Biography
George Acquaah
A Langston University faculty member since 1991, Dr. George Acquaah serves as professor and head of the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Over the years, he has taught 15 different undergraduate courses, six of which he developed, including plant breeding and genetics, applied statistics, and introduction to agricultural biotechnology. His research interests include tissue culture applications and plant genomics for the improvement of cassava and peanuts.
As department head, Acquaah has developed two new degree options and two associate degree programs, presided over the highest-ever student enrollment in the history of the university, and established three teaching labs and installed modern instructional delivery systems in all classrooms in the department. A prolific writer, he is the author of seven college textbooks that are used worldwide, including one that has been translated into Chinese.
His professional affiliations include the American Society for the Advancement of Science and the Crop Science Society of America. He is the recipient of LU’s Distinguished Professor Award and its Excellence in Research and Publications Award, the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education’s Noble Award, the Millennium Award for Excellence in Teaching, and the USDA Excellence in College and University Teaching in Food and Agricultural Sciences Southern Region Award. He was also named a Da Vinci Fellow by the Da Vinci Institute of Oklahoma.
He earned B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Ghana and a Ph.D. from Michigan State University.