Affiliated Researchers: Social Sciences

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

Displaying 61 search result(s) for Social Sciences.

Ottar Bjornstad


Distinguished Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Synchrony, Epidemics, Population Dynamics, Disease Outbreaks, Arvicolinae

Peter Hudson


Verne M. Willaman Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Lagopus Lagopus Scoticus, Parasites, Parasite, Infection, Grouse

Christina Grozinger


Distinguished Professor and Publius Vergilius Maro Professor of Entomology, Entomology
Top research keywords: Bees, Honey, Bee, Honey Bees, Apis Mellifera

Jennifer Kraschnewski


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

Laura Y. Cabrera


Associate Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Deep Brain Stimulation, Psychiatry, Neurosurgery, Ethics, Brain

Erica Smithwick


Distinguished Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Forests, Ecosystem, Ecosystems, Nitrogen, Pinus Contorta Var. Latifolia

Tess Russo


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

Natalie Boyle


Assistant Research Professor, Genomics of Social Behavior and Bee Health, Entomology
Top research keywords: Bees, Osmia Lignaria, Bee, Megachilidae, Pollination

Leland Glenna


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

Stephanie Buechler



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

Dennis Shea


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

Christine Costello


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

Christine J. Kirchhoff


Associate Professor, School of Engineering Design and Innovation
Top research keywords: Climate, Science, Climate Change, Lake, Organization

Frederico Fonseca


Associate Professor, College of Information Sciences and Technology
Top research keywords: Ontology, Geographic Information Systems, Information Systems, Geographical Information System, Information System

Bronwen Powell


Associate Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Forests, Food, Diet, Morocco, Tanzania

Prasenjit Mitra


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

Taylor Bishop Scott


Associate Research Professor, Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center (PRC)
Top research keywords: Evidence, Legislation , Bill, Language, Research Personnel

Sheri A. Berenbaum


Professor, Psychology
Top research keywords: Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, Androgens, Sex Characteristics, Gonadal Steroid Hormones, Spatial Navigation

Wilson Brown


Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology, School of Humanities & Social Sciences (Behrend)
Top research keywords: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Trauma, Veterans, Drop-out