Randy R. Weigel, Ph.D.

Dr. Randy Weigel is an associate professor and extension specialist in the Family & Consumer Sciences department at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyoming, USA. He has been at UW since 1987 as faculty and administrator in the Cooperative Extension Service. He has a B.S. degree in psychology from Colorado State University, a M.S. degree in human development and family life from Kansas State University, and Ph.D. in professional studies from Iowa State University. Randy has taught the human risk management section of the Western Integrated Resource Education (WIRE) course since its inception in 1992. He is a contributing author for AG Help Wanted: Guidelines for Managing Agricultural Labor. He is the author of two Extension publication series: The Personal Nature of Agriculture and Agricultural Producers and Stress. Prior to coming to UW, he worked for Iowa State Extension and taught techniques for addressing farm stress to Iowa farmers during the farm crisis of the mid 80s. His current extension and research interests include human relations in agricultural families, rural male psychology and personal life planning using the WIRE model.