Extension Regional Specialist, 4-H Youth Development
alison.white@wsu.edu / (509) 574-1600
Alison joined the WSU Extension team in 2013. As a regional faculty member, Alison works in both Yakima and Kittitas counties, providing leadership, with an emphasis on youth development research and organizational systems for 4-H Youth Development programs.
Her program and research areas include (1) youth empowerment, (2) diversity, equity, and inclusion, (3) arts-integrated STEM, and (4) organizational change. Alison enjoys creating and facilitating programming that explores art, design, ecology, and leadership through an equity lens aimed at real-world issues to empower youth to learn about themselves and the world around them. Alison serves on the National 4-H PLWG Access, Equity, and Belonging Committee and as a faculty advisor to the WA State 4-H Teen Equity & Inclusion Task Force.
Prior to this appointment, she held teaching positions throughout Washington, Idaho, and Taiwan primarily focused on natural resource science and community-based education.