Affiliated Researchers: Human Behavior

Sheri A. Berenbaum

Professor, Psychology
Top research keywords: Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, Androgens, Sex Characteristics, Gonadal Steroid Hormones, Spatial Navigation

Derrick Taff

Associate Professor, Recreation, Park and Tourism Management
Top research keywords: Protected Areas, Visitor Experience, Park Area, Leave No Trace, Outdoor Recreation

Timothy Ryan

Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Trabecular Bone, Primates, Hominin, Bone Volume Fraction, Locomotor

Lisa Bolton

Professor, Marketing
Top research keywords: Price, Price Fairness, Consumer Response, Price Increase, Diseases

Denise Potosky

Professor, Management Division (Great Valley)
Top research keywords: Work Performance, Job Performance, Cognitive Ability, Personnel, Predictors

Mark Shriver

Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Genetics, Allele, Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism, African American, Skin Pigmentation

Stephen Mainzer

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

Rebecca Napolitano

Assistant Professor in Architectural Engineering, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Masonry Structure, Structural Health Monitoring, Historic Structures, Masonry Structures, Masonry Building

Joshua Smyth

Distinguished Professor, Biobehavioral Health
Top research keywords: Ecological Momentary Assessment, Health, Mood, Mindfulness, Depression

Junjun Yin

Assistant Research Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Twitter Data, Spatial Interaction, Mobile Device, Twitter User, Tweets

Michael Yukish

Research Associate, Applied Research Laboratory (ARL)
Top research keywords: Trade Space Exploration, Trade Space, Decision Maker, Data Visualization, Decision Process

Yiqi Zhang

Associate Professor, Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Top research keywords: Lead Time, Automated Vehicles, Connected Vehicle Systems, Situation Awareness, Highway Systems

Simon Miller

Research Assistant, Applied Research Laboratory (ARL)
Top research keywords: Decision Process, Sequential Decision Process, Design Space, Model Fidelity, Data Visualization

David Hughes

Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Ophiocordyceps, Fungi, Social Insect, Strepsiptera, Host Behavior

Howard Salis

Associate Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Genetics, Dynamics, Promoter Region, Messenger RNA, Gene Expression

Timothy Michael Murtha Jr.

Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Mexico, Guatemala, Vegetation, Land Use, Tikal

Brian Thiede

Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Americas, Sub-Saharan Africa, Population Censuses, United States, Climate Change Impacts

Carolyn Mahan

Professor, Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Eastern Chipmunk, Tamias, Pennsylvania, Tamias Striatus, National Parks

Mark Gagnon

Research Associate, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Human Resources, Supervisors, Supervisory Personnel, Personnel, Cellular Agriculture

James Adair

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Nanoparticle, Nanoparticles, Powder, Zirconia, Reverse Micelles

Bing Pan

Professor, Recreation, Park and Tourism Management
Top research keywords: Tourism, Search Engine, China, Tourists, Destination Marketing

Alan Taylor

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

Cynthia J. Whitener

Professor, Department of Medicine
Top research keywords: Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Infection, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, Heart Surgery, Mycobacterium Chimaera

James Marden

Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Flight, Flight Muscle, Dragonfly, Butterfly, Locomotion

Nina Jablonski

Evan Pugh University Professor of Anthropology, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Skin Pigmentation, Hominidae, Theropithecus, Vitamin D, Ultraviolet Rays

Jeffrey Hyde

Director of Extension and Associate Dean, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Dairy Farm, Maize, Wine, Pennsylvania, Cow

Alfredo Bellon

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
Top research keywords: Schizophrenia, Neuronal Cells, Neurite, Melatonin, Dementia Praecox

Sagan Friant

Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Primates, Red-capped Mangabeys, Bushmeat, Cercocebus, Food Security

Judd Michael

Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Wood, Pallet, Wood Industry, Wood Products, Organizational Commitment

Joyce Sakamoto

Assistant Research Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Wolbachia, Wolbachia Infection, Vaginal Microbiome, Vagina Flora, Ixodes Scapularis

Kristin Sznajder

Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
Top research keywords: China, Structural Equation Analysis, Prospective Cohort Study, COVID-19, Resilience

S. Shyam Sundar

Distinguished Professor, Film-Video and Media Studies
Top research keywords: Interactivity, Customization, User Experience, Between-subject, User Engagement

Jennifer Kraschnewski

Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Medicine
Top research keywords: Pennsylvania, Obesity, Health Systems, Patient-centered, Health System

Emily Pakhtigian

Assistant Professor in School of Public Policy, School of Public Policy
Top research keywords: Household, Coal-fired Power Plant, Cholera, Plant Closure, Risk Information

Shedra "Amy" Snipes

Associate Professor, Biobehavioral Health
Top research keywords: Farmers, Pesticides, Personal Protective Equipment, Mexican Americans, African Americans

Mary K. Shenk

Associate Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Wealth, Kinship, Bangladesh, India, Evolution

Ryan Thombs

Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Carbon Dioxide, United States, Income Inequality, CO2 Emissions, Economic Growth

Asher Rosinger

Associate Professor, Biobehavioral Health
Top research keywords: Water Insecurity, Tsimane, Household Water Insecurity, NHANES, Food Insecurity

Xun Cao

Professor, Political Science
Top research keywords: China, Democracy, Trade Competition, Chinese, Policy Change

Juliet Pinto

Associate Professor, Journalism
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Journalism, Latin America (LATAM), Latin America, Environmental Issue