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Faculty Working in this Area
- Professor of Agricultural and Environmental Economics Emeritus
- Associate Head, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education
- Professor of Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Economics and Demography
- Agribusiness Management Program Coordinator
d-abler@psu.edu
814-863-8630
- 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
Areas of Expertise
- Agricultural Economics and Policy
- Development Economics
- Public Sector Economics
- Community and Regional Economics
- Community and Rural Development
- Comparative Rural Policy
- Institutional and Behavioral Economics
- Resource and Environmental Economics
- Public Scholarship and Civic Engagement in Higher Education
- Professor Emeritus, Agricultural and Environmental Economics
- Professor of Rural Sociology
- Director of Graduate Studies
kbrasier@psu.edu
814-865-7321
Areas of Expertise
- Energy and Society, specifically Community Impacts of Marcellus Shale Development
- Community Development and Public Engagement
- Water Quality
- Environmental Governance Systems
- Women in Agriculture
- Professor and UNESCO Chair in Community, Leadership, and Youth Development
- Director of Graduate Studies, Agricultural and Extension Education and Applied Youth, Family, and Community Education
unescochair@psu.edu
814-863-0387
Areas of Expertise
- Community
- Community and Leadership Development
- International Development
- Research Methods and Statistics
- Social Change/Social Movements
- Rural Sociology
- Environmental/Natural Resource Sociology
- Associate Professor of Rural Sociology, Demography, and Public Health Sciences
gchi@psu.edu
814-863-8245
Areas of Expertise
- Environmental Demography
- Spatial Demography
- Climate Change, Land Use, and Community Resilience
- Critical Infrastructure/Transportation and Population Change and Health
- Computational and Spatial Analysis
- Professor of Rural Sociology and Science, Technology, and Society
llg13@psu.edu
814-863-8636
- Professor of Agricultural and Regional Economics
- Director of The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development
sgoetz@psu.edu
814-863-4664
Areas of Expertise
- Food Systems Economics
- Economic Growth and Development
- Regional Economics and Policy
- Distinguished Professor of Rural Sociology and Demography
ljensen@psu.edu
814-863-8642
Areas of Expertise
- Demography
- Social Stratification
- International Development
- Rural Sociology
- Professor of Agricultural Economics
- Community, Environment, and Development Program Coordinator
- Co-Director, Center for Economic & Community Development
tkelsey@psu.edu
814-865-9542
- Professor Emeritus of Rural Sociology
Areas of Expertise
- mixed-methods research
- human dimensions of natural resources
- rural community development
- survey research
- Professor Emerita of Rural Sociology and Demography
Areas of Expertise
- Community change and family and individual well-being
- Rural youth
- Consequences of Marcellus Shale development for families and communities
- Professor Emerita of Rural Sociology
Areas of Expertise
- Gender and Agriculture
- Women Farmers
- Sustainable Agriculture
- Gender and Climate Change
- Professor of Rural Sociology
art14@psu.edu
814-867-3718
Areas of Expertise
- rural poverty
- spatial inequality
- gender and development
- gender, disaster, and climate change
- Professor of Agricultural Economics
rdweaver@psu.edu
814-863-8632
Areas of Expertise
- Applied econometrics
- Household and firm-level choice & performance
- Computational simulation
- Applied game modeling
- Adaptation to climate change