Blake has a teaching and research appointment within the department. His primary teaching responsibility is to instruct the Applied Animal Nutrition class each semester. He has also taught Peer-Led Team Learning in Animal Science, Animal Management Techniques, and Introduction to the Animal Sciences. Blake’s research focuses on applied beef cattle nutrition and management, the health, immune function, and management of high-risk calves during the receiving/backgrounding period, and grazing management and internal parasite control in small ruminants.