Affiliated Researchers: Social Justice

Mark Brennan

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Community Development, Youth Engagement, Social Support, Communities, Ireland

Melissa Wright

Department Head, Geography
Top research keywords: Mexico, Feminist, Ciudades, Femicide, Borderland

Andrew Mowen

Professor, Recreation, Park and Tourism Management
Top research keywords: Recreation Services, Park Service, Local Parks, Urban Parks, Leisure-time Physical Activity

Robert Chiles

Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Meat, Qualitative Research Ethics, Big Data Era, Ethics, Cellular Agriculture

Kristina Brant

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

Kai Schafft

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

Juliet Pinto

Associate Professor, Journalism
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Journalism, Latin America (LATAM), Latin America, Environmental Issue

Chingwen Cheng

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

Melanie Hetzel-Riggin

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

Lauren McPhillips

Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Stormwater, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas Emission, Denitrification, Methane

Stephanie Buechler

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

Samantha Powers

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

Kyle Aune

Assistant Professor, Biobehavioral Health
Top research keywords: Maryland, Extreme Precipitation Events, Firearm Violence, COVID-19 Pandemic, Exposure Assessment

Brian King

Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: South Africa, Diseases, AIDS/HIV, Okavango Delta, Botswana

Mark Ortiz

Assistant Professor, Department of Geography

Belén Noroña

Assistant Professor of Geography

Lindsay Fernández-Rhodes

Associate Professor, Biobehavioral Health
Top research keywords: Genetics, Latino, Hispanic Community, Hispanic Or Latino, Genomics

Erik Foley

Director of Sustainability, Smeal College of Business

Bronwen Powell

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

Manzhu Yu

Associate Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Dust Storm, Particular Matter 2.5, Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Deep Learning