Affiliated Researchers: Community Development

Theodore R. Alter

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

Mark Brennan

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

Carter Hunt

Associate Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Tourism, Ecotourism, Resident, Nature-based Tourism, Tourism Development

Douglas Wrenn

Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Zoning, Purchase, Shale Gas, Land Use, Duration Models

Noel Habashy

Assistant Teaching Professor, Office of International Programs
Top research keywords: Service Learning, Community Development, Domestic Service, Travel, Residents

Margaret Brittingham

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Bird, Songbird, Shale Gas, Habitat, Songbirds

Karl Zimmerer

Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Agrobiodiversity, Bolivia, Food, Peasant, Livelihood

Justine Lindemann

Assistant Professor of Community Development and Resilience, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Land Reform, Green Infrastructure, Politics, Community Development, Agricultural Sciences

Timothy W. Kelsey

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Farms, Farm, Agriculture, Mushroom, Costs

Elizabeth Ransom

Associate Professor, School of International Affairs
Top research keywords: Food, Local Food Systems, Global Commodity Chains, Gender, Rural Communities

John A. Pecchia

Associate Research Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Mushrooms, Agaricus Bisporus, Mushroom, Agaricus, Composting

William F. Elmendorf

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Urban Forests, Arborists, Urban Forestry, Urban Parks, Land Use Planning

Kai Schafft

Professor, Education Policy Studies
Top research keywords: Poverty, Economics, District, Rural Community, Natural Gas

Denice Wardrop

Research Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Wetlands, Wetland, Headwater, Watershed, Mid-Atlantic Region

Lisa Emili

Associate Professor, Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Peatland, Peatlands, Non-Point Source Pollution, British Columbia, Groundwater Flow

Jennifer Baka

Associate Professor and John T. Ryan, Jr. Faculty Fellow, College of Earth & Mineral Sciences
Top research keywords: Biofuel, Energy, Wasteland, Biofuels, Energy Security

Kathryn Brasier

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Farm, Farmer, Stakeholder, Shale Gas, Agriculture

Rachel Brennan

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Chitin, Crab, Remediation, Shell, Mushroom

Mallika Bose

Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Built Environment, India, Woman, Income, Residential Satisfaction

Mihyun Kang

Director of Sustainability, Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Lighting, Rural Community, Energy Saving, Energy Conservation, Cost Savings

Istvan Albert

Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Top research keywords: Genome, Jamming, Granular Media, Microbiota, Drag

Stephan J. Goetz

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: County, Economic Growth, Income, United States Of America, Economics

Samantha Powers

Assistant Professor of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management, Division of Social Sciences (Abington)
Top research keywords: Recreation, Pandemics, Social Capital, Staff, Public Perception

Guangqing Chi

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: County, Land Use, Amenity, Migration, Twitter

Gui Becker

Associate Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Chytridiomycota, Amphibian, Amphibians, Batrachochytrium Dendrobatidis, Ecosystem

Taylor Bishop Scott

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

Andrew Kleit

Professor and MICASU Fellow, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Arbitrage, Electricity, Power Markets, Market, Costs

Esther Prins

Professor, Learning & Performance Systems
Top research keywords: Literacy, Adult Education, El Salvador, Basic Education, Participation

Maurie Kelly

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

Stephen Mainzer

Assistant Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Chesapeake Bay, Environmental Behavior, Transdisciplinary, Environmental Impact, Watershed

Juliet Pinto

Associate Professor, Journalism
Top research keywords: News, Coverage, Journalism, Social Construction, Latin America

Lisa Iulo

Associate Professor, Architecture
Top research keywords: Education, Ecodesign, Microgrids, Students, Renewable Energy Resources

Lilliard Richardson

Professor, College of the Liberal Arts
Top research keywords: Law, Seat Belts, Voting, District, Head Protective Devices

Wangda Zuo

Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Modelica, Fluid Dynamics, Buildings, Office Buildings, HVAC

Deborah Ehrenthal

Professor, Biobehavioral Health
Top research keywords: Mothers, Pregnancy, Medicaid, Parturition, Pregnancy Outcome

Priya Sharma

Associate Professor, Learning & Performance Systems
Top research keywords: Students, Weblog, Blogs, Learning, Student

Rick Bates

Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Abies Fraseri, Fans (equipment), Ammonia, Farms, Phytophthora Drechsleri

Kelli Hoover

Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Anoplophora Glabripennis, Coleoptera, Insecta, Larva, Baculoviridae

Colin Zarzycki

Assistant Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Tropical Cyclone, Climate Modeling, Atmosphere, Simulation, Regional Climate

Carolyn Mahan

Professor, Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Tamias Striatus, Sciuridae, National Parks, Flying Squirrels, Glaucomys Sabrinus