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A. Patricia Aguilera Hermida
Associate Teaching Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, School of Behavioral Sciences and Education
Email:
aua240@psu.edu
Lacy Alexander
Professor of Kinesiology
Email:
lma191@psu.edu
Phone:
814-867-1781
Fax:
(814) 865-4602
Office:
113 Noll Laboratory
David Almeida
Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
Email:
dalmeida@psu.edu
Phone:
814-865-2656
Fax:
814-863-9423
Office:
403 Biobehavioral Health Building
Duane Alwin
McCourtney Professor of Sociology and Demography, Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Demography
Email:
dfa2@psu.edu
Phone:
(814) 863-0438
Office:
309 Pond Lab
Monique Balthazar
Assistant Professor, Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing
Email:
msb6243@psu.edu
Orfeu Buxton
Elizabeth Fenton Susman Professor of Biobehavioral Health
Email:
orfeu@psu.edu
Phone:
(814) 867-5707
Office:
205 Biobehavioral Health Building
Vernon Chinchilli
Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Public Health Sciences, Professor of Statistics
Email:
vchinchi@psu.edu
Phone:
717-531-4262
Office:
A210 Public Health Sciences, Hershey, PA 17033
John Dattilo
Professor of Recreation, Park and Tourism Management
Email:
jxd8@psu.edu
Phone:
(814) 863-0720
Fax:
(814) 867-1751
Office:
814A Donald H. Ford Building
Jonathan Daw
Associate Professor of Sociology and Demography
Email:
jud36@psu.edu
Phone:
814-863-0096
Office:
705 Oswald Tower
Mary Jane De Souza
Professor of Kinesiology and Physiology
Email:
mjd34@psu.edu
Phone:
(814) 863-0045
Fax:
(814) 865-4602
Office:
104 Noll Laboratory
Nancy Dennis
Assistant Director for Research for the Center for Healthy Aging, Professor of Psychology, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Associate Department Head for Instruction
Email:
nad12@psu.edu
Phone:
(814) 865-1712
Office:
450 Moore Building
Michele Diaz
Associate Professor of Psychology and Linguistics
Email:
mtd143@psu.edu
Phone:
(814) 863-1726
Office:
356 Moore Building
Jonathan Dingwell
Professor of Kinesiology Graduate Program Director
Email:
jbd5@psu.edu
Phone:
814-865-7761
Christopher Engeland
Professor of Biobehavioral Health
Email:
cge2@psu.edu
Phone:
(814) 865-4694
Fax:
(814) 863-7525
Office:
229 Biobehavioral Health
Nicole Etter
Assistant Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Email:
nme2@psu.edu
Phone:
(814) 863-8133
Office:
404C Ford Building
Paul Evitts
Associate Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders, School of Humanities Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Penn State College of Medicine Program Chair, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Email:
pevitts@psu.edu
Donna Fick
Elouise Ross Eberly Professor of Nursing, Professor of Medicine, Director, Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence at Penn State, Editor, Journal of Gerontological Nursing
Email:
dmf21@psu.edu
Phone:
(814) 865-9325, (814) 863-0245
Fax:
(814) 865-6625
Office:
306 Nursing Sciences Building
Steffany Fredman
Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Associate Professor of Psychology, Edna P. Bennett Faculty Fellow in Prevention Research
Email:
sjf23@psu.edu
Phone:
814-867-5296
Fax:
814-863-7963
Office:
205 Health and Human Development Building
Tullika Garg
Associate Professor of Urology, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Email:
txg5408@psu.edu
Phone:
717-531-0003
Office:
500 University Drive, C4830, Hershey, PA 17033
Jennifer Graham-Engeland
Associate Director of the Center for Healthy Aging, Professor of Biobehavioral Health
Email:
jeg32@psu.edu
Phone:
(814) 863-1840
Office:
231 Biobehavioral Health Building
Margeaux Gray
Assistant Research Professor
Email:
margeaux@psu.edu
Phone:
814-863-5800
Office:
259 Health & Human Development Building
Joshua Gross
Assistant Professor of Nutrition and Biobehavioral Health, Director of the Nutritional Neuropharmacology Laboratory
Email:
jdg6119@PSU.EDU
Jonathan Hakun
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Email:
jgh5196@psu.edu
Phone:
814-867-2441
Office:
EC037 Neurology, Hershey, PA 17033
Nikki Hill
Associate Professor of Nursing, Associate Director of the Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence
Email:
nikki.hill@psu.edu
Phone:
814-867-3265
Office:
311A Nursing Sciences Building
Jennifer Hillman
Professor of Psychology
Email:
JLH35@psu.edu
Phone:
610-396-6147
Office:
119 Franco Building, Reading, PA 19610
Jyotsna Kalavar
Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
Email:
jmk18@psu.edu
Phone:
(724) 334-6745
Fax:
(724) 334-6039
Office:
Room 24, Science Building
Matthew Kaplan
Professor of Agricultural and Extension Education
