Affiliated Researchers: Economic Development

Timothy W. Kelsey

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

Janelle Larson

Professor, Division of Engineering, Business & Computing (Berks)
Top research keywords: Access To Credit, Developing World, Teaching Innovation, Informal Sector, Institutional Factors

James Freihaut

Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation, Resuspension, Duct, Commercial Building, Lamp

Ruohao Zhang

Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Vaccination Record, Economic Impact Payments, Air Quality, COVID-19 Disparities, Moderna

Brian Black

Division Head and Distinguished Professor, History, Division of Arts & Humanities (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Energy Landscape, Climate Change, United States, Petroleum, Economic Development

Douglas Wrenn

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

Stephan J. Goetz

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

Brian Fronk

Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Microchannel, Supercritical Carbon Dioxide, Pressure Drop, Condensation, Exchanger

Peter Idowu

Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies, Penn State Harrisburg
Top research keywords: Power Engineering, Energy Conversion, Energy Systems, Power System, Stabilizer

Ryan Thombs

Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Fixed Effects, Carbon Dioxide, Life Cycle, Life Expectancy, Income Inequality

Jose Ventura

Professor, Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Top research keywords: Supplier Selection, Programming Model, Refuelling Station, Transportation Cost, Price-dependent Demand

Greg Krawczyk

Research Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Lepidoptera, Oriental Fruit Moth, Tortricidae, Hemiptera, Pentatomidae

Rui Shi

Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Life Cycle Assessment, Jet Fuel, Techno-economic Analysis, Greenhouse Gas Abatement, Cold Sintering

C. Alan Rotz

Agricultural Engineer, US Department of Agriculture
Top research keywords: Farms, Medicago Sativa, Manure, Dairy Farming, Silage

Jeremy Gernand

Associate Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Pulmonary Toxicity, Engineering, Dose-response, Occupational Safety And Health, Nanomaterials

John E. Carlson

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Genome, Magnoliopsida, Populus, Genes, Coleoptera

Theodore R. Alter

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

Paul Shrivastava

Professor, Management and Organization
Top research keywords: Sustainable Development, Sustainable Development Goals, Anthropocene, Strategic Management, Crisis Management

Jennifer Baka

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

Mark Brennan

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

Dana L. Stuchul

Associate Professor, Curriculum & Instruction
Top research keywords: Racial Violence, Liberation, Climate, Literacy, Anxiety

Julie Urban

Associate Research Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Hemiptera, Spotted Lanternfly, Fulgoridae, Lycorma Delicatula, Planthopper

Beth Gugino

Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Fungicide, Phytophthora Infestans, Soil Health, Pennsylvania, New York

Xun Cao

Professor, Political Science
Top research keywords: China, Democracy, Trade Competition, Environmental Regulation, Chinese

Max Crowley

Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
Top research keywords: Politicians, Randomized Controlled Trial, USA, Evidence-Based, Cost Benefit Analysis

Dave Biddinger

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

Chris Fowler

Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: USA, Population Censuses, United States, Zones Boundary, Poverty

Shelby Fleischer

Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Chrysomelidae, Beetle, Coleoptera, Acalymma Vittatum, Potato

Mark Roberts

Professor, Economics
Top research keywords: Industry, Productivity Change, Export Markets, Price, Productivity Growth

Richard Roush

Executive Special Assistant to Interim Dean, College of Agricultural Sciences
Top research keywords: Bacillus Thuringiensis, Diamondback Moth, Plutella Xylostella, Broccoli, Lepidoptera

Hong Wu

Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: China, Green Stormwater Infrastructure, Stormwater, Public Perception, Green Infrastructure

Dave Abler

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: China, Agriculture, Nonpoint, Susquehanna River, Chesapeake Bay

Mare Sarr

Associate Professor, School of International Affairs
Top research keywords: Technological Change, International Transfer Of Technology, Race-ethnicity, Risk Preferences, Rebound Effect

Kelli Hoover

Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Asian Long-Horned Beetle, Anoplophora Glabripennis, Spotted Lanternfly, Baculovirus, Hemiptera

Robert D. Weaver

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Innovation Capacity, Pesticides, Relationship Quality, Markets, Price

Erin Frederick

Denson Groenendaal

José M. Capriles

Associate Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Bolivia, Andes, Chile, Late Pleistocene, Radiocarbon Dating