Affiliated Researchers: Local Development

Xun Cao

Professor, Political Science
Top research keywords: Air Pollution, China, Environmental Regulations, Economic Policy, Democracy

Timothy W. Kelsey

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Farms, Farm, Agriculture, Mushroom, Costs

Noel Habashy

Assistant Teaching Professor, Office of International Programs
Top research keywords: Service Learning, Community Development, Domestic Service, Travel, Residents

Emily Pakhtigian

Assistant Professor in School of Public Policy, School of Public Policy
Top research keywords: Nepal, Household, Sanitation, River Basin, Hydropower

Mark Brennan

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

Elizabeth Ransom

Associate Professor, School of International Affairs
Top research keywords: Food, Local Food Systems, Global Commodity Chains, Gender, Rural Communities

Carter Hunt

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

Samantha Powers

Assistant Professor of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management, Division of Social Sciences (Abington)
Top research keywords: Recreation, Pandemics, Social Capital, Staff, Public Perception

Theodore R. Alter

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

Andrew Mowen

Professor, Recreation, Park and Tourism Management
Top research keywords: Recreation, Leisure, Services, Public, Participation

Juliet Pinto

Associate Professor, Journalism
Top research keywords: News, Coverage, Journalism, Social Construction, Latin America

Kai Schafft

Professor, Education Policy Studies
Top research keywords: Poverty, Economics, District, Rural Community, Natural Gas

Robert Crane

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

Claude dePamphilis

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

Edward C. Jaenicke

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Food, Organic Foods, Private Labels, Retail, Supermarkets

Lee Ahern

Associate Professor, Advertising and Public Relations
Top research keywords: News, Magazine, Gun Control, News Channel, News Value

Dave Biddinger

Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Bees, Bee, Malus, Orchards, Orchard

Erica Smithwick

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

László Kulcsár

Department Head and Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Hungary, Demographic Trend, Biofuel, Biofuel Production, Aging Population

Maurie Kelly

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

Clare Hinrichs

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Food, Bioenergy, Research Ethics, Farmer, Agriculture

Nasim Alem

Norris B. McFarlane Faculty Career Development Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Monolayers, Transition Metals, Monolayer, Boron Nitride, Graphene

Xiaofeng Liu

Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Sediment Transport, Sediments, Scour, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Suspended Sediments

Cooduvalli Shashikant

Associate Professor, Animal Science
Top research keywords: Homeobox Genes, Neural Tube, Transgenic Mice, Genes, Mesoderm

Kimberly Lau

Assistant Professor in Geosciences, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Uranium Isotope, Isotope, Triassic, Anoxia, Permian

Brian King

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

Matthew Fantle

Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Isotope, Fractionation, Isotopic Composition, Carbonate, Calcium

Ida Djenontin

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

Christopher Scott

Maurice K. Goddard Chair of Forestry and Environmental Conservation, Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Water, Mexico, Irrigation, Water Management, Water Scarcity

Michael Janik

Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Density Functional Theory, Adsorption, Catalysts, Oxidation, Surface

Michael Lanagan

Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Permittivity, Dielectric Material, Dielectric Properties, Superconducting Materials, Ceramic

Stephan J. Goetz

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: County, Economic Growth, Income, United States Of America, Economics

Chris Fowler

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

Brandi Robinson

Meghan Hoskins

Director of Operations and Partnerships, Sustainability Institute

José M. Capriles

Associate Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Bolivia, Andes, Atacama Desert, Camelid, Northern Chile