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Sascha Meinrath

Internet & Technology

SaschaMeinrath

Palmer Chair in Telecommunications Director of the X-Lab

Focus Areas

  • Law and Policy
  • Technology Policy
  • Telecommunications
  • Election Hacking
  • Privacy
  • Surveillance
  • Internet & Technology
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Cybersecurity
Daniel Mallinson

Politics & Policy

DanielMallinson

Associate Professor of Public Policy and Administration

Focus Areas

  • Politics & Policy
  • American Politics
  • Pennsylvania Politics
  • Politics
  • Drug Policy
  • Elections
Michael Berkman

Politics & Policy

MichaelBerkman

Director for the Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy Professor of Political Science

Focus Areas

  • Politics & Policy
  • American Politics
  • Elections
  • Democracy
  • State Politics
Jeffrey Catchmark

Politics & Policy

JeffreyCatchmark

Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering Affiliated Faculty of the The Rock Ethics Institute

Focus Areas

  • Sustainability & Environment
  • Engineering & Technology
  • Materials Science
  • Biomedical Materials Engineering
  • Packaging Materials Engineering
  • Food Materials Engineering
  • Nanomaterials Engineering
  • Biological Materials Engineering
  • Politics & Policy
  • Ethical Leadership and Decision-Making
  • Ethics Education
Stephan Goetz

Business

StephanGoetz

Professor of Agricultural and Regional Economics Director of the Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development

Focus Areas

  • Social Sciences
  • Economics
  • Agriculture
  • Law and Policy
  • Business
  • Economic Development
Bradford Vivian

Politics & Policy

BradfordVivian

Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences Director of the Center for Democratic Deliberation in Penn State's McCourtney Institute for Democracy

Focus Areas

  • Politics & Policy
  • American Politics
  • Politics
  • Ethics Education
  • Historical Commemoration
  • Campus Free Speech
Jennifer Van Hook

Politics & Policy

JenniferVan Hook

Director, Population Research Institute Roy C. Buck Professor of Sociology and Demography

Focus Areas

  • Social Sciences
  • Demography
  • Population Research
  • Politics & Policy
Amit Sharma

Business

AmitSharma

Director of the Food Decisions Research Laboratory

Focus Areas

  • Health & Medicine
  • Food Science
  • Agriculture
  • Food Safety & Quality
  • Business
  • Consumer Behavior
Michael  Nelson

Politics & Policy

Michael Nelson

Associate Professor of Political Science

Focus Areas

  • Law and Policy
  • US Supreme Court
  • Politics & Policy
  • American Politics
  • Pennsylvania Politics
  • Politics
Dennis Jett

Politics & Policy

DennisJett

Professor of International Affairs

Focus Areas

  • Politics & Policy
  • International Affairs
  • Foreign Aid Administration
  • American Foreign Policy
Robert Speel

Politics & Policy

RobertSpeel

Associate Professor of Political Science

Focus Areas

  • Politics & Policy
  • American Politics
  • American Presidency
  • Politics
  • Elections
  • Voting Behavior
  • Congress
  • International Affairs
Nichola Gutgold

Politics & Policy

NicholaGutgold

Professor of Communcation Art & Sciences

Focus Areas

  • Politics & Policy
  • American Politics
  • Politics
  • Voting Behavior
  • Women in Politics
  • Women Presidential Candidates
  • Public Speaking, Speeches and Rhetoric
Flynt Leverett

Politics & Policy

FlyntLeverett

Professor of International Affairs and Asian Studies

Focus Areas

  • Politics & Policy
  • American Politics
  • Politics
  • Congress
  • International Affairs
  • Middle East
  • Chinese Foreign Policy
Alexis  Santos

Social Sciences

Alexis Santos

Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies

Focus Areas

  • Social Sciences
  • Demography
  • Population Research
  • Economics
Joshua  Inwood

Politics & Policy

Joshua Inwood

Associate Professor of Geography and African Studies

Focus Areas

  • Social Sciences
  • Demography
  • Population Research
  • History
  • Civil Rights
  • Racism
  • Social Justice Movements
  • Politics & Policy
  • Politics
  • Ethics Education
Douglas M. Charles

Politics & Policy

Douglas M.Charles

Professor of History

Focus Areas

  • Social Sciences
  • History
  • Politics & Policy
  • American Politics
  • Federal Bureau of Investigations
Erica Frankenberg

Education

EricaFrankenberg

Professor of Education and Demography

Focus Areas

  • Civil Rights
  • Racism
  • Social Justice Movements
  • Diversity
  • Education
  • Civil Rights Education
Lena  Surzhko-Harned

