Faculty
Charles Abdalla, Ph.D.
- Professor of Agricultural and Environmental Economics
cabdalla@psu.edu
814-865-2562
David Abler, Ph.D.
- Professor of Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Economics and Demography
d-abler@psu.edu
814-863-8630
Theodore Alter, Ph.D.
- Professor of Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Economics
- Co-Director, Center for Economic and Community Development
- Adjunct Research Fellow, Australian Center for Agriculture and Law, University of New England
talter@psu.edu
814-863-8640
Connie Baggett, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor of Agricultural and Extension Education
bbc@psu.edu
814-863-7415
David Blandford, Ph.D.
- Professor of Agricultural and Environmental Economics
dblandford@psu.edu
814-863-8648
Cathy F. Bowen, Ph.D.
- Professor of Agricultural and Extension Education
- Consumer Issues
cbowen@psu.edu
814-863-7870
Mark A. Brennan, Ph.D.
- UNESCO Chair in Rural Community, Leadership, and Youth Development
unescochair@psu.edu
814-863-0387
Marilyn Corbin, Ph.D.
- Associate Director of Cooperative Extension
- State Program Leader for Children, Youth and Families
- Professor, Agricultural and Extension Education
mac32@psu.edu
814-863-6109
James Dunn, Ph.D.
- Professor of Agricultural Economics
- Agribusiness Management Program Coordinator
jwd6@psu.edu
814-863-8625
John Ewing, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor of Agricultural and Extension Education
- Undergraduate Program Coordinator
jce122@psu.edu
814-863-7463
Karen Fisher-Vanden, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics
kaf26@psu.edu
814-867-2752
Daniel D. Foster, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Extension Education
ddf12@psu.edu
814-863-0192
Mark A. Gagnon, Ph.D.
- Harbaugh Entrepreneurship Scholar & Entrepreneurship Coordinator College of Agricultural Sciences
- Harbaugh Teaching Scholar (2012-2013)
mag199@psu.edu
814-865-0469
Leland Glenna, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor of Rural Sociology and Science, Technology, and Society
- Community, Environment, and Development Program Coordinator
llg13@psu.edu
814-863-8636
Stephan Goetz, Ph.D.
- Professor of Agricultural and Regional Economics
- Director of Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development
sgoetz@psu.edu
814-863-4656
Clare Hinrichs, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor of Rural Sociology
- Rural Sociology Graduate Program Coordinator
chinrichs@psu.edu
814-863-8628
Leif Jensen, Ph.D.
- Distinguished Professor of Rural Sociology and Demography
ljensen@psu.edu
814-863-8642
Matt Kaplan, Ph.D.
- Professor of Agricultural and Extension Education
- Intergenerational Programs and Aging
msk15@psu.edu
814-863-7871
Timothy Kelsey, Ph.D.
- Professor of Agricultural Economics
- Co-Director, Center for Economic and Community Development
tkelsey@psu.edu
814-865-9542
A.E. Luloff, Ph.D.
- Professor of Rural Sociology
- Co-Chair Human Dimensions of Natural Resources and the Environment
- Dual-Title Intercollege Graduate Degree Program
aeluloff@psu.edu
814-863-8643
Diane McLaughlin, Ph.D.
- Professor of Rural Sociology and Demography
- Community and Economic Development Graduate Program Coordinator
dkk@psu.edu
814-863-8626
Claudia Mincemoyer, Ph.D.
- Professor of Agricultural and Extension Education
- Director, Penn State Better Kid Care Program
cxm324@psu.edu
814-863-7851
Rama Radhakrishna, Ph.D.
- Professor of Agricultural and Extension Education
brr100@psu.edu
814-863-7420
Richard Ready, Ph.D.
- Professor of Agricultural and Environmental Economics
- Coordinator, Graduate Program in Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Economics
rready@psu.edu
814-863-5575
Carolyn Sachs, Ph.D.
- Professor of Rural Sociology
- Head of Women’s Studies Department
xyl@psu.edu
814-863-8641
John Shingler, Ph.D.
- Research Associate
- Co-Director of Consumer Services Information System Project
- Co-Director of State Weatherization program Evaluation Project
jxs10@psu.edu,
814-863-8653
James Shortle, Ph.D.
- Distinguished Professor of Agricultural and Environmental Economics
- Director, Environment and Natural Resources Institute
jshortle@psu.edu
814-865-7657
Ann Tickamyer, Ph.D.
- Professor and Head, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education
art14@psu.edu
814-865-5461
Nicole Webster, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor, Agricultural and Extension Education
- Civic and Youth Development
nsw10@psu.edu
814-863-2695
