Rate My Professor Shannon Arnold

Arnold teaches courses such as Women in Agriculture and advises students interested in agricultural communications, leadership, and extension careers. Her research interests include non-formal education, agritourism, and extension professional development. Key publications include "Farm to Forum: Exploring Agritourism as a Site for Tactical Rhetorics" (2025), "Extension Education Trends and Research Needs" (2022), "Influences on Agricultural Agents' Decisions to Remain in an Extension Career" (2010), "Career Influences of Agricultural Extension Agents" (2010), and "Are Land-Grant Universities Promoting the Tripartite Mission? Extension's Online Presence" (2012). She received the 2021 Distinguished Agricultural Extension Educator Award from the American Association for Agricultural Education and serves as the Western Region Director for the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture. Arnold leads the Montana Agritourism Fellows Program funded by Western SARE (2022-2025), which established the Montana Agritourism Association and organized conferences to promote sustainable agritourism. She also received a 2025 Montana Department of Agriculture Specialty Crop Block Grant for assessing agritourism impacts.