UW-Platteville
Associate Professor
Agribusiness
Dr. Lucie Abena Kadjo is an Associate Professor of Agribusiness in the School of Agriculture at the University of Wisconsin (UW)-Platteville. She attended the University Hassan I of Settat in Morocco where she received her Bachelor of Science degree in Economics. She earned her Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Food and Resource Economics from the University of Florida, with specialization in marketing, demand and price analysis, and economic development.
Dr. Kadjo joined the School of Agriculture at UW-Platteville in January 2016 where she teaches agribusiness courses including Marketing Management (AGBUS 4330), Quantitative Methods (AGBUS 3430), Introduction to Agribusiness (AGBUS 1500), Consumer and Producer Cooperatives (AGBUS 2500), and Agricultural Marketing (AGBUS 2430). Her research interests include marketing of agricultural products and demand and price analysis. Dr. Kadjo is the advisor of the National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) club as well as the agribusiness program coordinator.
TEACHING AND LEARNING PHILOSOPHY
Teaching is my passion! I believe knowledge transfer is the most important intellectual activity; and I love to transfer my knowledge to others. I want to be that teacher who inspires students to learn on their own and, in turn, is inspired to learn to be a better teacher. Teaching is a continuous learning process; and I believe to become the model teacher that I aspire to be and to create successful students requires learning and trying different teaching strategies and approaches. Therefore, I have been eager to learn from my colleagues and willing to engage with an interdisciplinary group of diverse peers. In fact, I observed some of my peers in their lectures and ask them in turn to observe my teaching and provide constructive feedback to improve.
Throughout my teaching career, I have continuously set four major goals that I aim to achieve in all my classes. Those goals include trigger students’ interest in the subject and participation in class, make the materials accessible and easily understandable, provide hands-on experiences to students, and maintain a strong and current knowledge of my field. To achieve those goals, I have attended several teaching workshops and conferences where I learned innovative teaching methods such as high- impact practices, the Jigsaw method, class discussions, flipped classroom, review of class materials, the clickers, and Kahoot game, which I use in my classroom.