Affiliated Researchers: Policy

Jamison Colburn

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

Guangqing Chi

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: China, Population Dynamics, Population Change, Land Use, Population Increase

Kai Schafft

Professor, Education Policy Studies
Top research keywords: Pennsylvania, Marcellus Shale, Boomtowns, Shale Gas, Rural Areas

Zhen Lei

Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: China, Patent Citations, Patent Examination, Citation Network, Academic Innovation

Christine Costello

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

Asher Rosinger

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

Katriona Shea

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

Ed Rajotte

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

Dave Abler

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

Jennifer Baka

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

Shedra "Amy" Snipes

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

Chris Skurka

Assistant Professor, Film-Video and Media Studies
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Graphic Warning Labels, Older Adults, Activism, Cigarette Packs

Mohamad Darayi

Associate Professor of Systems Engineering, Engineering Division (Great Valley)
Top research keywords: Network Components, Vulnerability, Disruptions, Multi-industry, Freight Transportation

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

Peter Hudson

Verne M. Willaman Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Red Grouse, Dynamics, Infectious Agent, Grouse, Nematode

James Houck

Interim Dean and Distinguished Scholar in Residence, Penn State Law (University Park)
Top research keywords: Security Interest, National Security, Ocean Policy, Unique Environment, USA

Ross Pifer

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

Kusumal Ruamsook

Assistant Research Professor, Center for Supply Chain Research
Top research keywords: Supply Chain Management, Transport, USA, Low-cost Countries, Comparative Analysis

Ashkan Negahban

Associate Professor of Engineering Management, Engineering Division (Great Valley)
Top research keywords: Simulated Environment, Simulation-based Learning, Agent-based Simulation, Simulation Model, Problem-Based Learning

Dennis Shea

Associate Dean, College of Health and Human Development
Top research keywords: Nursing Home, Medicare, Nursing Homes, Mental Health Service, Employers

Lee Ahern

Associate Professor, Advertising and Public Relations
Top research keywords: Environmental Advertising, Communication Campaign, Advertising, National Geographic Magazine, Narrative

Alyssa Collins

Director, Southeast Agricultural Research & Extension Center; Asssociate Research Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: United States, Yield Loss, Loss Measurement, Ontario Canada, Soybean Yield

Chiara Lo Prete

Associate Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Microgrid, Crossed Product, Financial Transmission Rights, Power Engineering, Game Analysis

Stephan J. Goetz

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

Elizabeth Traut

Top research keywords: Public Transit, Charging Infrastructure, Optimal Allocation, Spatial Interaction, Optimal Design

Chris Fowler

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

Mark Roberts

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

Jennifer Van Hook

Roy C. Buck Professor, Sociology and Criminology
Top research keywords: Immigrant, USA, Immigrants, United States, Immigrant Children

Brandi Robinson

Linlin Fan

Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Obesity Prevalence, Mississippi, Oral Nutritional Supplements, 30-day Readmission, Supplementary Feeding

Karen Fisher-Vanden

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: China, Integrated Assessment Model, Climate Change Impacts, Energy Intensity, Carbon Tax

Nikhil Menon

Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, School of Science, Engineering & Technology (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Automated Vehicle, Statistical Analysis, COVID 19 Epidemic, Transport, Transportation Network

Kristina Brant

Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Medications For Opioid Use Disorder, Criminal Legal, Opioid Use Disorder, Adaptation, Social Networks

Nicolas Choquette-Levy

Assistant Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Risk Transfer, Climate Risk, Smallholder Farmers, Greenhouse Gas, Crude Oil

Ted Toadvine

Nancy Tuana Director of the Rock Ethics Institute and Associate Professor, Philosophy
Top research keywords: Merleau-Ponty, Phenomenology, Limits, Ecological, Environmental Theory

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

Martha Strickland

Associate Professor, School of Behavioral Sciences & Education (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Immigrant, Teacher, Personal Narratives , Conversation, Student Learning

Olumide Ogunmodimu

Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Concentrated Solar Power Technologies, Rheology, Northern Nigeria, Digital Elevation Model, Mechanistic Model

Brian Black

Division Head and Distinguished Professor, History, Division of Arts & Humanities (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Energy Landscape, Petroleum, Human Living, World War I, Apparatus

Jeffrey Hyde

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