Vice-Chair HorseQuest

Extension Horse Specialist
University of Nebraska
C204 Animal Science
Lincoln, NE 68583-0908
402-472-6414
Fax: 402-472-6362
mailto:kanderson1@unl.edu

Short Biography

Kathy Anderson has been the Extension Horse Specialist at the University of Nebraska since 1991. She oversees the youth and adult extension horse program as well as teaches Undergraduate courses in the Animal Science Department. Kathy currently teachings courses in Horse Management, Horse Management Practicum, Horse Industry Study Tour, Equine Reproduction, and Equine Nutrition. Additionally she has coached the UNL Horse Judging team. An avid horse shows judge; Kathy is a carded judge with the American Quarter Horse Association, American Paint Horse Association, and National Snaffle Bit Association. She received her Bachelor of Sciences in Animal Science and Agricultural Education from the University of Nebraska, Masters of Science in Physiology of Reproduction from Texas A&M University, and a PhD in Animal Science from Kansas State University.

Along with her educational background, Kathy stays highly involved in the industry; previously she was an assistant trainer and breeding manager at a large Quarter Horse farm, her family currently raises and shows Western Pleasure Horses, she is a past Board Member for the Quarter Horse Association of Nebraska, is the current Vice President of the American Youth Horse Council, and the Vice Chair of eXtension’s HorseQuest project.