Affiliated Researchers: Social Impact

Jessica Myrick

Professor, Film-Video and Media Studies
Top research keywords: Tanning, Social Media, VIP, Cancer, Emotion

Emily Rosenman

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

Mary K. Shenk

Associate Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Marriage, Bangladesh, Kinship, Fertility, Population Dynamics

Junjun Yin

Assistant Research Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Twitter, Mobile Computing, Activity Pattern, Visibility, Big Data

Jacob Benfield

Professor of Psychology, Division of Social Sciences (Abington)
Top research keywords: Aggressive Driving, National Park, Ownership, Mood, Recreation

Daniel Brent

Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Social Comparison, Willingness To Pay, Water Use, Stormwater, Conservation Programs

Daniel Mallinson

Associate Professor of Public Policy and Administration, School of Public Affairs (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Diffusion Research, Innovation Policy, Policy, Social Conformity, Public Administration

Matthew Ferrari

Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Measles, Disease Outbreaks, Vaccination, Epidemics, Vaccination Coverage

Daniel Cahoy

Dean's Faculty Fellow of Business law, Penn State Law (University Park)
Top research keywords: Human Rights, Firm, Patents, Business Law, Patent Law

Bing Pan

Professor, Recreation, Park and Tourism Management
Top research keywords: Tourism, Tourist, Search Engine, Marketing, Travel

Melanie Hetzel-Riggin

Professor, School of Humanities & Social Sciences (Behrend)
Top research keywords: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders, Dissociative Disorders, Trauma, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Wounds And Injuries

Ying-Ling Jao

Associate Professor, Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing
Top research keywords: Dementia, Apathy, Nursing Homes, Long-Term Care, Systematic Reviews

Scarlett Miller

Professor, College of Information Sciences and Technology
Top research keywords: Students, Creativity, Dissection, Engineering Design, 3D Printers

Duane Diefenbach

Adjunct Professor of Wildlife Ecology
Top research keywords: Deer, Odocoileus Virginianus, Harvest, Lynx Rufus, Hunters

Timothy W. Kelsey

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Farms, Farm, Agriculture, Mushroom, Costs

Denise Potosky

Professor, Management Division (Great Valley)
Top research keywords: Work Performance, Job Performance, Cognitive Ability, Personnel, Predictors

Nita Bharti

Associate Professor And Lloyd Huck Early Career Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Niger, Measles, Disease Outbreaks, SARS Virus, Satellite Imagery

Lara Fowler

Senior Lecturer, Penn State Law (University Park)
Top research keywords: Stakeholder, Water Resources Management, Behavioural Change, Neutral Third Party, Social Change

Lilliard Richardson

Professor, College of the Liberal Arts
Top research keywords: Law, Seat Belts, Voting, District, Head Protective Devices

Gamini Mendis

Assistant Professor of Engineering, School of Engineering (Behrend)
Top research keywords: Machining, Bauxite, Recovery, Lignin, Energy Utilization

Peter Stempel

Associate Professor in Landscape Architecture, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Storm Surge, Visualization, Hazards, Sea Level, Hurricane

Ashkan Negahban

Associate Professor of Engineering Management, Engineering Division (Great Valley)
Top research keywords: Agent-based Simulation, New Products, Hybrid Simulation, Problem-Based Learning, Sales

Stephan J. Goetz

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

Xun Cao

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

Judd Michael

Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Wood, Human Resources, Personnel, Wood Products, Wood Product

Jennifer Van Hook

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

Kristin Sznajder

Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
Top research keywords: China, Pandemics, Latent Class Analysis, Cross-Sectional Studies, Occupational Stress

Peter Newman

Department Head, Recreation, Park and Tourism Management
Top research keywords: National Park, National Parks, Outdoor Recreation, Protected Area, Recreation

Janet Swim

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

Karen Page Winterich

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

Martina Vecchi

Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Food, Lab Experiment, Local Food, Food Choice, Socioeconomic Status

Renee Obringer

Assistant Professor in Energy and Mineral Engineering, Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Demand, Smart City, Climate, Electricity, Sustainable Development

Janelle Larson

Associate Professor, Division of Engineering, Business & Computing (Berks)
Top research keywords: Land Titling, Honduras, Credit, Land Market, Farm

Manzhu Yu

Assistant Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Learning, Deep Learning, Social Media, Dust, Earth (planet)

Stephen Mainzer

Assistant Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Chesapeake Bay, Environmental Behavior, Transdisciplinary, Environmental Impact, Watershed

Prasenjit Mitra

Professor, College of Information Sciences and Technology
Top research keywords: Search Engines, Digital Libraries, Metadata, Semantics, Classifiers

Lorraine Dowler

Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Geopolitics, Gender, Woman, Nationalism, Politics

Christine Costello

Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Food, Greenhouse Gases, Agricultural Watersheds, Watershed, Soil And Water Assessment Tool Model

Lee Ahern

Associate Professor, Advertising and Public Relations
Top research keywords: News, Magazine, Gun Control, News Channel, News Value

Jennifer Kraschnewski

Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Medicine
Top research keywords: Exercise, Health, Overweight, Weights And Measures, Obesity