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Hubbart, Jason

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(304) 293-2472 Jason.Hubbart@mail.wvu.edu 4121 Agricultural Sciences Building

Associate Dean of Research for the Division for Land-Grant Engagement
Associate Director of the West Virginia Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station
Professor of Physical Hydrology

Dr. Jason Hubbart serves as the Associate Dean for Research in the Division for Land-Grant Engagement (DLGE) at West Virginia University, which includes the Davis College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, WVU Extension, and the Center for Community Engagement. He also serves as Associate Director of the West Virginia Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station.

In these roles, Dr. Hubbart is the primary research point of contact for the Division's faculty, staff and administrators. He oversees the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Capacity (formula) Funded projects (Hatch, Hatch Multi-State, McIntire-Stennis, Animal Health) and programs. He submits annual experiment station productivity reports to NIFA. Dr. Hubbart manages annual division research expenditures that exceed $30 million and directs all WVU farms, forests and controlled environment facilities. He co-leads graduate student programming and international programs, assesses faculty productivity for promotion and tenure, and supervises DLGE facilities.

Dr. Hubbart leads federal funding agency interactions and strategic research planning for the USDA workplan and represents WVU in regional and national agricultural experiment station meetings. He represents West Virginia as the West Virginia member of the Northeast Climate Hub and the state's ambassador to the World Bank Global Water Partnership.

Dr. Hubbart is a formally trained forest and physical hydrologist and is a full professor in the Davis College School of Natural Resources and the Environment. He has been awarded (as PI or Co-PI) more than $47M in external grants. Dr. Hubbart has authored over 160 peer-reviewed articles ranging from hydrological processes to water quality, his 30+ former master's and doctorate students has contributed to many of which. He also studies and publishes on organizational development and change.

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Publications

Organizational Change and Development
  1. Hubbart, J.A. 2024. Understanding and Mitigating Leadership Fear-Based Behaviors on Employee and Organizational Success. Administrative Sciences, 14(225):1-13. DOI: 10.3390/admsci14090225
  2. Hubbart, J.A. 2023. Harmonizing Science and Society: A Change Management Approach to Align Scientific Endeavors with Societal Needs. Sustainability, 15(23):1-13. DOI: 10.3390/su152115233
  3. Hubbart, J.A. 2023. Organizational Change: The Challenge of Change Aversion. Administrative Sciences, 13(162):1-9. DOI: 10.3390/admsci13070162
  4. Hubbart, J.A. 2023. Organizational Change: Considering Truth and Buy-In. Administrative Sciences, 13, 3, 1-8. DOI: 10.3390/admsci13010003
Hydrology, Hydrological Processes, Watershed Management and Water Quality
  1. Becker, D.N., D.J. Brown, J.A. Hubbart, and J.T. Anderson. 2025. Environmental factors influencing bioaccumulation of xenobiotic metals in freshwater turtles. Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability, 37:1, 2474007. DOI 10.1080/26395940.2025.2474007
  2. Xu, Y., L. Elbakidze, P.W. Gassman, H. Yen, Y. Ma, J.A. Hubbart, J.G. Arnold. 2025. U.S.–China agricultural trade and environmental outcomes: The case of nutrient runoff to the Gulf of Mexico. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy. DOI: 10.1002/aepp.13501
  3. Abesh, B., J.T. Anderson, and J.A. Hubbart. 2024. Using MODFLOW to Model Riparian Wetland Shallow Groundwater and Nutrient Dynamics in an Appalachian Watershed. Water, 16, 13, 1-19. DOI: 10.3390/w16131772
  4. Abesh, B., J.T. Anderson, and J.A. Hubbart. 2024. Surface Water (SW) and Shallow Groundwater (SGW) Nutrient Concentrations in Riparian Wetlands of a Mixed Land-Use Catchment. Land, 13, 4, 1-23. DOI: 10.3390/land13040409
  5. Tarek, M.H., J.A. Hubbart, and E. Garner. 2024. Tracking Sources and Dissemination of Indicator Antibiotic Resistance Genes at a Watershed Scale. ACS ES&T Water. 4(2), 399-412. DOI: 10.1021/acsestwater.3c00394
  6. Kelly, C.N., E.A. Matejczyk, E.G. Fox-Fogle, J.A. Hubbart, and T.P. Driscoll. 2023. Tree Species Influence Nitrate and Nitrous Oxide Production in Forested Riparian Soils. Nitrogen, 4(4): 311-330. DOI: 10.3390/nitrogen4040023
  7. Tarek, M.H., J.A. Hubbart, and E. Garner. 2023. Microbial source tracking to elucidate the impact of land-use and physiochemical water quality on fecal contamination in a mixed land-use watershed. Science of the Total Environment. 162181. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162181
  8. Stephan, K., and J.A. Hubbart. 2023. Plant Community and Soil and Microclimate Attributes after 70 Years of Natural Recovery of an Abandoned Limestone Quarry. Land, 12, 117, 1-18. DOI: 10.3390/land12010117
  9. Hubbart, J.A., E. Kellner, and F. Petersen 2022. A 22-Site Comparison of Land-Use Practices, E-coli and Enterococci Concentrations. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Special Edition, 19, 13907, 1-21. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph192113907
  10. Hubbart, J.A. 2022. Improving Best Management Practice Decisions in Mixed-Land-Use and/or Municipal Watersheds: Should Approaches be Standardized? Land, 10(12):1402. DOI: 10.3390/land10121402
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