People
We are a diverse group of researchers and research support specialist passionate about the work we do in prevention to improve the lives of children and families across the life span.
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Stephanie Lanza
PRC Director; C. Eugene Bennett Chair in Prevention; Professor, Biobehavioral Health
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Rose Baker
Assistant Research Professor
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Patricia Broderick
Assistant Research Professor
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Sarah Chilenski
Senior Research Associate & Associate Research Professor
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John Dziak
Assistant Research Professor
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Shichen Fang
Post-doctoral Scholar
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Mark Feinberg
Research Professor
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Greg Fosco
PRC Associate Director; Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
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Lindsey Gedaly
Post-doctoral Scholar
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Cagla Giray
Policy Associate, Research-to-Policy Collaboration
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Michelle Hostetler
Assistant Research Professor
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Damon Jones
Associate Research Professor
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Jin-kyung Lee
Post-Doctoral Scholar
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Ty Lees
Post-doctoral Scholar
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Ashley Linden-Carmichael
Assistant Research Professor of Health and Human Development
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Elizabeth Long
Post-doctoral Research Scholar, Research-to-Policy Collaboration
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Kimberly Mallett
Research Professor
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Jacqueline Mogle
Assistant Research Professor
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Siri Newman
Assistant Research Professor
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Giorgia Picci
Post-Doctoral Scholar
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Racheal Reavy
Assistant Research Professor
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Emma Rose
Assistant Research Professor
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Taylor Scott
Assistant Research Professor; Co-Director, Research-to-Policy Collaboration
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Meg Small
PRC Director of Social Innovation; Assistant Research Professor
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Edward Smith
Past PRC Director; Research Professor (Retired)
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Jennifer Turner
Post-doctoral Scholar
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Janet Welsh
Research Professor; Principal Investigator, EPIS and SPEP
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Sarah Ackerman
Senior Research Coordinator; Researcher
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Amanda Applegate
Technical Communications Specialist
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Zoe Armstrong
Human Research Technologist
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Elaine Berrena
Prevention Educator
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Sandesh Bhandari
Research Data Analyst
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Lee Carpenter
Pre-Award Coordinator/Proposal Development
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Gwen Davis
Project Coordinator, Family Life Project
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Jessica DeFelice
Human Research Technologist
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Mary McCauley
Administrative Support Coordinator
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Gabrielle Provenzano
Research Project Manager
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Daniel Schmidt
Research Project Manager
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Ashley Stauffer
Assistant Director, Administrative Data Accelerator
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Jessica Stavig
Research Project Manager
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Melissa Tomascik
Youth and Family Prevention Specialist
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Courtney Whetzel
Project Manager
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Alex Winters
Data Manager
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Andrew Zeveney
Research Project Manager
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Sara Brennen
Manager, Strategic Communications
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Vanessa Dawson
Administrative Support Assistant
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Alicia Fetzer
Financial Coordinator
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Carol Masullo
Administrative Support Coordinator
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Mel Miles
Financial Assistant
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Cheryl Stamm
Administrative Support Assistant
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Meghan Blevins
Systems Change Specialist, EPIS
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Geneen Burris
Implementation Specialist, EPIS
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Jeanine Emigh
Administrative Support Assistant, EPIS
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Melissa Fausey
Systems Change Specialist, EPIS
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Lisa Freese
SPEP™ Implementation Specialist, EPIS
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Joche Gayles
Evaluation Analyst, EPIS; Assistant Research Professor
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Kris Glunt
SPEP™ Project Manager, EPIS
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Jeffery Hogan
Systems Change Specialist, EPIS
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Dawn Hooton
SPEP™ Implementation Specialist, EPIS
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Jordan Joyce
Implementation Specialist, EPIS
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Phyllis Law
Senior Systems Change Specialist, EPIS
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Aaron Luneke
Evaluation and Data Specialist, EPIS
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Shannon O'Lone
SPEP™ Implementation Specialist, EPIS
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Christa Park
SPEP™ Implementation Specialist, EPIS
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Kevin Perluke
SPEP™ Implementation Specialist, EPIS
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Heather Roberts
Implementation Specialist, EPIS
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Roger Spaw
Evidence-based Practices Project Manager, EPIS
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Nicole Wells
Implementation Specialist, EPIS
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Janet Welsh
Research Professor; Principal Investigator, EPIS and SPEP
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Jennifer Agans
Assistant Professor, Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management
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Will Aldridge
PRC Affiliate Faculty
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Jocelyn Anderson
Assistant Professor, Nursing
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Sunhye Bai
Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies; Karl R. and Diane Wendle Fink Early Career Professor for the Study of Families
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Karen Bierman
Director, Child Study Center; Evan Pugh Professor, Psychology and HDFS
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Peter Bordi
Associate Professor, Hospitality Management
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Mark Brennan
UNESCO Chair and Professor
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Linda Caldwell
Emeritus Distinguished Professor, RPTM
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Anne-Marie Chang
Assistant Professor, Biobehavioral Health and Nursing
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Bo Cleveland
Professor, HDFS
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Christian Connell
Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
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Molly Countermine
Associate Teaching Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
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Max Crowley
Associate Professor of Human Development, Family Studies, and Public Policy; Director, Evidence-to-Impact Collaborative
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Michael Donovan
Associate Director, Evidence-to-Impact Collaborative; Assistant Research Professor of Social Science & Public Policy
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Sebrina Doyle
Assistant Research Professor
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Rina D. Eiden
Professor of Psychology, Consortium for Combating Substance Abuse; Associate Editor of Child Development
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Cara Exten
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
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Richard Fiene
Professor, HDFS/Psychology (Ret.)
