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Tracy Kitchel

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · The Ohio State University

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Established · publishing since 1999
Diverse Educational Innovations StudiesYouth Development and Social SupportDiverse Education Studies and ReformsTeacher Education and Leadership StudiesEducator Training and Historical Pedagogy

Publications

55

Citations

540

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

28

Publishing since 1999

Research summary
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Tracy Kitchel's research focuses on agricultural education, particularly how teachers develop and use their professional knowledge (pedagogical content knowledge) and how their well-being, self-efficacy, and job satisfaction affect their teaching. Recent work also explores using virtual reality for teaching agricultural machinery safety and examines climate adaptation among subsistence farmers. Most publications appear in the Journal of Agricultural Education, targeting audiences interested in teacher preparation, classroom practice, and career and technical education in agriculture.

Agricultural teacher education and pedagogyTeacher well-being, self-efficacy, and job satisfactionPedagogical content knowledge developmentEducational technology (virtual reality) in agricultural classroomsClimate adaptation and rural/agricultural livelihoods

Publication output has been fairly steady but modest over the last decade, averaging under 2 papers per year in the most recent 5 years, with small fluctuations rather than a clear growth or decline trend.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.8/year recently
2017: 4 publications4172018: 2 publications182019: 2 publications192020: 1 publication202021: 1 publication212022: 3 publications222023: 2 publications232024: 1 publication242025: 1 publication252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Journal of Agricultural Education×16
  • Sustainability×1
  • Teaching and Teacher Education×1
  • Journal of Research in Technical Careers×1
  • Advancements in Agricultural Development×1
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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