Affiliated Researchers: USA

Melissa Wright

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

Samantha Powers

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

Daniel Cahoy

Department Head and Robert G. and Caroline Schwartz Professor, Risk Management
Top research keywords: Product Information, Human Rights, Business Law, Technology Transfer, Patent Law

Stephan J. Goetz

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

Lilliard Richardson

Professor, College of the Liberal Arts
Top research keywords: Law, State Legislatures, Legislators, American States, Seat Belt Laws

Chris Fowler

Associate Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: USA, Population Censuses, United States, Zones Boundary, Poverty

Sharareh (Sherri) Kermanshachi

Vice Chancellor for Research and Outreach, Penn State Harrisburg
Top research keywords: Transport, Autonomous Vehicles, Construction Industry, Construction Projects, Construction Workers

Melissa Bopp

Professor, Kinesiology
Top research keywords: Physical Activity, College Students, Active Commuting, University Students, Transport

Emily Rosenman

Assistant Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Economic Geography, Finance, USA, Financialization, Investors

Ashley Schroeder

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

Brian Thiede

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

Hannah Wiseman

Professor of Law, Penn State Law (University Park)
Top research keywords: Legislation, Energy Law, Federalism, Energy Governance, Law

Andisheh Ranjbari

Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Transport, Curb, Curbs, USA, Strategic Management

Andrew Mowen

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

Ryan Thombs

Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Carbon Dioxide, United States, Income Inequality, CO2 Emissions, Economic Growth

Lee Ahern

Associate Professor, Advertising and Public Relations
Top research keywords: Environmental Advertising, Communication Campaign, Advertising, National Geographic Magazine, Narrative

Esther Prins

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

Jennifer Van Hook

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

Kathleen Sexsmith

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

Timothy W. Kelsey

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

Leland Glenna

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

Mallika Bose

Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: India, Transport, United States, Low Income, Focus Group

Juliet Pinto

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

Bing Pan

Professor, Recreation, Park and Tourism Management
Top research keywords: Tourism, Search Engine, Tourists, China, Destination Marketing

Taylor Bishop Scott

Associate Research Professor, Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center (PRC)
Top research keywords: Politicians, Research Use, Evidence-based Policy, Policy Making, Use Of Research Evidence

Stephanie Buechler

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

Kai Schafft

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

Kathryn Brasier

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

Jennifer Baka

Associate Professor and John T. Ryan, Jr. Faculty Fellow, College of Earth & Mineral Sciences
Top research keywords: Biofuel, Wasteland, Hydraulic Fracturing, India, USA

Guangqing Chi

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: China, Population Dynamics, Population Change, Land Use, Population Increase

Carolyn Mahan

Professor, Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Eastern Chipmunk, Tamias, Pennsylvania, Tamias Striatus, National Parks

Margot Kaye

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Pinus, Quercus, Fire Regime, Climate Change, Populus

Alan Taylor

Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Fire Regime, Fire Severity, Coniferous Forests, Mixed Forests, Wildfires

James Mutunga

Assistant Research Professor

Tyler Groh

Assistant Research Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Riparian Buffer, Riparian Buffers, Nitrate, Nitrate Removal, Denitrification

Autumn Sabo

Assistant Professor of Biology, Penn State Beaver
Top research keywords: Deer, Understory, Plant Community, Deer Herbivory, White-tailed Deer

Robert Crane

Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: General Circulation Model, Sea Ice, Downscaling, Climate, Ice

Mark E. Patzkowsky

Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Late Ordovician, Middle Ordovician, Ordovician, Mass Extinction, Brachiopod

Marc E. McDill

Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Pennsylvania, Forest Planning, Forest Management, Quercus, Harvest-scheduling Model

Xianzeng Niu

Assistant Research Professor, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
Top research keywords: United States Of America, Shale Gas, Pennsylvania, Sulfate Concentration, Appalachian Region