A professor of animal science at Tennessee State University in Nashville, Richard Browning Jr. grew up raising and showing Red Brahman cattle in southeast Texas. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Prairie View A&M University and holds a doctorate in animal reproduction and genetics from Texas A&M University. He has been evaluating meat goat breeds since 2002. His primary research focus is on how the choice of doe breed affects herd performance. A related outreach emphasis of his lab is on the need to incorporate performance recording in meat goat production systems.