Mrs. Greens educational background includes a bachelor’s degree in sociology and a master’s degree in education. She started college at Richland Community College in Decatur, Illinois, transferred and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from Mississippi State University and a Master of Education in History from Delta State University.

Prior to teaching in the university context, Green spent 20 years engaged in applied community efforts. As a practitioner, she had many roles in various kinds of informal education venues from school gardens with K-12 students, to public health settings, to community cooking courses and beyond. Her teaching is informed by experiences in these arenas, connecting these to the students and bringing concepts to life in an accessible way. At the grassroots level, Green has worked with many community organizations, including small farmer organizations, community health organizations, and schools.

She is originally from Starkville, Mississippi, however she spent her formative years in the Midwest. After living in the Mississippi Delta for ten years while working at Delta State University she and her family moved to Oxford and The University of Mississippi in 2011, and in July 2021 returned to Starkville.

She is a full-time farmer and serves the university part time as Assistant Director of the Delta Scholars Program, housed in the Shackouls Honors College at Mississippi State University. From Fall 2020-Spring 2023, she served as adjunct faculty member at a regional branch campus of the University of Mississippi. Courses taught included the Sociology of Food, Sociology of Peace and Justice, and Community Development.

Along with her husband, John, Director of the Southern Rural Development Center and Professor, she co-owns Green Garden at Twin Gum, a budding eight-acre market garden and bed and breakfast growing fruits, vegetables, herbs, flowers, and making value-added products.

The have also raised two adult children; their son teaches Physics at The Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science and their daughter recently began a Ph.D. program in Population Health at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.