Alicia Thomas

Background

Alicia Thomas is a West Texas native from O'Donnell, TX. She received her B.A. in Biology from Lubbock Christian University in 2014 and her M.S. in Horticulture from Texas Tech University in 2017. In 2018, she became a lecturer 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.

Research Interests

• Horticultural therapy for military veterans
• Urban and Sustainable Horticulture
• Community Horticulture

Teaching

• PSS 1411 Principles of Horticulture (In-person and Online)
• PSS 2313 Herbaceous Plant Materials

Related Links

• Curriculum vitae
• Urban Horticulture and Sustainability Group