Affiliated Researchers: Policy Change

Taylor Bishop Scott

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

Elizabeth Long

Assistant Research Professor, Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center (PRC)
Top research keywords: Politicians, Alcohol Use Disorder, Substance Use Disorder, Research Use, Alcohol Use

Janet Swim

Professor, Psychology
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Psychology, Discrimination, Prejudice, Sexism

Mook Bangalore

Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy
Top research keywords: Poverty, Climate Change, Natural Disaster, Poor People, Poverty Reduction

William Easterling III

Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Crop, Climate, Erosion Productivity Impact Calculator, Maize

Trevor Birkenholtz

Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: India, Rajasthan, Groundwater, Household, Water Supply

Max Crowley

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

Bryan McDonald

Sherwin Early Career Professorship and Associate Professor, History
Top research keywords: Americas, Environmental Change, Food Systems, Hostility, Culture Industry

Mare Sarr

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

Timothy W. Kelsey

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

Casey Helgeson

Assistant Research Professor, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
Top research keywords: Risk Management, Climate Risk, Climate Change Adaptation, Convergence Research, Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change

Xun Cao

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

James Shortle

Distinguished Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Nonpoint Pollution, Water Quality, Nonpoint Source Pollution, Pollution Control, Cost

Lara Fowler

Teaching Professor, Penn State Law (University Park)
Top research keywords: Stakeholder Engagement, United States, Water Resources Management, Water Management, Climate Change

Mort Webster

Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Power Generation, Texas, Air Quality, Electricity Generation, Power Engineering

Jamison Colburn

Professor, Penn State Law (University Park)
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Environmental Policy, National Environmental Policy Act, Law, Courts

Rahman Azari

Associate Professor in Architecture, Architecture
Top research keywords: Embodied Carbon, Lifecycle, Building Envelope, Environmental Impact, Life Cycle Assessment

Junjun Yin

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

Leland Glenna

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: USA, Scientists, Genetically Modified Crops, University Research, Agricultural Biotechnology

Christine J. Kirchhoff

Associate Professor, School of Engineering Design and Innovation
Top research keywords: Climate Information, Climate Change, United States, Decision Making, Boundary Organization

Elizabeth Ransom

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

Lisa Iulo

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

Ida Djenontin

Assistant Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Malawi, Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Decision Making, Southern Burkina Faso

Stephanie Buechler

Top research keywords: Mexico, Climate Change, Feminist Political Ecology, Environmental Degradation, Sonora

Christine Costello

Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: United States, Missouri, Climate Change, Land Use, Waste Management

Juliet Pinto

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

Chris Skurka

Associate Professor, Film-Video and Media Studies
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Graphic Warning Labels, Older Adults, Activism, Selective Exposure

Ed Rajotte

Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Bees, Malus, Orchard, Orchards, Apples

Ryan Thombs

Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Carbon Dioxide, United States, Fixed Effects, US States, Economic Growth

Anne Menefee

Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Carbon Dioxide, Basalt, Shale, Carbonate, Greenhouse Gas

Ross Pifer

Clinical Professor, Penn State Law (University Park)
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Cap-and-trade, Greenhouse Gas, India, Coal-fired Power Plant

Kostas Papakonstantinou

Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Partially Observable Markov Decision Process, Reinforcement Learning, Deep Reinforcement Learning (deep RL), Lifecycle, Markov Decision Process

Shedra "Amy" Snipes

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

Karen Page Winterich

Professor, Marketing
Top research keywords: Moral Identity, Brand Attitude, Power Distance Belief, Self-construal, Self-Construals

Hong Wu

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

Bronwen Powell

Associate Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Food Security, Wild Food, Food Environment, Forest Foods, Food Nutrition

Chris Fowler

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

Dave Abler

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: China, Agriculture, Nonpoint, Susquehanna River, Meta-analysis

Christopher Scott

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

Katriona Shea

Alumni Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Carduus Nutans, Seeds, Thistle, Life History, Pollinator