OP McCubbins, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Agricultural Education
Mississippi State University

Discipline: Agricultural Education
Expertise: Flipped/Active Learning, Student Engagement, Educational Technology, Youth Development, Program Planning and Evaluation, Social Network Analysis

Email: am4942@msstate.edu
Twitter @opmccubbins

OP is an Assistant Professor of Agricultural Education at Mississippi State University. He was a high school Agricultural Science Instructor for three years in Kentucky before pursuing his Ph.D. in Agricultural Education at Iowa State University. While at ISU, he taught AgEdS 450- Farm Management and Operations, a capstone course for Agricultural Studies majors. As enrollment in the course grew, the ability to engage students became challenging. He was introduced to Team-Based Learning and began planning for implementation the following semester. His dissertation focused on the effectiveness of TBL in a large capstone course; focusing on student perceptions, student engagement, and analysis of the collaboration networks that formed within and between teams. His current line of inquiry focuses on technology integration, specifically the use and impact of immersive technology for teaching and learning in and about agriculture. Dr. McCubbins has facilitated TBL workshops across the US and abroad.