Clay Robinson, Ph.D. Professor of Soil Science Office: Agriculture amd Natural Sciences Building, Room 213K
Email: crobinson@wtamu.edu
Phone: 806-651-2553
Home Page: www.wtamu.edu/~crobinson Professional Profile Dr. Robinson completed a B.S. in general agriculture and a M.S. in agriculture, plant science at West Texas A&M University. He then completed his Ph.D. in soil science at Iowa State University. After teaching two years in the agriculture program at Eastern New Mexico University, he returned to his alma mater. He is a certified, professional soil scientist and is licensed by the Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists.
Dr. Robinson is an active member of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA), the American Society of Agronomy (ASA), the Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS) and the National Association for Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA). Teaching and Related Service Dr. Robinson teaches several undergraduate and masters' courses related to soils and statistics. He teaches the doctoral plant, soil and environmental science courses and co-teaches the doctoral capstone systems course.
He is the coach for the soils team that competes in the SASES Region IV Soils Contest each fall. Dr. Robinson and WTAMU have hosted this contest twice.
Dr. Robinson annually presents soil and water management topics to about 100 farmers and consultants, 200 homeowners and gardeners, 40 K-12 teachers and more than 1,500 K-12 students each year.
He hosts Dr. Dirt's K-12 activities and Dr. Dirt's homeowner Q&A websites, responding to more than 50 questions every year from all over the United States and throughout the world. Research and Creative Activity Curiosity naturally drives research. There are always more questions than there is time or money to answer. Dr. Robinson's main research questions address the impacts of agricultural management decisions on soil properties, especially soil physical properties, soil organic carbon and spatial variability.
Dr. Robinson has directed 15 thesis projects and served on 20 other master's committees. He is an author or contributing co-author for 32 refereed publications including national and international journals, proceedings, book chapters, encyclopedia entries and 30 non-refereed abstracts and proceedings. He has developed seven pedagogical publications to facilitate courses he teaches. Personal Sketch All choices in life are driven by what we believe. It is important to recognize and "own" our beliefs. This requires asking honest, open and hard questions and developing an apology, or verbal defense, of what we believe. This process provides a foundation for faith. Students should apply critical thinking skills to philosophy, science, history, other disciplines and religion to recognize when each makes statements of faith. Any unverifiable hypothesis treated as a fact is, by definition, a statement of faith. | 
