Dr. Francis Owusu

Francis Owusu

  • Associate Dean

Contact

fowusu@iastate.edu

515-294-7769

111 Curtiss
513 Farm House Ln.
Ames, IA 50011-1054

Bio

  • Associate Dean, Global Engagement
  • Director, Center for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods
  • Raymond and Mary Baker Chair for Global Agriculture
  • Chair and Secretary, Iowa State University – Uganda Program
Dr. Owusu is Associate Dean of Global Engagement, Director of the Center for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods, and Raymond and Mary Baker Chair in Global Agriculture. He joined the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and started working with the CSRL in 2025. Prior to this, he spent 24 years as a faculty member in the Department of Community and Regional Planning at ISU, including 11 years serving as the department chair.