Research Interest

Human issues in horticulture (ie. the benefits people derive from both passive and active interactions with plants).

Selected Publications

• Pigg, A., T.M. Waliczek and J.M. Zajicek. 2006. The effect of a school gardening program on the math and science achievement of elementary students. HortTechnology, 16:2:262-264.
  
  
• Walker, P., D. Williams and T.M. Waliczek. 2006. An analysis of the horticulture industry as a potential value-added market for compost, Compost Science and Utilization Journal, 14:1:23-31.
  
  
• Waliczek, T.M., J.M. Zajicek and R.D. Lineberger. 2005. The influence of gardening activities on consumer perceptions of life satisfaction, HortScience, 40(5)1360-1365.
  
  
• Klemmer, C.D., T.M. Waliczek and J.M. Zajicek. 2005. Growing minds: The effect of a school gardening program on the science achievement of elementary students, HortTechnology, 15(3)448-452.
  
  
• Klemmer, C.D., T.M. Waliczek and J.M. Zajicek. 2005. The development of a science achievement evaluation instrument for a school garden program, HortTechnology, 15(3)433-438.
  
  
• Snelgrove, A.G., J.H. Michael, T.M. Waliczek and J.M. Zajicek. 2004. Urban greening and criminal behavior: A Geographic Information System perspective, HortTechnology, 14(1)48-51.
  
  
• Poskey, R.N., C.G. Igo and T. M. Waliczek. 2003. Learning style, preparation techniques, and success of secondary students participating in a Nursery/Landscape Career Development Event, Texas Journal of Agriculture Natural Sciences, 16.
  
  
• Waliczek, T.M., P. Logan and J.M. Zajicek. 2003. Exploring the impact of outdoor environmental activities on children using a qualitative text data analysis system, HortTechnology, 13(4)684-688.
  
  
• Boyer, R., T.M. Waliczek and J.M. Zajicek. 2002. The Master Gardener Program: Do benefits of the program go beyond improving the horticultural knowledge of the participants?, HortTechnology, 12(3)432-436.
  
  
• Sohan, D. E., T. M. Waliczek and G. E. Briers. 2002. Knowledge, attitudes and perceptions regarding biotechnology in college students, Journal of Natural Resources and Life Science Education, 31.
  
  
• Cammack, C., T. M. Waliczek and J.M. Zajicek. 2002. The Green Brigade: The effects of a community-based horticultural program on the horticultural knowledge and environmental attitude of juvenile offenders, HortTechnology, 12(1)77-81.
  
  
• Cammack, C., T. M. Waliczek and J.M. Zajicek. 2002. The Green Brigade: The effects of a community-based horticultural program on the self-development characteristics of juvenile offenders, HortTechnology, 12(1)82-86.