Lex Bruce

fbruce@vt.edu

Education

Ph.D., Educational Research and Evaluation, Virginia Tech, 1995
M.S., Special Needs for Vocational Education, Virginia Tech, 1988
B.S., Industrial Arts Education, Virginia Tech, 1973

Overview

Lex provides technical support for developing use-value assessment estimates used in establishing real estate property taxes for land used for agricultural and horticultural crops in Virginia. His duties include using extant data in creating model farms which are used in calculating use-value estimates for Virginia counties and cities. Also, Lex develops and provides explanation and updates to an annual procedures manual explaining the calculation of use-value taxation estimates.

Courses Taught

Program Evaluation Course – Career and Technical Education Department, Virginia Tech. Sept. 2002 – Jan. 2005

Experience

Research Associate, Agricultural and Applied Economics Department Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. May 2006 – present
Assistant Professor and Evaluation Specialist, Agriculture and Extension Education Department/Virginia Cooperative Extension Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Jan. 1998 – June 2005
Testing Coordinator for Montgomery County Public Schools, Christiansburg, VA. August 1991 – July 1993

Selected Major Awards

2005 Natural Resources and Environmental Management Flagship Program Award – Virginia Cooperative Extension. 4-H Virtual Forest Website development team award. Provided the evaluation component for the website http://www.ext.vt.edu/resources/4h/virtualforest/