Environment & Natural Resources
We explore the ways humans affect and are affected by the natural environment and the natural resources (air, water, land, fish and wildlife, energy resources, climate) that sustain human life. We also design and analyze programs and policies that affect these relationships.
Faculty
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
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
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
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
James Shortle, Ph.D.
- Distinguished Professor of Agricultural and Environmental Economics
- Director, Environment and Natural Resources Institute
jshortle@psu.edu
814-865-7657
