Affiliated Researchers: Social Ecology

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

Displaying 30 search result(s) for Social Ecology.

Peter Hudson


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

Nita Bharti


Associate Professor And Lloyd Huck Early Career Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Niger, Measles, Disease Outbreaks, SARS Virus, Satellite Imagery

Stephanie Buechler



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

Mary K. Shenk


Associate Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Marriage, Bangladesh, Kinship, Fertility, Population Dynamics

Jennifer Wagner-Lawlor


Professor, Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Top research keywords: Utopian, Utopia, Utopian Literature, Genre, Susan Sontag

Sharifa Crandall


Assistant Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Blueberry Mosaic Associated Virus, Spore, Vitis, Pseudoperonospora Humuli, Mosaic Viruses

Theodore R. Alter


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

Trevor Birkenholtz


Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: India, Farmer, Irrigation, Groundwater, Water

Christina Grozinger


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

Juliet Pinto


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

Brian King


Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Republic Of South Africa, Africa, Livelihood, Health, Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Etya Amsalem


Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Bees, Bee, Bombus, Impatiens, Bombus Impatiens

Erica Smithwick


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

Karl Zimmerer


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

Jason Keagy


Assistant Research Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Mating Success, Gasterosteidae, Gasterosteus Aculeatus, Smegmamorpha, Sexual Selection

Duane Diefenbach


Adjunct Professor of Wildlife Ecology
Top research keywords: Deer, Odocoileus Virginianus, Harvest, Lynx Rufus, Hunters

David Hughes


Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Ants, Formicidae, Parasites, Ant, Fungi

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

Melissa Kreye


Assistant Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Private Forest, Private Land, Landowner, Private Forestry, Private Lands

Carter Hunt


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

Allyson Muth


Assistant Research Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Landowner, Private Forest, Forest Stands, Natural Resources, Quercus

Timothy Michael Murtha Jr.


Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Lidar, Conservation, Planning, Land Use, Resource

Peter Stempel


Associate Professor in Landscape Architecture, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Storm Surge, Visualization, Hazards, Sea Level, Hurricane

Ottar Bjornstad


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

Thomas Wood


Biotechnology Endowed Chair and Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Biofilms, Escherichia Coli, Quorum Sensing, Toxin-Antitoxin Systems, Pseudomonas Aeruginosa

Ed Rajotte


Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Bees, Malus, Orchard, Orchards, Apples

Bronwen Powell


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

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

Christine Costello


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