Affiliated Researchers: Geography

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

Displaying 47 search result(s) for Geography.

Emily Rosenman


Assistant Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Geography, Finance, Poverty, Profit, Monetary Policy

Melissa Wright


Department Head, Geography
Top research keywords: Mexico, Geography, Protest, Politics, Social Justice

Chris Fowler


Associate Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Segregation, Geography, Geographical Economics, Poverty, Labor

Alan MacEachren


Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Visualization, Map Symbols, Geographic Information Systems, Cartography, Decision Making

Lorraine Dowler


Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Geopolitics, Gender, Woman, Nationalism, Politics

Daniel Brent


Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Social Comparison, Willingness To Pay, Water Use, Stormwater, Conservation Programs

Jesse Lasky


Associate Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Arabidopsis, Genomics, Climate, Local Adaptation, Forests

Claude dePamphilis


Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Magnoliopsida, Genes, Genome, Gene, Plastids

Maurie Kelly



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

Christine Gorby


Associate Professor of Architecture, Architecture
Top research keywords: Ecodesign, Architect, Church, Ireland, Education

Shelby Fleischer


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

Jamison Colburn


Professor, Penn State Law (University Park)
Top research keywords: Environmental Policy Act, Climate Change, Politics, Habitat, Legal System

Brian King


Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Republic Of South Africa, Africa, Livelihood, Health, Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Jennifer Baka


Associate Professor and John T. Ryan, Jr. Faculty Fellow, College of Earth & Mineral Sciences
Top research keywords: Biofuel, Energy, Wasteland, Biofuels, Energy Security

Karl Zimmerer


Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Agrobiodiversity, Bolivia, Food, Peasant, Livelihood

Stephanie Buechler



Top research keywords: Livelihood, Mexico, Global Change, Environmental Policy, Water

Jessica Kromer


Ph.D. Student, Department of Geography

Mark Ortiz


Presidential Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Geography

Louisa Holmes


Assistant Professor in Geography, Geography
Top research keywords: San Francisco, Young Adult, Bays, Nicotine, Cannabis

Trevor Birkenholtz


Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: India, Farmer, Irrigation, Groundwater, Water

Ryan Baxter


Senior Research Assistant, John A. Dutton e-Education Institute
Top research keywords: Crops, Biomass, Energy Crop, Watersheds, Biofuels

Douglas A. Miller


Senior Scientist, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
Top research keywords: River Basin, Agricultural Watersheds, Geographic Information Systems, Remote Sensing, Simulation

Peter Stempel


Associate Professor in Landscape Architecture, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Storm Surge, Visualization, Hazards, Sea Level, Hurricane

Larry Gorenflo


Eleanor R. Stuckeman Chair in Design and Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Mexico, Biodiversity, Settlement Pattern, Micronesia, World Heritage Site

Lauren McPhillips


Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Stormwater, Denitrification, Watershed, Infrastructure, Urban Ecosystem

Douglas Wrenn


Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Zoning, Purchase, Shale Gas, Land Use, Duration Models

Katherine Zipp


Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Energy Crops, Ecosystem Services, Invasive Species, Bioenergy, Landowners

Peter Newman


Department Head, Recreation, Park and Tourism Management
Top research keywords: National Park, National Parks, Outdoor Recreation, Protected Area, Recreation

Junjun Yin


Assistant Research Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Twitter, Mobile Computing, Activity Pattern, Visibility, Big Data

Manzhu Yu


Assistant Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Learning, Deep Learning, Social Media, Dust, Earth (planet)

Derrick Taff


Associate Professor, Recreation, Park and Tourism Management
Top research keywords: National Park, Protected Area, National Parks, Outdoor Recreation, Pandemics

Dylan Davis


Ph.D. Student

Erica Smithwick


Distinguished Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Forests, Ecosystem, Ecosystems, Nitrogen, Pinus Contorta Var. Latifolia

Shujie Wang


Assistant Professor in Geography, Geography
Top research keywords: Ice Shelf, Land Ice, Altimetry, ICESat, Ice

Alan Taylor


Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Fire Regime, Fire Severity, Coniferous Forests, Mixed Forests, Wildfires

Robert Crane


Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: General Circulation Model, Sea Ice, Downscaling, Climate, Ice

Cynthia Brewer


Department Head, Geography
Top research keywords: Symbol, Evaluation, Labeling, Hydrography, Geographical Information System

Kimberly Van Meter


Assistant Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Water Quality, Nitrogen, Watershed, Watersheds, Rivers

Ida Djenontin


Assistant Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Malawi, Restoration, Sustainable Agricultural Intensification, Forest Restoration, Burkina Faso