Mark Brennan

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
Expertise:
  • Community
  • Community and Leadership Development
  • International Development
  • Research Methods and Statistics
  • Social Change/Social Movements
  • Rural Sociology
  • Environmental/Natural Resource Sociology
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My research, teaching, writing, and program development concentrates on the role of community and leadership development in the community, youth, and rural development process.  In this context, much of my work has focused on community action, civic engagement, youth development, locally based natural resource management, economic development, and social justice.  This work has involved extensive comparative research throughout the United States, Europe, Central/South America, Africa, and Asia.

Ph.D., Rural Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University, 2003
M.S., Rural Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University, 1994
B.S., Sociology, Salisbury University, 1992