Affiliated Researchers: Rural Development

Affiliates are Penn Staters who have a connection to or an interest in the work of the Institute of Energy and the Environment.

Displaying 36 search result(s) for Rural Development.

Kai Schafft


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

László Kulcsár


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

Guangqing Chi


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

Emily Pakhtigian


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

Theodore R. Alter


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

Mihyun Kang


Director of Sustainability, Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Lighting, Rural Community, Energy Saving, Energy Conservation, Cost Savings

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

Douglas Wrenn


Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Zoning, Purchase, Shale Gas, Land Use, Duration Models

Kristina Brant


Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Deferred Action, Childhood, Illegality, Family Formation, Deportation

Stephan J. Goetz


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

Stephanie Buechler



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

Esther Prins


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

Clare Hinrichs


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

Brian Thiede


Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Climate, Poverty, Household, Human Migration, Indigenous Forest

Eric Zenner


Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Man-made Trails, Overstory, Traffic, Harvest, Regeneration

Leland Glenna


Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Farmer, Biotechnology, Sustainability, Agriculture, Food

Karl Zimmerer


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

Jennifer Baka


Associate Professor and John T. Ryan, Jr. Faculty Fellow, College of Earth & Mineral Sciences
Top research keywords: Biofuel, Energy, Wasteland, Biofuels, Energy Security

Mallika Bose


Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Built Environment, India, Woman, Income, Residential Satisfaction

Deborah Ehrenthal


Professor, Biobehavioral Health
Top research keywords: Mothers, Pregnancy, Medicaid, Parturition, Pregnancy Outcome

Siela Maximova


Research Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Cacao, Theobroma Cacao, Somatic Embryos, Arabidopsis, Somatic Embryogenesis

Karen Fisher-Vanden


Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Carbon, Climate Change, China, Carbon Tax, Taxation

Dennis Shea


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

Kathleen Sexsmith


Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Farm, Gender, Agriculture, Worker, Farmer

Kathryn Brasier


Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Farm, Farmer, Stakeholder, Shale Gas, Agriculture

Dave Abler


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

Trevor Birkenholtz


Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: India, Farmer, Irrigation, Groundwater, Water

Ken Tamminga


Distinguished Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Rivers, River, Learning, Climate Change, Sustainable Development

Rick Bates


Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Abies Fraseri, Fans (equipment), Ammonia, Farms, Phytophthora Drechsleri

Emily Southard


PhD Candidate, Rural Sociology & Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Top research keywords: Food-systems, Climate change, International development, Women's empowerment, agriculture

Asher Rosinger


Associate Professor, Biobehavioral Health
Top research keywords: Water, Food Supply, Bolivia, Household, Nutrition Surveys

Ida Djenontin


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

Nikhil Menon


Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, School of Science, Engineering & Technology (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Automated Vehicle, Autonomous Vehicles, Vehicle, Statistical Analysis, Traffic