Politics & Policy

Lena Surzhko-Harned

Associate Teaching Professor of Political Science Associate Director, The Public Policy Initiative at Penn State Behrend

Focus Areas

  • Politics & Policy
  • Politics
Ray Block

Digital Media Technologies

RayBlock

Associate Professor of Political Science and African American Studies

Focus Areas

  • Civil Rights
  • Social Justice Movements
  • Diversity
  • Politics & Policy
  • American Politics
  • Politics
  • Elections
  • Voting Behavior
  • Digital Media Technologies
  • Misinformation and Disinformation
Matthew Ferrari

Agriculture

MatthewFerrari

Director of the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics Associate Professor of Biology

Focus Areas

  • Health & Medicine
  • Infectious Disease
  • Health Policy
  • Agriculture
  • Entomology
  • Vector-borne Diseases
Bernice Hausman

Health & Medicine

BerniceHausman

Professor and Chair, Department of Humanities Professor, Public Health Sciences

Focus Areas

  • Health & Medicine
  • Infectious Disease
  • Health Policy
Dennis Scanlon

Health & Medicine

DennisScanlon

Distinguished Professor of Health Policy and Administration

Focus Areas

  • Health & Medicine
  • Health Policy
James Piazza

Politics & Policy

JamesPiazza

Professor of Political Science

Focus Areas

  • Politics & Policy
  • American Politics
  • Politics
  • International Affairs
  • American Foreign Policy
Dermot Groome

Law and Policy

DermotGroome

Harvey A. Feldman Distinguished Faculty Scholar

Focus Areas

  • Law and Policy
  • International Criminal Law
Social Sciences

Russia-Ukraine conflict

​Penn State has a wide range of faculty experts who are readily available to give insight on the evolving and ongoing economic, political, cultural and legal impacts of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.

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Catherine Wanner

Politics & Policy

CatherineWanner

Professor of History, Anthropology, and Religious Studies

Focus Areas

  • Social Sciences
  • Anthropology
  • History
  • Politics & Policy
  • International Affairs
Seth Blumsack

Sustainability & Environment

SethBlumsack

Professor of Energy and Environmental Economics and International Affairs Director of the Center for Energy Law and Policy

Focus Areas

  • Sustainability & Environment
  • Energy
  • Energy Law and Policy
  • Electric Power and Natural Gas
Lara Fowler

Politics & Policy

LaraFowler

Director of the Sustainability Institute Chief Sustainability Officer Professor of Teaching for Penn State Law

Focus Areas

  • Earth Science
  • Extreme Weather
  • Climate Change
  • Sustainability & Environment
  • Water
  • Energy
  • Wastewater Treatment
  • Engineering & Technology
  • Water Resources
  • Law and Policy
  • Politics & Policy
Paul Shrivastava

Business

PaulShrivastava

Focus Areas

  • Sustainability & Environment
  • Business
  • Management and Organization
Politics & Policy

Elections

The Penn State community includes a wide range of faculty members and researchers who contribute to an open, public dialogue on important political issues across the state, nation and world. Our faculty often speak with the media on research related to issues that are top of mind during elections.

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Christopher Ali

Telecommunications

ChristopherAli

Pioneers Chair in Telecommunications

Focus Areas

  • Telecommunications
  • Telecommunications Policy
  • Broadband Policy
  • Media Localism
Boaz Dvir

Politics & Policy

BoazDvir

Focus Areas

  • Journalism & Media
  • Documentary Filmmaking
  • Ethics in Filmmaking
  • Civil Rights
  • Racism
  • Social Justice Movements
  • Diversity
  • Education
  • Education Policy
  • Politics & Policy
  • Middle East
Paul F. Clark

Social Sciences

Paul F.Clark

Professor of Labor and Employment Relations

Focus Areas

  • Social Sciences
  • Labor Relations
  • Unions
  • Union Organizing
  • Collective Bargaining
  • Strikes
  • Labor History
  • Union-Management Partnerships
Sarah Horvath

Health & Medicine

SarahHorvath

Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Focus Areas

  • Health & Medicine
  • Health Policy
  • Reproductive Health
Joseph Wright

Politics & Policy

JosephWright

Focus Areas

  • Politics & Policy
  • Comparative Politics
  • Dictatorships
Health & Medicine

Public Health & Safety

Penn State has a wide range of experts looking at issues like substance use disorder, reproductive rights, gun violence and mass shootings.

Our experts are experienced in speaking with journalists to explain these complex issues to a general audience.

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Andrew Vitek

Criminal Justice

AndrewVitek

Focus Areas

  • Politics & Policy
  • American Politics
  • Politics
  • International Affairs
  • Comparative Politics
  • Dictatorships
  • Criminal Justice
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