Researchers in the Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education at Penn State working in the area of Agriculture and Food Systems.
- Department Head, Ag Economics, Sociology, and Education
- Professor of Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Economics and Demography
Areas of Expertise
- Economic and environmental sustainability of agriculture
- Global food and agricultural markets
- Natural resource economics
- Climate change adaptation and mitigation
- Email dga2@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-8630
- Professor of Rural Sociology and Science, Technology, and Society
- Email llg13@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-8636
- Assistant Professor of Marketing and Local/Regional Food Systems
Areas of Expertise
- Local Food Systems
- Agritourism
- Craft beverage industry
- Value added agriculture
- Farm management
- Economics of Animal and Zoonotic Diseases
- Email czs786@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-8633
- Professor of Agricultural Economics
Areas of Expertise
- Economic modeling of food purchase behavior
- Link between food behavior and health
- Food Waste
- Retail food product offerings and prices
- Organic food and agriculture
- Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics
Areas of Expertise
- Food Marketing
- Food and Energy Policy
- Energy Economics
- Industrial Organization
- Applied Econometrics
- Email yul459@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-8039
- Associate Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics
Areas of Expertise
- Environmental Economics
- Urban and Land Use Economics
- Applied Econometrics
- Nonmarket Valuation
- Policy Analysis
- Distinguished Professor of Rural Sociology and Demography
Areas of Expertise
- Social Stratification
- Demography
- International Development
- Rural Sociology
- Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics
- Interim Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
- Email jbl6@psu.edu
- Office 610-396-6183
- Professor of Rural Sociology, Demography, and Public Health Sciences
- Social Science Research Institute Co-funded Faculty Member
Areas of Expertise
- Environmental demography
- Socio-Environmental Systems
- Population-infrastructure dynamics
- Spatiotemporal modeling
- Data intensive social sciences
- Email gchi@psu.edu
- Office 814-826-4686
- Professor emerita of Rural Sociology and Demography
Areas of Expertise
- rural poverty and livelihoods
- spatial inequality
- gender and development
- gender, disaster, and climate change
- Email art14@psu.edu
- Office 814-954-2735