Email:
msk15@psu.edu
Phone:
(814) 863-7871
Office:
007A Ferguson Building
William Kenney
Professor of Physiology and Kinesiology, Marie Underhill Noll Chair in Human Performance
Email:
w7k@psu.edu
Phone:
814-863-1672
Office:
102 Noll Lab
Ann Kolanowski
Professor of Nursing, Professor of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Adjunct Professor, Associated Faculty, School of Nursing
Email:
amk20@psu.edu
Phone:
(814) 863-9901, (814) 863-1048
Fax:
(814) 865-3779
Office:
304 Nursing Sciences Building
Janine Kwapis
Assistant Professor of Biology
Email:
jlk855@psu.edu
Office:
516 Mueller Lab
Stephanie Lanza
Professor of Biobehavioral Health and Human Development and Family Studies, Professor of Human Development and Family Studies (courtesy)
Email:
SLanza@psu.edu
Phone:
814-865-7095
Office:
302 Biobehavioral Health Building
Soomi Lee
Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
Email:
smlee@psu.edu
Phone:
814-867-6471
Office:
219 HHD Building
Xiao Liu
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Email:
xxl213@psu.edu
Phone:
(814)863-4419
Office:
431 Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
Susan J. Loeb
Professor of Nursing & Department of Medicine, College of Medicine
Email:
svl100@psu.edu
Phone:
(814) 863-2236, (814) 865-3349
Fax:
(814) 863-1027
Office:
315B Nursing Sciences Building
Elizabeth Losin
Associate Professor of Biobehavioral Health
Email:
erl5393@psu.edu
Liying Luo
Associate Professor of Sociology and Demography
Email:
lzl65@psu.edu
Phone:
814-863-0147
Office:
714 Oswald Tower
Aarthi Madhavan
Assistant Professor, CSD Journal Club Coordinator
Email:
axm1125@psu.edu
Phone:
(814) 863-0832
Office:
404B Ford Building
Jennifer Maggs
Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
Email:
jmaggs@psu.edu
Office:
119 Health and Human Development Building
Lynn Martire
Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
Email:
lmm51@psu.edu
Phone:
(814) 865-7374
Office:
411 BBH Building
Kyle Murdock
Assistant Professor of Biobehavioral Health
Email:
kwm20@psu.edu
Phone:
814-863-0200
Office:
114 Biobehavioral Health Building
Zita Oravecz
Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
Email:
zita@psu.edu
Phone:
814-865-1546
Office:
232 Health and Human Development Building
Daniel Roberts
Postdoctoral Scholar, Biobehavioral Health
Email:
dqr5570@psu.edu
Office:
221 Biobehavioral Health Building
Nelson Roque
Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
Email:
nur375@psu.edu
Phone:
814-863-7502
Office:
409 Biobehavioral Health Building
Chaleece Sandberg
Assistant Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Co-Founder of Research PALS
Email:
cws18@psu.edu
Phone:
(814) 863-2007
Office:
401D Ford Building
Alexis Santos
Assistant Director for Diversity and Inclusion in Research for the Center for Healthy Aging, Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies and Demography
Email:
ars39@psu.edu
Phone:
(814) 863-0117
Office:
102 Heath and Human Development Building
Mark Sciegaj
Professor of Health Policy and Administration, Administration, Associate Director of the Penn State Smart Spaces Center, Professor-in-Charge of the Undergraduate Program
Email:
mxs838@psu.edu
Phone:
(814) 863-2861
Fax:
(814) 863-2905
Office:
601F Donald H. Ford Building
Amber Seidel
Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
Email:
ajs49@psu.edu
Phone:
(717) 771-4029
Office:
Room 13, John J. Romano Administration Building (Romano), Penn State York Campus
Idan Shalev
Associate Professor of Biobehavioral Health
Email:
ius14@psu.edu
Phone:
814-865-5764
Office:
223 Biobehavioral Health Building
Dennis Shea
Professor of Health Policy and Administration, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and Outreach, College of Health and Human Development
Email:
dgs4@psu.edu
Phone:
(814) 863-2901, (814) 865-1427
Office:
345 Health and Human Development Building
Chad Shenk
Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies/Department of Pediatrics
Email:
ces140@psu.edu
Phone:
814-865-9688
Office:
230 Health & Human Development Building
Martin Sliwinski
Director of the Center for Healthy Aging, Gregory H. Wolf Professor of Aging Studies, Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
Email:
mjs56@psu.edu
Phone:
(814) 863-9980
Office:
401 Biobehavioral Health Building
Yogasudha Veturi
Assistant Professor of Biobehavioral Health, Assistant Professor of Statistics
Email:
yzv101@psu.edu
Linda Ann Wray
Associate Professor of Biobehavioral Health
Email:
law30@psu.edu
Phone:
(814) 865-0764
Office:
106 Biobehavioral Health Building
Steven Zarit
Emeritus Faculty of Human Development and Family Studies
Email:
z67@psu.edu
Phone:
(814) 865-5260
Fax:
(814) 863-7963