Staff
Kevin Duerfeldt
- Lecturer
- Global Resource Systems
- Global Resource Systems
- 0240 Horticulture Hall
- Iowa State University
- Ames, IA 50011
- Phone 515-294-6011
- Email kduerf@iastate.edu
Education
Ph.D., Iowa State University, 2014
M.S., Iowa State University, 2011
B.S., Northwest Missouri State University, 2009
Awards/Special Recognition
- Iowa State University Graduate College Teaching Excellence Award, 2013
- Caine-Bogle Family Graduate Fellowship 2012
- NACTA Teaching Merit Award 2017
Teaching Responsibilities
GLOBE 201. Introduction to Global Resource Systems
GLOBE 401. Senior Research
GLOBE 494. Service Learning
GLOBE 495. Global Resource Systems Study Abroad Preparation
GLOBE 490. Independent Study
Global Engagement
Dr. Duerfeldt has been engaged with service-learning and school-gardening study abroad courses for the past six years. He oriented EARTH Program student interns pre-departure and during their first weeks in the Virgin Islands, while researching the impact of the program on students. In Uganda, Dr. Duerfeldt assists with mentoring students during lesson planning and presentation, gardening, field visits, and bi-national team projects. He researches the impact of Iowa State University outreach workshops on youth and ways to improve future workshops. Dr. Duerfeldt also co-leads the Global Resource Systems first year seminar series, which provides freshmen and sophomore students with the opportunity to travel internationally, observing resource systems first hand and providing context for their further classes.