Faculty

 

Rural Sociology Faculty

Kathryn Brasier
Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology
Areas of Interest:   Environmental/Natural Resource Sociology, Agriculture, Land Use Issues. (Research and Extension)

105-B Armsby
(814) 865-7321
kjb24@psu.edu

Jeffrey Bridger
Senior Research Associate

7-A Armsby
(814) 863-8631
jcb8@psu.edu

Leland L. Glenna
Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology and Science, Technology, and Society
Areas of Interest:   Sociology of agriculture and natural resources, science and technology studies, and economic sociology

105-C Armsby
(814) 863-8636
llg13@psu.edu

Clare Hinrichs
Associate Professor of Rural Sociology
Areas of Interest:   Sociology of Food Systems, Agriculture and Environment; Rural Social Change and Development. (Research and Teaching)

112-F Armsby
(814) 863-8628
chinrichs@psu.edu

Leif Jensen
Professor of Rural Sociology and Demography
Areas of Interest:   Demography, Social Stratification, Development and Economic Change. (Research and Teaching)

110-A Armsby
(814) 863-8642
ljensen@psu.edu

Mark A. Leach
Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology and Demography
Areas of Interest:   U.S. Immigration and Immigrant Incorporation (rural/urban differences), Mexican Migration and Settlement in New U.S. Destinations, Immigrant Families & Households, Social Demography, Quantitative Methods

110-B Armsby
(814) 867-2871
mal41@psu.edu

A.E. Luloff
Professor of Rural Sociology
Areas of Interest:   Rural Sociology, Rural Community Development, Rural Policy, Natural Resource Sociology. (Research and Teaching)

114 Armsby
(814) 863-8643
aeluloff@psu.edu

Diane K. McLaughlin
Professor of Rural Sociology and Demography
Areas of Interest:   Community and Community Development, Labor Market Structure and Inequality, Family Demography, and Rural Health

110-C Armsby
(814) 863-8626
dkk@psu.edu

Anouk Patel-Campillo
Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology
Areas of Interest:   City and Regional Planning, Development, Global Economic Restructuring and Agriculture

111-B Armsby
(814) 865-2561
aup20@psu.edu

Carolyn Sachs
Professor of Rural Sociology
Areas of Interest:   Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Women in Agriculture and Rural Development. (Research, Teaching, and Extension)

111-C Armsby
(814) 863-8641
xyl@psu.edu

James E. Van Horn
Professor of Rural Sociology
Areas of Interest:   Rural Sociologist, Family Sociology Extension. (Teaching and Extension)

111-A Armsby
(814) 863-8646
jev@psu.edu

Fern K. Willits
Distinguished Professor of Rural Sociology
Areas of Interest:   Individual Well-Being and Life-Satisfaction in Adulthood, Changing Values and Attitudes Through the Lifespan, Adolescent Behavior, Rurality. (Research and Teaching)

113 Armsby
(814) 863-8647
fkw@psu.edu