Stella Coakley is a plant pathologist who has conducted influential work on the connection between climate variability and plant disease epidemics. Coakley also served as chair of the Botanty and Plant Pathology department at OSU from 1988-2004, and as associate dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences from 2004 to her retirement in 2015.

This interview was conducted by Chris Petersen in Strand Agricultural Hall. It is a component of the History of Science Oral History Collection (OH 17), Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries.