Nicholas R Jordan

Professor
[email protected]
651-895-3770
309 Hayes Hall
Education

Ph.D.: Duke (1986)
Harvard College, 1979

Areas of Interest

Agroecology, eco-social systems, agricultural diversification

Biography

Nick Jordan is a Professor of Agronomy & Plant Genetics, at the University of Minnesota. He is an agricultural ecologist, and a Resident Fellow of the University’s Institute on the Environment. He does collaborative research and public engagement to advance diversification in agriculture, using a wide range of research methods. He co-directs the Forever Green Initiative, a cross-sector collaborative network working to advance crops that provide continuous living cover for Midwest agriculture.

Teaching

Introductory ecology (ESPM 3108); Ecology of Agricultural Systems (Agro 5321)

Research

My research program in agricultural ecology addresses the use of biological diversity to improve the bundle of goods and services that agriculture provides to society. I am particularly interested in models for implementing diversified agriculture at watershed and landscape scales, and for building public-private partnerships that can overcome barriers to diversification in agriculture.

Select Publications

Li, M., Jordan, N.R., Koide, R.T., Yannarell, A.C. and Davis, A.S., 2019. Interspecific variation in crop and weed responses to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communityhighlights opportunities for weed biocontrol. Applied Soil Ecology 142: 34-42.
 
Jordan, N.R., Dorn, K.M., Smith, T.M., Wolf, K.E., Ewing, P.M., Fernandez, A.L., Runck, B.C., Williams, A., Lu, Y., and Kuzma, J. 2017. A cooperative governance network for crop genome editing: The success of governance networks in other areas could help to find common ground for applying genome editing in agriculture. EMBO reports, p.e201744394.
 
Jordan N.R., Mulla D.J., Slotterback C.., Runck B., Hays C. 2017. Multifunctional agricultural watersheds for climate adaptation in Midwest USA: commentary. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems 0, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1017/ S1742170517000655
 
Valley, W., Wittman, H., Jordan, N., Ahmed, S. and Galt, R., 2017. An emerging signature pedagogy for sustainable food systems education. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, pp.1-14.
 
Jordan, N., Dorn, K., Runck, B., Ewing, P., Williams, A., Anderson, K. A., Felice, L., Haralson, K., Goplen, J., Altendorf, K., Fernandez, A., Phippen, W., Sedbrook, J., Marks, M., Wolf, K., Wyse, D., Johnson, G.  2016. Sustainable commercialization of new crops for the agricultural bioeconomy. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene 4: 000081. doi: 10.12952/journal.elementa.000081
 
Jordan, N., Schut, M., Graham, S., Barney, J., Childs, D., Christensen, S., Cousens, R., Davis, A., Eisenberg, H., Ervin, D. and Mirsky, S. 2016. Transdisciplinary weed research: new leverage on challenging weed problems? Weed Research 56: 345–358
 
Schively, C., Runck, B., Pitt, D., Kne, L. Jordan, N., Mulla, D., Zerger, C. Reichenbach, M. 2016. Collaborative Geodesign to Advance Multifunctional Landscapes. Landscape and Urban Planning 156:71-80.
 
Jordan, N. R., & Davis, A. S. 2015. Middle-Way Strategies for Sustainable Intensification of Agriculture. BioScience 65:513-519.
 
Jordan, N J. Grossman, P. Lawrence, A. Harmon, W. Dyer and B. Maxwell, K.V. Cadieux, R. Galt, A. Rojas, C. Byker, S. Ahmed and T. Bass, E. Kebreab, V. Singh, T. Michaels and C. Tzenis. 2014. New Curricula for Undergraduate Food-Systems Education: A Sustainable Agriculture Education Perspective. NACTA Journal 58(4):302-310
 
Jordan, N., C. Williams, L. Schulte Moore, D. Pitt, C. Schively-Slotterback, R. Jackson, D. Landis, D. Mulla, D. Becker, M. Rickenbach, B. Dale, C. Helmers, and B. Bringi. 2013. Landlabs: A New Approach to Creating Agricultural Enterprises That Meet the Triple Bottom Line. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement 17:1-26.
 
Johnson, K. A., G. Dana, N. R. Jordan, K. J. Draeger, A. Kapuscinski, L. K. Schmitt Olabisi, and P. B. Reich. 2012. Using Participatory Scenarios to Stimulate Social Learning for Collaborative Sustainable Development. Ecology and Society 172:9-22.
 
Jordan, N. R., D. L. Wyse, and B. Colombo. 2012. Linking Agricultural Bioscience to Cross Sector Innovation: A New Graduate Curriculum. Crop Sci. 52:2423-2431.
 
Jordan, N., Schively-Slotterback, C., Cadieux, K.V., Mulla, D., Schmidt-Olabisi, L., Pitt, D., Kim, J.O. 2011. TMDL Implementation in Agricultural Landscapes: A Communicative and Systemic Approach.  Environmental Management 48:1-12
 
Jordan N., Boody G, Broussard W, et al. (13 total co-authors) 2007.  Sustainable development of the agricultural bio-economy  Science 316:1570-1571.