Personnel
Associates & Affiliates
Director
Graduate Research Assistant
Annie Maselli, Ph.D. Student
Educational Leadership Program
CREC Associates include faculty and researchers whose work is consistent with the mission and research/outreach goals of the Center for Rural Education and Communities and who are directly involved with recent and/or ongoing CREC initiatives. Associates also serve as editorial board members for the Journal of Research in Rural Education. Terms for Associates are 3 years in duration and may be renewed depending on the continued involvement of Associates in CREC efforts.
CREC Graduate Student Associates include doctoral graduate students whose graduate work and interests are consistent with the mission and research/outreach goals of the Center on Rural Education and Communities, and who are intellectually involved with the community of scholarship associated with the Center. CREC Graduate Student Associates are often directly involved with ongoing CREC research efforts and initiatives, and may be called on to serve as ad hoc reviewers for the Journal of Research in Rural Education. CREC Graduate Student Associates status is not limited to doctoral students within the Department of Education Policy Studies, although CREC does provide faculty support to those students who are interested in receiving Departmental support for rural-themed writing groups.
CREC Affiliates include faculty and researchers whose work is consistent with the mission and research/outreach goals of the Center for Rural Education and Communities. They provide advice on and assistance with CREC initiatives as needed.
Associates
Kathryn Brasier
Associate Professor of Rural Sociology
Penn State University
Soo-yong Byun
Assistant Professor of Education
Penn State University
Karen Eppley
Associate Professor of Education
Penn State University
Ed Fuller
Associate Professor of Education
Penn State University
Erica Frankenberg
Assistant Professor of Education
Penn State University
Tim Kelsey
Professor of Agricultural Economics
Penn State University
Kimberly Powell
Associate Professor of Education & Art Education
Penn State University
Rebecca Tarlau
Assistant Professor of Education & Labor & Employment Relations
Penn State University
Graduate Student Associates
Ian Burfoot-Rochford
Ph.D. Candidate
Educational Leadership Program
Maraki Kebede
Ph.D. Candidate
Educational Leadership Program
Chi Nguyen
Ph.D. Candidate
Educational Leadership Program
Affiliates
Theodore R. Alter
Professor of Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Economics
Penn State University
Stephan J. Goetz
Professor of Agricultural and Regional Economics
Director of NE Regional Center for Rural Development
Penn State University
Hobart L. Harmon
Educational Researcher and Consultant
Adjunct Professor of Education
Penn State University
Dana Mitra
Associate Professor of Education
Penn State University
David Monk
Dean of the College of Education
Penn State University
Esther Prins
Associate Professor of Education
Penn State University
Past CREC Graduate Student Associates
Jessica Bagdonis
Human & Institutional Capacity Development Advisor
U.S. Agency for International Development
Catharine Biddle
Assistant Professor
University of Maine, Orono
Dara Bloom
Assistant Professor
North Carolina State University
Yetkin Borlu
Postdoctoral Research Associate and Lecturer
Penn State University
Eryka Charley
Director of Native American Student Services
University of Northern Colorado
Brandn Green
Research Scientist & Project Manager
Development Services Group
Daniella Hall
Assistant Professor
Clemson University
Eric Jensen
Technical Expert for Demographic Analysis
U.S. Census Bureau
Stephen Kotok
Assistant Professor
University of Texas at El Paso
Erin McHenry-Sorber
Assistant Professor
University of West Virginia
Bryan Mann
Assistant Professor
University of Alabama
Maryann Stark
Consultant