Affiliated Researchers: Research Policy

Xun Cao

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

Peter Hudson

Verne M. Willaman Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Lagopus Lagopus Scoticus, Parasites, Parasite, Infection, Grouse

Andrew Kleit

Professor and MICASU Fellow, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Arbitrage, Electricity, Power Markets, Market, Costs

Shedra "Amy" Snipes

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

Michael Donovan

Top research keywords: Child Welfare, Opioid Analgesics, Psychologist, Research Personnel, Costs And Cost Analysis

Mohamad Darayi

Assistant Professor of Systems Engineering, Engineering Division (Great Valley)
Top research keywords: Network Components, Supply Chains, Economics, Critical Infrastructures, Decision Theory

Stephanie Buechler

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

Darryl Thomas

Associate Professor, African American Studies
Top research keywords: Twenty-first Century, Black Internationalism, Commonwealth Of Independent States, Liberation, Commonwealth Of Nations

James Houck

Interim Dean and Distinguished Scholar in Residence, Penn State Law (University Park)
Top research keywords: Marine Policy, National Security, Sea, Navy, Piracy

Chris Forest

Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Climate, Climate Modeling, Climate Change, Ocean, Climate Models

Dave Abler

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Pollution Control, Farm, Nonpoint Pollution, Income, Farms

Jamison Colburn

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

Ida Djenontin

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

Mare Sarr

Associate Professor, School of International Affairs
Top research keywords: Technological Change, Rainfall, International Transfers, Rebound Effect, Resources

Jose Ventura

Professor, Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Top research keywords: Scheduling, Supply Chains, Costs, Supplier Selection, Alternative Fuels

Brian King

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

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

Karl Zimmerer

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

Alyssa Collins

Director, Southeast Agricultural Research & Extension Center; Asssociate Research Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Ontario, Canada, Soybeans, Deoxynivalenol, Soft Red Winter Wheat

Emily Rosenman

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

Simon Miller

Research Assistant, Applied Research Laboratory (ARL)
Top research keywords: Design, Fidelity, Textiles, Trade, Recurrent Neural Networks

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

Chiara Lo Prete

Associate Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Power Markets, Microgrids, Electricity, Market, Sustainable Development

Chris Fowler

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

Esther Prins

Professor, Learning & Performance Systems
Top research keywords: Literacy, Adult Education, El Salvador, Basic Education, Participation

Edward C. Jaenicke

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

Jennifer Van Hook

Roy C. Buck Professor, Sociology and Criminology
Top research keywords: Immigrant, Immigrants, Immigration, Child, Emigration And Immigration

Andisheh Ranjbari

Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Curbs, Rural Roads, Travel, Network Design, Demand

Lisa Bolton

Professor, Marketing
Top research keywords: Marketing, Price Fairness, Remedies, Fairness, Conspicuous Consumption

Jesse Kreye

Assistant Research Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Fire Behavior, Flammability, Litter, Forest Litter, Fuels (fire Ecology)

Mark Roberts

Professor, Economics
Top research keywords: Export Markets, Turnover, Productivity, Firm, Manufacturing

Bronwen Powell

Associate Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Forests, Food, Diet, Morocco, Tanzania

Esther Obonyo

Associate Professor, School of Engineering Design and Innovation
Top research keywords: Earth (planet), Brick, Fibers, Construction Industry, Students

Vikash Gayah

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Traffic, Traffic Signals, Highway Systems, Urban Networks, Rural Roads

Ted Toadvine

Nancy Tuana Director of the Rock Ethics Institute and Associate Professor, Philosophy
Top research keywords: Phenomenology, Naturalism, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Nature, Philosophy Of Nature

Guangqing Chi

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: County, Land Use, Amenity, Migration, Twitter

Elizabeth Traut

Top research keywords: Electric Vehicle, Electric Bikes, Vehicle, Multimodal Transportation, Resiliency

Martin Pietrucha

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Variable Message Signs, Visibility, Highway Systems, Traffic Signs, Travel Time

Brian Black

Division Head and Distinguished Professor, History, Division of Arts & Humanities (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Oil, Petroleum, Oil Boom, Economic Planning, World War I

Martha Strickland

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