Laura White

Assistant Professor
Animal and Range Sciences
New Mexico State University
Mexico

Biography

Education: B.S. Texas A&M University, 2004 M.S. University of Georgia, 2006 Ph.D. Clemson University, 2009 Courses Taught: ANSC 103 - Introductory Horse Science ANSC 265 - Horse Evaluation ANSC 289 - Management of Equine Operations ANSC 335 - Advanced Horse Evaluation ANSC 415 - Horse Science and Management ANSC 488/588 Equine Nutrition and Exercise Physiology Research: Investigation of cognition level of instruction and learning styles in Animal Science courses, including exploration of techniques to induce higher order thinking in students. Other interests include efficient utilization of nutrients in the hindgut of the horse, utilizing digestibility markers in the horse, changes to the equine digestive track and metabolism as a result of ageing, and the effects of arginine on exercise parameters in the athletic horse.

Research Intrest

Pedagogy Higher order thinking and Equine Nutrition and Growth

List of Publications
Vegetation Community Types of the NMSU Corona Experimental Ranch (PDF) D. L. Anderson, C. R. Hart and K. C. McDaniel. 1989-unpublished. Note: Data collected prior to 1990 and does not include additional 10 sections located to East and Southeast.
A floristic inventory of the New Mexico State University Range and Livestock Research Center. Forbes, A., Thesis 1999.
A Field Guide to the Flora of NMSU Corona Range and Livestock (PDF) Research Center. Research Report 745. A. C. Forbes and K. W. Allred. April 2001.