Employee Directory

Andy Crocker joined Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service’s Family and Community Health Unit in 2003. His role is to support County Extension Agents for Family and Community Health in their efforts to educate older adults, caregivers, and the professionals who serve them.

Mr. Crocker has authored, adapted, and adopted programs to help promote optimal aging with topics including caregiving, fall risk reduction, health literacy, and memory, among others. In addition to his programming responsibilities related to aging, Crocker administers grant projects addressing military family caregiving and building capacity to help support individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. He also leads AgriLife Extension’s Master Wellness Volunteer Program, leveraging Extension’s outreach and education related to health, nutrition, and food safety through trained volunteers.

Mr. Crocker is a popular speaker, providing education and training to a variety of audiences within the state and nationally. To-date, he has sought and received over $7.5M in competitive grant funding from local, state, and federal sources, including more than $6.8M as Principal Investigator. He is a past recipient of Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service’s Award for Superior Service, as an individual and as part of a team, and a two-time recipient of the Texas Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences’ Specialist Award for Distinguished Achievement.

Mr. Crocker earned a B.A. in Biology (2001) and an M.S. in Gerontology (2002) from Baylor University in Waco, Texas. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in One Health Sciences from the Texas Tech University School of Veterinary Medicine in Amarillo, Texas.

Ph.D. - One Health Sciences. Texas Tech University School of Veterinary Medicine. Amarillo, TX. Anticipated Graduation: Summer 2025.
M.S. - Gerontology. Baylor University. Waco, TX. 2002.
B.A. - Biology. Baylor University. Waco, TX. 2001.

• Texas A&M AgriLife Research & Extension Center at Amarillo – Non-Professorial Researcher/Specialist Award for Excellence, 2018.
• Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service – Award for Superior Service (Team), 2017.
• Texas Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences – Specialist Award for Distinguished Service. 2013.
• Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service – Panhandle District Technical Achievement Award- Specialist. 2012.
• National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences – Program Excellence Research Award (Team). 2011.
• Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service – Panhandle District Extension Excellence Award-Specialist. 2009.
• Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service – Award for Superior Service. 2007.
• Texas Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences – Specialist Award for Distinguished Service. 2007.

Crocker, A.B., Bradley, M.D., Vaughn, S.D., & Stalvey, B. (2022). Transformative Partnerships: Expanding Extension’s Capacity to Support Texans with Developmental Disabilities. Journal of Extension. [Online]. 60(2). Available at https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/joe/vol60/iss2/6//

Brauner, R.A., & Crocker, A.B. (2021). Ready to Serve: Opportunities for Cooperative Extension to Support Military Families. Journal of Extension. [Online]. 60(1). Available at https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/joe/vol60/iss1/17

Washburn, L.T., Crocker, A.B., & Leatherman, J.A. (2020). From Territorial to Transformational: A New Framework for Master Volunteer Engagement. Journal of Extension [Online]. 58(4). Available at https://joe.org/joe/2020august/tt3.php

Falk, D., Cubbin, C., Jones, B., Carillo-Kappus, K., Crocker, A.B., & Rice, C.A. (2016). Increasing breast and cervical cancer screening in rural Texas with Friend to Friend plus patient pavigation. Journal of Cancer Education [Online]. DOI:10.1007/s13187-016-1147-6.

Sellers, D.M., Bolender B.C., &, Crocker, A.B. (2010). Beliefs about Aging and Implications for Future Educational Programming in Kansas. Educational Gerontology. 36(10): 1022-42.

Sellers, D.M., Crocker, A.B., Nichols, A.H., Kirby, S.D., & Brintnall-Peterson, M. (2009). Creating the eXtension family caregiving community of practice. Journal of Extension [Online]. 47(5). Available at http://www.joe.org/joe/2009october/a1.php