Faculty Profiles

Colleges and Departments
Portrait of Dr. Merritt L Drewery

Dr. Merritt L Drewery

  • Associate Professor at Department of Agricultural Sciences, College of Science & Engineering

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Member, Search Committee Member for Assistant Professor in Animal Science. December 2024 - Present.
  • Other, Search Committee Member for Open Rank Professor, Department of Biology. December 2024 - Present.
  • Board Member, Main Street Advisory Board (San Marcos City Council). September 2024 - Present.
  • Member, Curriculum Committee. August 2024 - Present.
  • Chair, Governance Committee. August 2024 - Present.
  • Volunteer, Eyes of the San Marcos River. June 2024 - Present.
  • Volunteer, Mermaid Society of Texas. March 2024 - Present.
  • Volunteer, Friends of the Library. January 2024 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Translational Animal Science. December 2023 - Present.
  • Member, Presidential HSI Community Council. August 2022 - Present.
  • Chair, Pre-Vet Society. July 2022 - Present.
  • Undergraduate Advisor, Pre-Vet Advisor. July 2022 - Present.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Frontiers in Animal Science (Animal Nutrition). May 2022 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Insects as Food and Feed. January 11, 2022 - Present.
  • Member, Selection Committee for Presidential Award for Excellence in Service. November 2021 - Present.
  • Member, Institutional Biosafety Committee. September 2021 - Present.
  • Organizer, Student Outcome Assessments Coordinator: Animal Science. April 2021 - Present.
  • Organizer, Program Coordinator: Animal Science. April 2021 - Present.

2024

  • Other, Commencement. December 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Grant Review Panelist - 2024 USDA-NIFA, Food, Agricultural, Natural Resources, and Human Sciences Grant Programs. November 18, 2024 - November 20, 2024.
  • Member, USDA-NIFA HSI RFA Working Group. August 2, 2024 - August 27, 2024.
  • Participant, Bobcat Welcome. August 21, 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Grant Review Panelist - 2024 USDA-NIFA, Food, Agricultural, Natural Resources, and Human Sciences Grant Programs. July 15, 2024 - July 17, 2024.
  • Other, Commencement. May 2024.
  • Judge, Texas State STEM Conference. April 2024.
  • Participant, Bobcat Days. April 20, 2024.
  • Organizer, Milk Products Career Development Event (CDE). January 2024 - March 2024.

2023

  • Other, Commencement. December 2023.
  • Member, Outstanding Master's Thesis Award (Life Sciences) Selection Committee. November 2023.
  • Panelist, First-Gen Council: "Can I be the first researcher? A panel on first generation experiences in research". November 7, 2023.
  • Participant, Panelist for the First-Gen Council ("Can I be the First Researcher? A Panel on First Generation Experiences in Resaerch"). November 7, 2023.
  • Member, HSI Week Planning Sub-committee. August 2023 - October 2023.
  • Organizer, Judge for Job Interview, Texas State Leadership Development Event (LDE). October 27, 2023.
  • Member, College Research Enhancement Committee. September 2020 - August 2023.
  • Co-Chair, Scholarship Committee. September 2020 - August 2023.
  • Participant, Bobcat Welcome. August 16, 2023.
  • Moderator, Southern Family Farmers and Food Systems Conference. August 7, 2023 - August 9, 2023.
  • Member, Texas Beef Team (Texas Beef Council). January 2021 - July 2023.
  • Other, Commencement. May 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Grant Review Panelist - Dairy Farmers on Canada. April 2023 - May 2023.
  • Member, Curriculum Committee. August 2022 - May 2023.
  • Judge, Texas State Undergraduate Research Conference. April 2023.
  • Judge, Texas State STEM Conference. April 2023.
  • Member, Search Committee Member for Admin. Assistant II. February 2023 - March 2023.
  • Organizer, Milk Products Career Development Event (CDE). January 2023 - March 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Grant Review Panelist - 2023 USDA-NIFA, Food, Agricultural, Natural Resources, and Human Sciences Grant Programs. January 12, 2023 - March 2023.
  • Co-Chair, Department of Agricultural Sciences Self-Study (Program Review Team). August 2022 - January 2023.

2022

  • Undergraduate Marshall, Commencement. December 2022.
  • Member, Search Committee for Assistant Professor in Animal Science. August 2022 - November 2022.
  • Participant, Panelist for the First-Gen Council ("What does it meant to be First Gen? A faculty panel"). November 7, 2022.
  • Member, HSI Week Planning Sub-committee. August 2022 - October 2022.
  • Participant, College of Applied Arts Welcome Event. August 17, 2022.
  • Moderator, Southern Family Farmers and Food Systems Conference. August 7, 2022 - August 9, 2022.
  • Undergraduate Marshall, Commencement. May 2022.
  • Judge, International Research Conference (IRC) for Graduate Students: Texas State 2022. April 2022.
  • Organizer, Milk Products Career Development Event (CDE). January 14, 2022 - March 2022.
  • Panelist, The IDEA Center. March 23, 2022.
  • Participant, Bobcat Days. February 19, 2022.

2021

  • Participant, Commencement. December 2021.
  • Participant, Texas State Collegiate FFA Invitational/Leadership Development Event (LDE). November 5, 2021.
  • Roundtable leader, New Tenure Track Faculty Orientation: Becoming a Productive Scholar and Researcher. August 18, 2021.
  • Representative, Department of Agricultural Sciences Alumni Meeting at the Agriculture Teachers Association of Texas conference. July 21, 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics. 2016 - June 10, 2021.
  • Participant, Commencement. May 2021.
  • Judge, International Research Conference (IRC) for Graduate Students: Texas State 2021. April 2021.
  • Presenter, Animal Science Club. April 2021.
  • Organizer, Ag Communications, Texas State University Career Development Event (CDE). March 2021.
  • Organizer, Grad School Prep for First-Gen Students in Ag. February 2021.

2020

  • Member, Search Committee Member for Admin. Assistant III. October 2020 - November 2020.
  • Roundtable Leader, Tenure Track New Faculty Orientation. August 2020.

2019

  • Commencement. December 2019.
  • Volunteer, Sights 'n Sounds. December 2019.
  • Volunteer, Wassailfest and Community Sing-Along. December 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. October 2019 - December 2019.
  • Judge, 11th Annual International Research Conference for Graduate Students. November 2019.
  • Bobcat Days. October 2019.
  • Guest speaker for Texas State University Animal Science Club. October 2019.
  • Moderator, Farm & Food Leadership Conference. August 2019.

2018

  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of the Royal Society Interface. January 2018 - August 2018.

2017

  • Reviewer / Referee, EC Nutrition. April 12, 2017.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Annual Research & Review in Biology. January 14, 2017.