Last week, Penn State reminded us why it needs a space that is dedicated to the production of ideas and practices aimed at ending the structural racism that plagues its own campus and the nation as a whole. The brash disregard for BIPOC voices and anti-racist protestors was a reminder of why Black faculty are leaving the institution at four times the rate of any other group and why so many students, faculty, staff, and alumni have concluded that they don’t matter to Penn State.
The university has gone back on its commitment to creating a Center for Racial Justice. This recent backsliding adds to a long list of broken promises on issues of racial justice by Penn State, going back decades. Look no further than the two-part More Rivers to Cross (
Part I and
Part II ) report that documents the pervasiveness of the problem; or
the Village protests of 2001, a documentary of the failure of Penn State leadership to address racially-motivated death threats to a Black student. More recently, consider their embarrassing, dehumanizing response to protests by those demanding an opportunity to learn without threat to their physical or psychological well-being. Each time, Penn State promised to do better and to invest in its infrastructure. Each time, as has happened again with the events of last week, the university’s actions prove that there is no institutional commitment. One president giveth and another taketh away, as President Neeli Bendapudi has now done in the case of the Center for Racial Justice, an initiative announced by her predecessor, Eric Barron, in the heat of the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020-2021. At the time, then President Barron declared, “We must acknowledge the pain, anger and frustration that such events inflict on our community. We must recognize that Black Lives Matter and that racism, bias and religious intolerance yield an inexcusable cost to life and liberty.” Fast forward from this statement, made on June 10, 2020, to last week’s decision to halt the Center’s creation. It is merely the latest in a string of decisions illustrating an all too consistent pattern: concessions on racial justice, solemnly made in moments of crisis, are soon forgotten when the crises pass.
In the case of the ill-fated Center for Racial Justice, a search committee for a founding director had been formed and duly charged, a search firm had been hired, and committee members had been exhorted to dig deep into their Rolodexes in search of potential applicants for the job. Then, after months of toil, President Bendapudi suddenly pulled the plug. Why?
While university officials claim this decision was made in consultation with key stakeholders, the committees, staff, students, and faculty who labored to make the center happen were not consulted. Key community leadership, including the authors of More Rivers to Cross, members of the Presidential Commission, and the Penn State University Truth and Reconciliation Commission -- groups whose memberships represent all areas of the Commonwealth Campuses, alumni, and businesses – were not consulted. This is symptomatic of a decades-long history at Penn State, where the university has failed to invest in work that addresses structural inequality and the realities of structural racism on our campuses, in our community, and in the state. At a time of rising racial inequality and intensifying racial injustice, Penn State leadership has decided to turn its back on research to address and potentially positively impact the realities of racial injustice.
Disturbingly, this decision came in the wake of the “Stand Back and Stand By” event, where the notorious alt-right, Proud Boys-founding white supremacist Gavin McGinnes came to campus to perform in a “comedy show.” No less disturbing was the militarized response of state and local police, including riot squads in full armor and units on shodded horses, all of them deployed against Penn State student protesters, some of whom were also maced by Proud Boys. What is possibly most disturbing about this event, however, was the university leadership’s
first and
second public responses. They seem to steal a page from Trump’s “good-people-on-both-sides” speech in the wake of the Charlottesville crisis. The university blamed the protestors whose actions, it said, “furthered the visibility” of speakers espousing “abhorrent views and rhetoric.” It may have been lost on the writers/signers of this statement that the university’s faux-Solomonic, both-sides-are-to-blame assertion validates the point made by those protesting the “Stand Back and Stand By” event: they don’t matter. When, just days later, the decision to quash the Center for Racial Justice was announced, those protesting the university’s complacency in the face of racism saw yet another indication of how much they matter to the powers that be on campus.
The university has also failed to explain the president’s decision to nix the Center for Racial Justice with consistency. Initially, the university said the center was unaffordable. Following pushback and bad publicity, messaging has changed. More recent communications reveal a tentative plan to spend more on existing racial justice programs than the center would have cost. While any plan that leads to systemic antiracism reform is welcome, these messages appear inconsistent and raise further concerns. Either the university did not have the resources for the center, or they had the money all along and were going to invest it elsewhere. The current administration is employing questionable scarcity tactics with budget numbers that appear to have shifted. President Bendapudi often shares that we have nothing to worry about because she is a
banker, but last week's response to the protestors and the decision to defund the racial justice center reminds us that the university needs a
president. We need a credible path to enacting racial justice at Penn State.
