Affiliated Researchers: Community Development

Affiliates are Penn Staters who have a connection to or an interest in the work of the Institute of Energy and the Environment.

Displaying 55 search result(s) for Community Development.

Mark Brennan


Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Community Development, Youth Engagement, Social Support, Communities, Ireland

Theodore R. Alter


Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Community Development, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Tax Capitalization, Performance Evaluation

Douglas Wrenn


Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Subdivision Development, Residential Subdivisions, Pennsylvania, Shale Gas Development, Residential Development

Carter Hunt


Associate Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Tourism, Ecotourism, Nature-based Tourism, Tourism Development, Costa Rica

Timothy W. Kelsey


Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Pennsylvania, Marcellus Shale, Agriculture, United States, Shale Gas

Noel Habashy


Assistant Teaching Professor, Office of International Programs
Top research keywords: Community Members, International Service Learning, Service-learning Program, Service Learning, Development Project

Justine Lindemann


Assistant Professor of Community Development and Resilience, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Entrepreneurialism, Green Space, Place-making, Cleveland, Ohio

Elizabeth Ransom


Associate Professor, School of International Affairs
Top research keywords: Food Systems, Botswana, Food Insecurity, Food Security, Livestock

Samantha Powers


Assistant Professor of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management, Division of Social Sciences (Abington)
Top research keywords: USA, Local Parks, Campus Recreation, Local Recreation, Recreation Services

Karl Zimmerer


Distinguished Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Agrobiodiversity, Bolivia, Andes, Environmental Impact Assessment, Peru

John A. Pecchia


Associate Research Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Agaricus Bisporus, Composting, Bacterial Communities, Mushroom Cap, Robotic Harvesting

Denice Wardrop


Research Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Wetlands, Pennsylvania, United States Of America, Wetland Condition, Headwater

Lisa Emili


Associate Professor, Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Peatland, Creek, British Columbia, Surface Water, National Memorial

Dave Biddinger


Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Pollinator, Apoidea, Pennsylvania, Pollinators, Osmia

Kathryn Brasier


Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Pennsylvania, USA, Agriculture, Stakeholder Engagement, Discourse

Rachel Brennan


Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Chitin, Crab Shell, Duckweed, Mine-impacted Water, Spent Mushroom Compost

Laura Weyrich


Associate Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Microbiome, Microflora, Microorganism, Oral Microbiota, Mouth Flora

Deborah Ehrenthal


Professor, Biobehavioral Health
Top research keywords: Wisconsin, Medicaid, Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes, Confidence Interval, United States

Chingwen Cheng


Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Climate Justice, Environmental Impact Assessment, Ecosystem Service, Social-ecological-technological Systems

Wangda Zuo


Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Fluid Dynamics, Air Flow, Fast Fluid Dynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Office Buildings

Andrew Mowen


Professor, Recreation, Park and Tourism Management
Top research keywords: Recreation Services, Local Parks, Park Service, Urban Parks, Leisure-time Physical Activity

Mihyun Kang


Director of Sustainability, Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Older Adults, Lighting System, Oklahoma, Field Study, Interior Design

Mallika Bose


Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: India, Transport, United States, Low Income, Focus Group

Stephan J. Goetz


Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: USA, U.S. Counties, Economic Growth, Rural Areas, County Level

Gui Becker


Associate Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Batrachochytrium Dendrobatidis, Amphibians, Anura, Chytridiomycosis, Microbiome

Jennifer Baka


Associate Professor and John T. Ryan, Jr. Faculty Fellow, College of Earth & Mineral Sciences
Top research keywords: Biofuel, Wasteland, Hydraulic Fracturing, India, USA

Colin Zarzycki


Associate Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Tropical Cyclone, Tropical Cyclones, Earth System Model, Climate Modeling, Variable Resolution

Esther Prins


Professor, Learning and Performance Systems
Top research keywords: Literacy Programmes, Family Literacy Programmes, Family Literacy, Adult Literacy, Literacy

Taylor Bishop Scott


Associate Research Professor, Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center (PRC)
Top research keywords: Politicians, Research Use, Evidence-based Policy, Policy Making, Use Of Research Evidence

Jennifer Wagner


Assistant Professor, School of Engineering Design and Innovation
Top research keywords: DNA Testing, Ethical Considerations, United States, Genomic Medicine, Direct-to-consumer

Margarita López-Uribe


Lorenzo L. Langstroth Early Career Professor and Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Apoidea, Pollinator, Hymenoptera, Pollinators, Apidae

Megan Marshall


Research Assistant, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Pretreatment, Corn Stover, Ensilage, Solarization, Silage

Maurie Kelly



Top research keywords: Urban Area, Resources, Urban Planning, Criminal Justice, Love

Melissa Gervais


Associate Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: North Atlantic, Sea Surface Temperature, Self Organizing Map, Atmospherics, North America

Erica Smithwick


Distinguished Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Pinus, Carbon Sink, Pennsylvania, Prescribed Fire

Rick Bates


Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Horticulture, Vegetative Buffers, Dust, Christmas Trees, Foliar Nitrogen

Stephen Mainzer


Assistant Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Chesapeake Bay, Collective Identity, USA, Collective Action

Lilliard Richardson


Professor, College of the Liberal Arts
Top research keywords: Law, State Legislatures, Legislators, American States, Seat Belt Laws

Lisa Iulo


Professor, Architecture
Top research keywords: Ecodesign, Energy Consumption, Energy Performance, Affordable Housing, Microgrid

Priya Sharma


Associate Professor, Learning and Performance Systems
Top research keywords: Cognitive Engagement, Discourse, Blogs, Social Network Analysis, Student Learning