Alicia_Thomas

 

Alicia Thomas, Ph.D. Student and Instructor

Alicia.Thomas@ttu.edu 

Alicia Thomas is an instructor of horticulture at Texas Tech University in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences teaching and coordinating the Principles of Horticulture and Herbaceous Plant Materials lectures and labs. Teaching is her passion and she strives to develop a love for plants in the many students who take her courses. She is currently working on a Ph.D. in the plant and soil sciences with a research study on horticultural therapy for military veterans. With the information that she gathers from this study, she hopes to construct a horticulture therapy garden for military veterans in Lubbock, TX.  Upon graduation, with her Ph.D. it is her dream to gain an assistant professorship and develop people-plant interactions and horticultural therapy courses.

Veteran Horticulture Therapy Kits

Presentations

Thomas, A. Lindquist, C.S. Monsur, M. and Simpson, C. Veteran emotional perceptions and preferences of landscape design elements. Southern Region American Society of Horticultural Sciences annual meeting. New Orleans, LA. February 10-13, 2022.

Thomas, A. Lindquist, C.S. Monsur, M. and Simpson, C. Evaluating Landscape Design Elements for Veteran-based Therapeutic Horticulture. Lone Star Horticultural Forum. College Station, TX. January 10-12, 2022.

Thomas, A. and Simpson, C.  Horticultural Therapy. Master Gardeners Intern Class. Lubbock, TX. October 7, 2021.

Thomas, A., Lindquist, C.S., Monsur, M., and Simpson, C. The Effect of Plant and Soil Science Jobs on Military Veteran Mental and Physical Well-being. American Society of Horticultural Sciences Virtual Conference. Denver, CO. August 5-9, 2021