People in the Prevention Research Center

Quick Directory—Spring 2012

Administration

Mark T. Greenberg
Director
Edna Peterson Bennett Chair & Professor of Human Development & Psychology email
 
Edward A. Smith
Associate Director, & Director of Evaluation Research email

Celene Domitrovich
Assistant Director and Research Assistant Professor email

Brian K. Bumbarger
Director, EPISCenter; Policy Research & Outreach Coordinator email

Program Area Leaders

Emerging Adulthood

Rob Turrisi
Professor of Biobehavioral Health email

 

Family Science & Intervention

     J. Douglas Coatsworth

Associate Professor of Human Development & Family Studies email

 

Mark Feinberg
Research Professor email

 

PEACE (Program on Empathy Awareness and Compassion in Education)

       J. Douglas Coatsworth

Associate Professor of Human Development & Family Studies email

 

Patricia (Tish) Jennings
Research Assistant Professor email

 

School-based Prevention Research

Celene Domitrovich
Assistant Director and Research Assistant Professor email
 

Translation, Dissemination, & Implementation

Brian K. Bumbarger
Director, EPISCenter; Policy Research & Outreach Coordinator email

 

Training

Edward A. Smith
Associate Director, & Director of Evaluation Research email

 

Center Research Faculty

 
Mark Feinberg
Research Professor; Family Science & Intervention Program Area Co-Leader email

 

Kimberly Mallett
Research Associate Professor email

 

Michael Cleveland
Research Assistant Professor email

Donna Coffman
Research Assistant Professor email
 
Patricia (Tish) Jennings
Research Assistant Professor; PEACE Co-Leader email

 

Damon Jones
Research Assistant Professor email

Janet Welsh
Research Assistant Professor email
 
 
Patricia Broderick
Research Associate  email
 

 

Sarah Chilenski
Research Associate  email

Michael Cleveland
Research Associate email

Donna Coffman
Research Associate email
 

 

Jennifer Frank
Research Associate  email

 

 
Michelle Hostetler
Research Associate email

Maureen Ittig
Research Associate email
 
 
Robert Nix
Research Associate email

Brittany Rhoades
Research Associate email
 

Kari-Lyn Sakuma
Research Associate email
 

Meg Small
Research Associate email

 

Affiliated Penn State Faculty

Karen L. Bierman
Director, Child Study Center, and Distinguished Professor of Psychology email

Peter Bordi
Associate Professor of Hospitality Management email

 

Linda Caldwell
Distinguished Professor of Recreation, Park & Tourism Management email

 

H. Harrington "Bo" Cleveland
Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies  email

 

J. Douglas Coatsworth
Associate Professor of Human Development & Family Studies; Family Science & Intervention Program Area Co-Leader; PEACE Co-Leader email

Linda Collins
Professor of Human Development & Family Studies and Director, Penn State Methodology Center email

David Conroy
Professor of Kinesiology email

Elizabeth Farmer
Professor of Health Policy & Administration email

Thomas Farmer
Associate Professor of Education email

Richard Fiene
Professor of Human Development & Family Studies and Psychology, Penn State Harrisburg email
 

Gregory M. Fosco
Assistant Professor of Human Development & Family Studies email

Lisa Gatzke-Kopp
Assistant Professor of Human Development & Family Studies email

Charles F. Geier
Assistant Professor of Human Development email

Scott D. Gest
Associate Professor of Human Development & Family Studies email

Sukhdeep Gill
Associate Professor of Human Development & Family Studies email

John Graham
Professor of Biobehavioral Health & Human Development & Family Studies email

Michael Hecht
Distinguished Professor of Communication Arts & Sciences, & Crime, Law, and Justice email
 
John Hustad
Assistant Professor of Public Health Sciences, Hershey Medical Center/Penn State College of Medicine  email

 

Kathryn Hynes
Assistant Professor of Human Development & Family Studies & Demography email
 
Patricia Barthalow Koch
Professor of Biobehavioral Health email
 
 
Stephanie Lanza
Scientific Director and Senior Research Associate, Penn State Methodology Center  email 
 
