He is currently serving as the Coordinator of the Agricultural Education Program within the Department of Youth Development and Agricultural Education. He is lead author of a collegiate textbook in agricultural education published in 2005 titled Foundations of Agricultural Education. He is author or co-author on 35 refereed journal articles and conference papers. Talbert has chaired or co-chaired 6 Ph.D. dissertation committees and 12 M.S. thesis committees. Prior to his university experience, he taught middle and high school agricultural education for six years in Virginia, USA.