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Diana Fishbein
Past PRC Director; Research Professor, HDFS
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Lori Francis
Associate Professor, Biobehavioral Health
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Jennifer Frank
Assistant Professor, Education
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Steffany Fredman
Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
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Lisa Gatzke-Kopp
Professor, HDFS
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Charles Geier
Associate Professor, HDFS
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Sukhdeep Gill
Professor, HDFS, Penn State York
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John Graham
Professor Emeritus, BBH/HDFS
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Mark Greenberg
Emeritus Professor and Founding Director, Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center
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Kate Guastaferro
Assistant Research Professor
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Cristin Hall
Assistant Professor, Education
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Michael Hecht
Distinguished Professor, CAS/CLJ (Ret.)
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Yoon Sun Hur
Assistant Research Professor
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John Hustad
Associate Professor, Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine
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Royel M. Johnson
Assistant Professor of Higher Education; Research Associate, Center for the study of Higher Education
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Abenaa Jones
Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
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Hyun Woo Kim
Assistant Research Professor
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Patricia Koch
Emeritus Professor, BBH
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David Lee
Professor, Education
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Erika Lunkenheimer
Associate Professor, Psychology; Associate Director of Education, Child Maltreatment Solutions Network
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Jennifer Maggs
Professor, HDFS
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Claudia Mincemoyer
Professor Emerita of Agricultural and Extension Education and Prior Director, Penn State Better Kid Care Program
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Dana Mitra
Professor, Education Policy Studies
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Paul Morgan
Professor, Education
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Jennie Noll
Professor, HDFS; Director, Network on Child Protection and Wellbeing
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Ian Paul
Professor, Pediatrics and Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine
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Daniel Perkins
Principal Scientist and Founder, Penn State Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness; Professor, Family & Youth Resiliency and Policy
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Vittal Prabhu
Professor, Indus./Manuf. Engineering
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Tracy Raulston
Assistant Professor, Education
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Robert Roeser
Bennett Pierce Professor of Compassion and Caring, and Professor, HDFS
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Dennis Scanlon
Distinguished Professor, HPA; Director, CHCPR
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Deborah Schussler
Associate Professor, Education
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Barrett Scroggs
Assistant Professor of HDFS, Penn State Mont Alto
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Chad Shenk
Associate Professor, HDFS
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Shedra Amy Snipes
Associate Professor, BBH
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Glenn Sterner III
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Penn State Abington Campus
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Douglas Teti
Head and Professor, HDFS/Psychology/Pediatrics
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Samantha Tornello
Assistant Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
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Rob Turrisi
Professor, Biobehavioral Health
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Martha Wadsworth
Professor, Psychology
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Steven Xing
Assistant Research Professor
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Brian Bumbarger
Founding Director, EPISCenter; PRC Adjunct Faculty
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Celene Domitrovich
Research Associate Professor, Georgetown University; PRC Adjunct Faculty
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Kamila Dvorakova
PRC Adjunct Faculty
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Laura Jana
PRC Adjunct Faculty
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Alyssa Abrams
PAMT Pre-doctoral Fellow
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Tong Chen
PAMT Pre-doctoral Fellow
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Renee Cloutier
PAMT Post-doctoral Fellow
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Blake Colaianne
Caring and Compassion Fellow
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Daniel Cooper
PAMT Post-doctoral Fellow
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Jimikaye Courtney
PAMT Post-doctoral Fellow
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Kyler Knapp
PAMT Pre-doctoral Fellow
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Christa Mahlobo
PAMT Pre-doctoral Fellow
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Devin McCauley
PAMT Pre-doctoral Fellow
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Daniel Petrie
PAMT Pre-doctoral Fellow
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Constanza Silva
PAMT Pre-doctoral Fellow
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Emily Simpson
PAMT Post-doctoral Fellow
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Katja Waldron
PAMT Pre-doctoral Fellow