Eva Lefkowitz
Associate Professor of Human Development & Family Studies  email

Jennifer Maggs
Professor of Human Development & Family Studies email

Claudia Mincemoyer
Professor of 4-H Youth Curriculum Development email

Dana Mitra
Associate Professor of Education Policy Studies email

Ian Paul
Professor of Pediatrics, Penn State College of Medicine email

Daniel Perkins
Professor of Family & Youth Resiliency and Policy; Director, Penn State Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness email

Vittal Prabhu
Professor of Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering email

Emilie Phillips Smith
 
Professor of Human Development & Family Studies email
Shedra Amy Snipes
Assistant Professor of Biobehavioral Health email

Douglas Teti
Associate Director, Social Science Research Institute, and Professor of Human Development, Psychology, & Pediatrics email

Rob Turrisi
Professor of Biobehavioral Health; Emerging Adulthood Program Area Leader email

 

Prevention Research Center Affiliates

Edward Bender   email

PROSPER Extension Team Leader/

4-H Educator, Adams County

Denise Hanner Continenza   email

PROSPER Extension Team Leader/4-H Educator/Family & Consumer Sciences, Lehigh County

Donna Grey   email

PROSPER Extension Team Leader/

4-H & Dairy Educator, Luzerne County

Karen Thomas     email

PROSPER Extension Team Leader/

Family Living Educator, Lackawana County

Administrative Staff

Elaine Berrena
 
Senior Project Associate email
Lee Carpenter
 
Writer/Editor/Webmaster and Proposal & Award Generalist email
Michael Coccia
Research Assistant  email
Carly Comer
Research Assistant  email
Kelly Confer
Administrative Director; Administrative Services email
Gwen Davis
Research Technologist  email
Mary Ann Demi
Senior Project Associate email
Sebrina Doyle
Research Assistant  email
Barbi Jo Emel
 
Research Technologist email
Sarah Favero
Research Assistant  email
Barbara Gummo
 
Administrative Support Assistant email
Angela Hall
Research Technologist  email
Brandy Harpster
Research Technologist  email
Alexia Hozella
Research Technologist  email
Linda Jacobson
Research Technologist   email
Catherine Jantzer
Senior Research Coordinator email
Carol Masullo
Administrative Support Assistant email
Devon McChesney
Administrative Support Assistant  email
Nicole Morgan
Senior Research Technologist  email
Liza Oakes
Research Technologist  email
Diana Poorman
Administrative Support Assistant email
Aimee Read
Research Assistant email
Nichole Scaglione
Research Assistant  email
Karin Snowberg
Research Technologist   email
Renee Stewart
Research Technologist  email
Sandy Stewart
Research Technologist email
Toni Stewart
Research Technologist  email
Celina Stewart-Smith
Research Technologist  email
Lisa Strouse
 
Senior Financial Administrator; Administrative Services  email
Corey Whitesell
Research Technologist  email
Tracy Yost
Administrative Support Assistant email

EPISCenter Staff

EPISCenter Website

Brian K. Bumbarger
Director, EPISCenter  email

 

 

Liz Kulling
Administrative Support Assistant email

Brittany Rhoades
Lead Evaluator email
 
Elizabeth Campbell
 
Prevention Coordinator  email
 
Lee Ann Cook
Prevention Coordinator email
Sandra Hinkle
CTC Coordinator  email

Phyllis Law
CTC Coordinator  email
 
 
Kimberly McCarthy
Prevention Coordinator  email

Kim Peters
Prevention Coordinator  email
 

 

Roger Spaw
Prevention Coordinator  email
 

 

Prevention and Methodology Training (PAMT) (NIH)

2011-2012 Postdoctoral Fellows

Keri Jowers
email
Sara Vasilenko
email

2011-2012 Predoctoral Fellows

Brea Burger
email
Max Crowley
email
David DuPuis
email
Jason Scott
email
Elizabeth Weybright
email
Yao Zheng
email
 

Prevention Fellows

     Jacqueline Cox  email

     Mary Geier email

Training Interdisciplinary Educational Scientists (ED/LA/HHD) (IES)

Rachel Abenavoli
email
Alexis Harris
email
Deirdre Hon
email
Rebecca Madill
email
Cynthia Willner
email
Kathleen Zadzora
email

Past Graduate & Postdoctoral Fellows, & Bennett Faculty Scholars

PRC Alumni