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Lendel Narine serves as an Extension Associate Professor within the Youth Programs Department at Utah State University Extension, based at the Logan Campus. His role centers on evaluation and reporting for statewide extension initiatives, focusing on evidence-based program development and impact assessment across Utah's diverse communities through rigorous methodological frameworks.
Dr. Narine's educational foundation includes:
- PhD in Agricultural Education and Communication, University of Florida (2018)
- MS (M.Phil.) in Agricultural Economics, The University of the West Indies (2013)
- BS in Agribusiness Management, The University of the West Indies (2010)
His research specializes in quantitative evaluation methodologies including competency modeling, outcome metrics, and cost-benefit analysis, with growing emphasis on behavior change mechanisms and diversity-integration frameworks. He applies the Ranked Discrepancy Model extensively for needs assessment in agricultural and youth programming contexts.
Analysis of his 2024-2025 publications reveals three dominant research trajectories: food/financial security programming in Utah communities, innovative evaluation frameworks for extension services, and workforce development through emerging technologies like AI. These works consistently employ advanced statistical methods to address critical issues including climate adaptation and health disparities.
His award portfolio features 13 major honors including:
- Distinguished Team Award (2023)
- Susan Barkman Award for Research and Evaluation (2023)
- Outstanding Article of the Year (2020)
- Visionary Leader Award (2020)
- Best Research Poster (2019)
- Early Career Service (2021)
- New Specialist Award (2022)
- Excellence in 4-H Citizenship Programming (2023)
- Communication Award: Educational Publication (2022)
- Florence Hall Award (2022)
- Innovative Program (2022)
- Don Dean Felker Financial Management Award (2023)
- Excellence in Workforce Development Programming (2023)
Dr. Narine advises graduate students through ongoing mentorship since 2019 and has evaluated USU Extension's internal funding mechanisms including the mini-grant program. His grant leadership spans civil rights compliance initiatives and Western regional evaluation capacity building projects addressing organizational advancement and diversity metrics.
He actively directs multiple extension teams including the Climate Adaptation Intern Program, CORE Professional Development, and Civil Rights Compliance initiatives, while contributing to multi-state collaborations on leadership development and generative AI applications in extension education through the Western Extension region.
