Personnel
Center Personnel
Director
Staff Assistant
Graduate Assistant
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 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
Soo-yong Byun
Assistant Professor of Education
Penn State University
Lisa Davis
Director, Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health
Penn State University
Jacqueline Edmondson
Professor of Education
Penn State University
Karen Eppley
Assistant Professor of Education
Penn State University (Altoona Campus)
Ed Fuller
Associate Professor of Education
Penn State University
Erica Frankenberg
Assistant Professor of Education
Penn State University
William Hartman
Professor of Education
Penn State University
Diane McLaughlin
Professor of Rural Sociology and Demography
Penn State University
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
Tim Kelsey
Professor of Agricultural Economics
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
