• Assistant Professor in Family Studies, Child, and Youth Development
  • Academic Lead, Penn State Better Kid Care

Areas of Expertise

  • Prevention Science
  • Risk and Protective Factors in Childhood and Adolescence
  • Early Childhood Education
  • Program Implementation and Evaluation
  • Latent Variable Models
  • Time-varying Effect Models
  • Associate Professor of Agricultural & Extension Education
  • Director of Graduate Studies for Education, Development, and Community Engagement (EDCE) Graduate Program

Areas of Expertise

  • Program Evaluation
  • Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Management
  • Behavior Change Theories and Frameworks
  • Social Network Analysis
  • Survey Methodology
  • Research Methods and Applied Data Analysis
  • Associate Professor of Agricultural and Extension Education

Areas of Expertise

  • Science Literacy
  • Teacher Education
  • School-based Agricultural Education
  • Motivation
  • Professor of Agricultural and Extension Education
  • Undergraduate Program Coordinator

Areas of Expertise

  • Teacher Preparation
  • Experiential Learning
  • Associate Professor
  • Agricultural Teacher Educator
  • Global Teach Ag Network Co-Founder

Areas of Expertise

  • Agricultural Teacher Education
  • Teaching and Learning in Agriculture
  • Designing Global Learning in Agriculture
  • Developing Global Competency in Agriculture Workforce
  • School-based agricultural education
  • Professor, Intergenerational Programs and Aging

Areas of Expertise

  • Developing & evaluating intergenerational initiatives in diverse settings.
  • Training Extension educators and other professionals in intergenerational programming.
  • Establishing intergenerational strategies for civic engagement and environmental design.
  • Associate Professor of Agricultural and Extension Education
  • Director of Graduate Studies for Education, Development, and Community Engagement (EDCE) Graduate Program

Areas of Expertise

  • Program Evaluation
  • Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Management
  • Behavior Change Theories and Frameworks
  • Social Network Analysis
  • Survey Methodology
  • Research Methods and Applied Data Analysis
  • Professor of Youth and Family Resiliency and Policy
  • Principal Scientist and Founder, Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness
  • Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center, Affiliate Faculty

Areas of Expertise

  • Youth and Family Resiliency
  • Service Members, Veterans and Military Families
  • Dissemination and Implementation Science
  • Evidence-based Programs
  • Applied Research and Evaluations
  • Community Collaboration
  • Assistant Professor, Youth and Adult Leadership, Penn State Extension

Areas of Expertise

  • Adult and Youth Leadership Development
  • Community Leadership Development
  • Volunteerism
  • Volunteer Leadership Development
  • Needs Assessment Research
  • Evaluation