Affiliated Researchers: Social Environment

John Dattilo

Professor, Recreation, Park and Tourism Management
Top research keywords: Leisure Activity, Leisure, Leisure Education, Social Support, Intellectual Disability

Etya Amsalem

Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Queen, Bumblebee, Bee, Bombus Impatiens, Apoidea

Mary K. Shenk

Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Fertility, Bangladesh, Kinship, Rural Bangladesh, Mosuo

Priya Sharma

Associate Professor, Learning and Performance Systems
Top research keywords: Discourse, Social Network Analysis, Online Discussion, Discourse Analysis, Blogs

Sarah Rajtmajer

Associate Professor, College of Information Sciences and Technology
Top research keywords: Social Network, Artificial Intelligence, Self-disclosure, Social Networks, Online Social Networks

S. Shyam Sundar

Distinguished Professor, Film-Video and Media Studies
Top research keywords: Interactivity, User Experience, Customization, Artificial Intelligence, Social Media

Samantha Powers

Assistant Professor of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management, Division of Social Sciences (Abington)
Top research keywords: USA, Outdoor Recreation, Urban Parks, Local Parks, Campus Recreation

John Yen

Professor, College of Information Sciences and Technology
Top research keywords: Fuzzy Mathematics, Fuzzy Logic, Decision Making, Collaboration, Genetic Algorithm

Mallika Bose

Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: USA, India, Transport, United States, Built Environment

Lara Fowler

Teaching Professor, Penn State Law (University Park)
Top research keywords: USA, Stakeholder Engagement, United States, Water Management, Gasses

Andrew Mowen

Professor, Recreation, Park and Tourism Management
Top research keywords: Urban Parks, Recreation Services, Park Service, USA, Physical Activity

Jacob Benfield

Professor of Psychology, Division of Social Sciences (Abington)
Top research keywords: Natural Sounds, Natural Environment, National Park, Wildlife, Urban Parks

Trevor Birkenholtz

Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: India, Rajasthan, Groundwater, Pakistan, Solar Park

Jacob Holland-Lulewicz

Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Southeast, Bayesian Modeling, Social Network, South-eastern United States, Mississippian

Ashley Schroeder

Assistant Professor, Recreation, Park and Tourism Management
Top research keywords: Tourism, Risk Perception, Tourists, Social Media, Crisis Communication

Kristina Brant

Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Opioid Use Disorder, Medications For Opioid Use Disorder, Opioid Abuse, Legal System, Opioid Use Disorder Treatment

Emily Pakhtigian

Assistant Professor in School of Public Policy, School of Public Policy
Top research keywords: Public Health, Coal-fired Power Plant, Cholera, Nepal, Bangladesh

Stephan J. Goetz

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

Daniel Brent

Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Green Stormwater Infrastructure, Willingness To Pay, Water Price, Water Consumption, Social Comparison

Juliet Pinto

Associate Professor, Journalism
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Journalism, Latin America, News Coverage, Latin America (LATAM)

Kai Schafft

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

Rebecca Henn

Associate Professor, Architecture
Top research keywords: Impermanence, Boundary Objects, Urban Dwelling, Digitization, Green Building

Mary Frecker

Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Compliant Mechanism, Actuator, Actuation, Topology Optimization, Finite Element Analysis

Ying-Ling Jao

Associate Professor, Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing
Top research keywords: Nursing Home, Dementia, People Living With Dementia (PLwD), Apathy, Systematic Review

Paul Shrivastava

Professor, Management and Organization
Top research keywords: Crisis, Sustainable Development, Economic And Social Development, Aesthetics, Education

Anne Pisor

Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Climate Change Adaptation, Long-distance Relationships, Long Distance, Moral Judgment, Adaptation

Marie Boltz

Professor, Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing
Top research keywords: People Living With Dementia (PLwD), Nurse, Older Adults, Physical Activity, Function Focused Care

Esther Prins

Professor, Learning and Performance Systems
Top research keywords: Literacy Programmes, Education, Literacy, Family Literacy, USA

Yan Lin

Associate Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Texas, New Mexico, Low Birth Weight, PM2.5, Spatial Access

Joshua Trey Barnett

Associate Professor, Communication Arts and Sciences
Top research keywords: Ecological, Politics, More-than-human, Scholars, Imagining

Nina Jablonski

Evan Pugh University Professor of Anthropology, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Skin Pigmentation, Hominidae, Theropithecus, Vitamin D, Ultraviolet Rays

Robert Chiles

Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Qualitative Research Ethics, Big Data Era, Ethics, Tuition Fee, Big Data

Jennifer Kraschnewski

Vice Dean for Research, Clinical and Translational Science, Penn State College of Medicine
Top research keywords: Pennsylvania, Primary Health Care, Primary Medical Care, Physical Activity, COVID-19

Kathryn Brasier

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: USA, Pennsylvania, Economic And Social Development, Agriculture, Women Farmers

Anil Kumar Chaudhary

Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Program Evaluation, Florida, Extension Professionals, Extension Programs, Water Conservation

Theodore R. Alter

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

Melanie Hetzel-Riggin

Professor, School of Humanities & Social Sciences (Behrend)
Top research keywords: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, College Students, Trauma, Coping Behavior, Sexual Assault

Kathleen Sexsmith

Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Farmworkers, Immigrant, USA, Agriculture, New York

Jennifer Van Hook

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

Max Crowley

Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
Top research keywords: Politicians, USA, United States Of America, Substance Use, Randomized Controlled Trial