-4356
sworkman@uga.edu
Telephone: 706.542.9737
Academic Background
Ph.D. 1996 University of Georgia. Athens. Forest Soils and Biology
M.S. 1982 Western Washington University. Bellingham. Plant Ecology
B.A. 1978 Agnes Scott College. Decatur, GA. Biology
Biographical Sketch
Dr. Workman has over twenty years of professional international research and development experience, based on a thorough knowledge of biophysical and socioeconomic issues related to sustainable agriculture and natural resource management. Her expertise in agroforestry, community-based natural resource management, watershed restoration and biodiversity conservation is developed from work with both government and private organizations in Africa, Central America, and the Caribbean as well as in North America.
Dr. Workman has specialized skills in participatory research and management, program design and project planning, along with monitoring and evaluation experience. Sarah was trained as a forest ecologist and soil biologist with emphasis on temperate forests, semi-arid woodlands, and dry tropical agroforestry systems. Her work focuses on use of native tree species in managed landscapes and on fostering participation of local people in cultivation methods that maintain ecosystem processes and conserve diversity of native trees and nontimber products.
Dr. Workman’s employment with universities and university partner groups, non-governmental organizations, research institutions and the US Department of Agriculture evidences a strong foundation for collaborative work and demonstrates her organizational and intellectual skills under diverse conditions. In recognition of her well versed background and expertise in agroforestry, Dr. Workman has been designated to serve as the Scientific Liaison Officer for USAID to the World Agroforestry Centre, one of the internationally recognized network of CGIAR agricultural research institutions, a collaboration that covers their portfolio of programs in all geographic regions. Though this agroforestry network Dr. Workman interacts with a large peer group drawn from the CGIAR Future Harvest Centers, US Agencies and development organizations.
In recent years, Dr. Workman has been Principle Investigator of grants funded by governmental and non-governmental institutions and served as co-principle investigator on additional collaborative projects. Her publications record reflects the various activities she has helped lead and speaks to the diversity and breath of her experiences. Having served on the faculty at three universities within the land grant college system before coming to University of Georgia in 2003, Dr. Workman brings experience in teaching, extension and service learning as well as collaborative scholarly research skills.