Less than a year ago, President Bendapudi was named our university president. When she took this mantle, she became the first woman and woman of color to hold this office at Penn State. Moreover, she brought with her a personal history of diversifying leadership teams and of promoting diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. As president of the University of Louisville she vowed, amid the Black Lives Matter protests, to make it the nation’s premier antiracist institution of higher learning. While we recognize that our new president is still fully settling into her role, and has many arduous tasks before her, we assert that the issues addressed in this document are pressing and urgent. These concerns matter too. President Bendapudi began her time with us with a listening tour. We hope she is listening now, including to her own previous statements and vows about racial justice.
1. Marinda K. Harrell-Levy, Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Brandywine -- Former member of the search committee for the Center for Racial Justice
2. Josh Inwood, Professor of Geography, University Park -- Former member of the search committee for the Center for Racial Justice
3. Efraín Marimón, Associate Teaching Professor of Education, University Park -- Former member of the search committee for the Center for Racial Justice
4. Koraly Pérez-Edgar, Professor of Psychology, University Park -- Former member of the search committee for the Center for Racial Justice
5. Michael West, Professor of African American Studies, History, and African Studies, University Park -- Former member of the search committee for the Center for Racial Justice
6. Gary King, Professor of Biobehavioral Health, More Rivers to Cross co-author
7. Ashley Patterson, Associate Professor, CoE Curriculum & Instruction
8. Hester Blum, Professor of English, University Park
9. Jennifer Baka, Associate Professor of Geography, University Park
10. Alex Lubin, Professor, African American Studies and History
11. Marcela Borge, Associate Professor, Learning, Design, and Technology, University Park
12. John Champagne, Professor of English, Penn State Erie
13. Rebecca Tarlau, Associate Professor of Education and of Labor and Employment Relations
14. Errol A. Henderson, Associate Professor, Political Science, Author "Being Black at Penn State"
15. Paul Kellermann, Teaching Professor of English, University Park
16. Darryl C Thomas Department of African American studies
17. Kamesh Madduri, Associate Professor, College of Engineering, University Park
18. Julia Green Bryan, Professor, Educational Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education
19. Mandisa Haarhoff, Assistant Professor, Comparative Literature
20. Lori A. Francis, Associate Professor of Biobehavioral Health, University Park
21. Anthony C. Didlake, Jr., Associate Professor of Meteorology, University Park
22. Mildred R. Mickle, Associate Professor of English, Department of English, PSU-Greater Allegheny
23. Manuel Rosaldo, Assistant Professor, Labor and Employment Relations, University Park
24. Liliana Naydan, Associate Professor, English, Abington
25. Sarah J. Townsend, Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, University Park
26. Brenda Martinez/Student Advocacy Specialist/Office of Education & Social Equity/College of Education-UP
27. Chris Dancy, Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering and Computer Science & Engineering, University Park
28. Emily Rosenman, Assistant Professor of Geography, University Park
29. Kofi Adu, Professor of Physics, Penn State Altoona-College
30. Raymond Najjar, Professor of Oceanography, Deparment of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
31. Jose D. Fuentes, Professor of Atmospheric Science, Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
32. Krista Brune, Associate Professor of Portuguese and Spanish, University Park
33. Julio Palma, Associate Professor, Chemistry, Penn State Fayette
34. John Peters, Assistant Professor, Department of Atmospheric Science, College of earth and mineral sciences
35. Alfonso Mejia, Associate Professor, College of Engineering, University Park
36. Eugene Clothiaux, Professor, Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
37. Nate Brown, Professor of Mathematics, University Park
38. Christopher Boxe, Associate Research Professor, Department of Geosciences/Earth + Mineral Sciences
39. Melissa Gervais, Assistant Professor, Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
40. Aliza Davner, Lecturer of English, Penn State DuBois
41. Eleonora Sartoni, Assistant Teaching Professor of Italian, Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, University Park
42. Matthew Kumjian, Associate Professor of Meteorology, Department of Meteorology & Atmospheric Science, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, University Park
43. Michael Bérubé, Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Literature, Department of English, College of the Liberal Arts, University Park
44. Rosa Eberly, Assoc Professor, CAS, UP
45. Stephen M. Fonash, Lecturer, Department of English, College of the Liberal Arts, University Park
46. Mark Anner, Professor, School of Labor and Employment Relations, University Park
47. Michelle Rodino-Colocino, Associate Professor, Media Studies, Bellisario College of Communications, UP
48. Yunji Zhang, Assistant Professor of Meteorology, Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, University Park
49. Jose Soto, Associate Professor of Psychology, University Park
50. Manini Samarth, Associate Teaching Professor, Departments of English and WGSS, University Park
51. Melissa Rolls, Paul Berg Professor of Biochemistry, University Park
52. