Affiliated Researchers: Rural America

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

Displaying 17 search result(s) for Rural America.

László Kulcsár


Department Head and Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Hungary, Post-socialist, Communities, USA, Biofuel

Kai Schafft


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

Brian Thiede


Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Americas, United States, Sub-Saharan Africa, Population Censuses, Climate Change Impacts

Guangqing Chi


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

Linlin Fan


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

Stephanie Buechler



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

Mallika Bose


Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: India, Transport, United States, Low Income, Focus Group

Tess Russo


Assistant Professor and Rudy L. Slingerland Early Career Professorship, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Groundwater, Water Management, Aquifer, Shale, Modeling

Carter Hunt


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

Karen Fisher-Vanden


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

Alfonso Mejia


Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Streamflow, United States, United States Of America, Water Footprint, Water Flow

Mary K. Shenk


Associate Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Wealth, Kinship, Bangladesh, India, Evolution

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

Chingwen Cheng


Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Climate Justice, Environmental Impact Assessment, Ecosystem Service, Social-ecological-technological Systems

Karl Zimmerer


Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Agrobiodiversity, Bolivia, Andes, Environmental Impact Assessment, Peru

Bronwen Powell


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

Xianzeng Niu


Assistant Research Professor, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
Top research keywords: United States Of America, Shale Gas, Pennsylvania, Sulfate Concentration, Appalachian Region