Thomas H. Paulsen, associate professor and chair of the applied agricultural and food studies program, recently was lead author of an article published in the Journal of Agricultural Systems, Technology, and Management.

Thomas H. Paulsen, associate professor and chair of the applied agricultural and food studies program at Morningside College, recently was lead author of an article published in the Journal of Agricultural Systems, Technology, and Management.

The article, “Introducing a Precision Soil Conservation Curriculum: A Pre- and Post-Evaluation,” was based on a U.S. Department of Agriculture study of the erosion taking place in the South Fork watershed of the Iowa River in North Central Iowa.

Paulsen led a team that developed a curriculum to teach high school students about the erosion, its impacts on Iowa and what they can do to help address the problem. The curriculum was distributed to every high school agriculture teacher in the state in the summer of 2016, and feedback has been positive.

Paulsen joined the faculty at Morningside College in 2016. Previously, he served for 21 years as a high school agricultural education instructor and FFA adviser and eight years as the coordinator of the agricultural teacher education program and professor-in-charge of the student-managed Ag 450 farm at Iowa State University in Ames. He has a doctorate in agricultural education from Iowa State University.