Affiliated Researchers: Sociology

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

Displaying 44 search result(s) for Sociology.

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, Rural Areas, Shale Gas

Maurie Kelly



Top research keywords: Urban Area, Resources, Urban Planning, Criminal Justice, Love

Robert Chiles


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

Theodore R. Alter


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

Kathleen Sexsmith


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

Kathryn Brasier


Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Pennsylvania, USA, Agriculture, Stakeholder Engagement, Discourse

Leland Glenna


Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: USA, Agricultural Biotechnology, Scientists, Genetically Modified Crops, University Research

Elizabeth Ransom


Associate Professor, School of International Affairs
Top research keywords: Food Systems, Botswana, Food Insecurity, Agriculture, Food Security

Brian Thiede


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

Ryan Thombs


Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: United States, Carbon Dioxide, Life Expectancy, Income Inequality, US States

Mark Brennan


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

Jeffrey Hyde


Director of Extension and Associate Dean, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Dairy Farm, Maize, Wine, Pennsylvania, Cow

Emily Southard


PhD Candidate, Rural Sociology & Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Top research keywords: Food-systems, Climate change, International development, Women's empowerment, agriculture

Janelle Larson


Professor, Division of Engineering, Business & Computing (Berks)
Top research keywords: Access To Credit, Developing World, Teaching Innovation, Informal Sector, Institutional Factors

Rick Bates


Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Horticulture, Vegetative Buffers, Dust, Christmas Trees, Foliar Nitrogen

Nina Jablonski


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

Allyson Muth


Assistant Research Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Landowner, Landowners, Natural Resource, High Grading, Microtargeting

Forrest Briscoe


Professor, Management and Organization
Top research keywords: Activism, Firm, Workers, Political Ideology, Law Firms

Dave Abler


Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: China, Agriculture, Nonpoint, Susquehanna River, Chesapeake Bay

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

Daniel Brent


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

Anil Kumar Chaudhary


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

Linlin Fan


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

Daniel Foster


Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Educators, Agriculture, Global Learning, Professional Development, Communities Of Practice

Mark Gagnon


Research Associate, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Human Resources, Supervisors, Supervisory Personnel, Personnel, Cellular Agriculture

Stephan J. Goetz


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

Edward C. Jaenicke


Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Private Label, United States, Diet Quality, Organic Food, Household Level

Gregory Kelly


Associate Dean, College of Education
Top research keywords: Discourse, Classroom, Engineering, Student, Science Education

Timothy W. Kelsey


Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Pennsylvania, Marcellus Shale, Agriculture, United States, Rollover Protective Structure

Justine Lindemann


Assistant Professor of Community Development and Resilience, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Entrepreneurialism, Green Space, Place-making, Cleveland, Ohio

Frans Padt


Teaching Professor

Matthew Royer


Associate Research Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Chesapeake Bay, Watersheds, Decision Making, Temporal Inequalities, Watershed Management

James Shortle


Distinguished Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Nonpoint Pollution, Water Quality, Nonpoint Source Pollution, Pollution Control, Cost

Kaitlyn Spangler


Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education

Jennifer Van Hook


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

Martina Vecchi


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

Robert D. Weaver


Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Innovation Capacity, Pesticides, Relationship Quality, Markets, Price

Suzanna Windon


Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic, COVID 19 Epidemic, Ohio, Brainstorming, Mindfulness

Douglas Wrenn


Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Subdivision Development, House Prices, Residential Subdivisions, Pennsylvania, Shale Gas Development