![Franklin West is an assistant research scientist with the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.](https://secure.caes.uga.edu/news/multimedia/images/229/West_8473-low.jpg)
Top scholar
Franklin West, a University of Georgia assistant professor of animal and dairy science in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, has been named one of the nation’s top scholars under 40 by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education magazine.