Texas Tech University

Courtney Meyers, Ph.D.

Professor & Graduate Studies Coordinator
Agricultural Education and Communications

Email: courtney.meyers@ttu.edu

Phone: (806) 834-4364

Dr. Meyers started at Texas Tech University in 2008 as Assistant Professor in agricultural communications. She teaches courses in public relations writing, online media strategy, communication theory, and college teaching. In January 2017, she became the Graduate Studies coordinator for the department and currently manages all potential students, application and admission responsibilities, and degree completion requirements. 

Recognized as a Texas Tech Integrated Scholar, Dr. Meyers is a member of Texas Tech’s Teaching Academy and has received a number of teaching awards at the college, university, and national levels including the Texas Tech President’s Excellence in Teaching Award (2014), Texas Tech’s Chancellor’s Council Distinguished Teaching Award (2018), the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s New Teacher Award (2015), and the American Association for Agricultural Education' Outstanding Teacher Award (2021), and the USDA's Regional Excellence in College & University Teaching in Food & Agricultural Sciences Award (2022). At Texas Tech, she has recently received the President’s Excellence in Academic Advising Award (2020), President’s Academic Achievement Award (2021), and the Parents Association Leadership Award (2022).

Dr. Meyers has co-authored award-winning research articles and conference papers, including outstanding research article in the Journal of Applied Communications, the Association for Communication Excellence outstanding paper, the SAAS Agricultural Communications outstanding paper, and the AAAE distinguished manuscript. She has recieved the American Association for Agricultural Education Outstanding Researcher Award (2025), and in 2022, she completed a Fulbright Scholar Award to explore agricultural communications in Australia. 

Dr. Meyers is a native of Kansas and earned her B.S. in agricultural communications and journalism from Kansas State University. Her M.S. is from the University of Arkansas, and she received her Ph.D. in agricultural education and communications from the University of Florida.

Dr. Meyers and her husband, Daniel, are the proud parents of Isabel and Amelia.

Contact Dr. Meyers at (806) 834-4364 or courtney.meyers@ttu.edu

Courtney Meyers