Faculty
Charles Abdalla, Ph.D.
- Professor of Agricultural and Environmental Economics
cabdalla@psu.edu
814-865-2562
Ted Alter, Ph.D.
- Professor of Agricultural, Environmental, and Regional Economics
- Faculty Adviser for RULE
- Co-director, Center for Economic and Community Development
tra2@psu.edu
814-863-8640
David Biddinger
- Tree Fruit Research Entomologist
- Research Associate Professor
djb134@psu.edu
717-677-6116
Cathy Bowen
- Professor of Agricultural and Extension Education
- Consumer Issues
cfb4@psu.edu
814-863-7870
Margaret Brittingham
- Professor of Wildlife Resources
- Extension Wildlife Specialist
mxb21@psu.edu
814-863-8442
Phillip J. Clauer
- Senior Instructor
- Extension Specialist
- - 4-H Youth and Small Specialty Flock Poultry Programs
- Undergraduate Adviser
- Adviser for Poultry Science Club
- Coach Collegiate Poultry Judging
pclauer@psu.edu
814-863-8960
- Poultry management
- Embryology
- Incubation
Marilyn Corbin
- Associate Director, Cooperative Extension
- State Program Leader for Children, Youth, and Families
MCorbin@psu.edu
814-863-6109
- Children
- Youth and Families
Catherine Cutter
- Associate Professor and Food Safety Extension Specialist - Muscle Foods
- Chair of the Food Safety Impact Group
cnc3@psu.edu
814-865-8862
Ryan Elias
- Assistant Professor of Food Science
- Co-Director, Center for Plant and Mushroom Foods for Health
William Elmendorf
- Associate Professor
- Extension Specialist
- Community and Urban Forestry
wfe1@psu.edu
814-863-7941
Eileen Fabian Wheeler, Ph.D.
- Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
efw2@psu.edu
814-865-3552
Mark A. Gagnon
- Entrepreneurship Coordinator, College of Agricultural Sciences
- Visiting Assistant Professor, Sustainable Entrepreneurship
mag199@psu.edu
814-867-3714
Stephan Goetz, Ph.D.
- Professor of Agricultural and Regional Economics
- Director of Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development
sgoetz@psu.edu
814-863-4656
Lisa A. Holden
- Associate Professor of Dairy and Animal Science
- Extension, Undergraduate Adviser, Dairy Management
lah7@psu.edu
814-863-3672
Jeffrey Hyde
- Extension Program Leader
- Professor of Agricultural Economics
jeffhyde@psu.edu
814-865-5666
- Social Media
- Investment Analysis & Technology Adoption
Kathy Kelley
- Associate Professor of Horticultural Marketing and Business Management
KathyKelley@psu.edu
814-863-2196
Tim W. Kelsey, Ph.D
- State Program Leader for Economic and Community Development
- Economic and Community Development
Grzegorz Krawczyk
- Extension Tree Fruit Entomologist
- Senior Research Associate, Entomology
gxk13@psu.edu
717-677-6116
Dennis J. Murphy
- Professor and Extension Safety Specialist
djm13@psu.edu
814-865-7157
- Provides direction and leadership for all agricultural safety and health research and extension projects, instructor for Management of Safety and Health in Production Agriculture and Related Business (ASM 426)
Thomas Richard
- Professor
- Director of Penn State Institute for Energy and the Environment
- Bioenergy and Bioresource Engineering
tlr20@psu.edu
814-865-3722
Sanford "Sandy" Smith, Ph.D.
- Senior Lecturer in Forest Resources and Extension Education
- Natural Resources & Youth Extension Specialist
sss5@psu.edu
814-865-4261
Ann Swinker, Ph.D.
- Extension Horse Specialist
- Associate Professor of Equine Science
aswinker@gmail.com
814-865-7810
- Equine Nutrition
- Stable Management
- Environmental Issues, Manure & Pasture, Water Quality
- Equine Behavior
Elsa Sánchez
- Associate Professor of Horticultural Systems Management
esanchez@psu.edu
814-863-2433
- sustainable and organic vegetable production
Ann Tickamyer, Ph.D.
- Professor and Head, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
art14@psu.edu
814-865-5461
Robert J. Van Saun
- Extension Veterinarian
- Professor of Veterinary Science
rjv10@psu.edu
814-865-6995
Aaron Yoder
- Instructor and Senior Extension Associate
ayoder@psu.edu
814-863-8124
- Provides leadership for the National Safe Tractor and Machinery Operation Program (NSTMOP) project, the Farm and Ranch eXtension in Safety and Health (FReSH) Community of Practice (CoP), and the ROPS Retrofit for Pennsylvanians project, instructor for Hazard Identification and Control in Production Agriculture and Related Business (ASM 326).
