Rachel Schattman

Schattman’s research aims to lead to agricultural resilience in a changing climate while simultaneously conserving and protecting natural resources. She works with specialty crop producers and agricultural advisors to identify and address production challenges, specifically through the lens of climate change adaptation. This approach is grounded in complementary traditions of agroecology and participatory action research. She teaches core courses in the University of Maine’s undergraduate sustainable agriculture major, including those on agroecology and sustainable food systems.

Publications

Schattman, R. E. (2026). What we lose when we don’t say “climate change”: the dangers of censorship in agricultural research and outreach. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems. DOI: 10.1080/21683565.2026.2621668

Schattman, R. E., Malacarne, J., Mallory, E., & Goossen, C. P. (2024). Coping with water extremes in agriculture: Aligning farmer needs and advisor confidence, skills, and expertise. Environmental Research: Food Systems, 025002. DOI: 10.1088/2976-601X/ad63ab

Schattman, R. E., Merrill, S. C., & Tracy, W. (2024). Shifts in geographic vulnerability of U.S. corn crops under different climate change scenarios: Corn flea beetle (Chaetocenma pulicaria) and Stewart’s Wilt (Pantoea stewartii) bacterium. Environmental Entomology. DOI: 10.1093/ee/nvae099

Schattman, R. E., Jean, H.*, Faulkner, J. W., Maden, R., McKeag, L., Campbell Nelson, K., Grubinger, V., Burnett, S., Erich, M. S., & Ohno, T. (2023). Effects of Irrigation Scheduling Approaches on Soil Moisture and Vegetable Production in the Northeastern U.S.A. Agricultural Water Management, 287, 108428. doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2023.108428.

Appointment details

Schattman’s work is supported by:

• School of Food and Agriculture at the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
• Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station

Experiment Station contributions

• Current project: Diversified agroecosystems and climate change: Building adaptive capacity, investing in mitigation. Hatch project number ME022332.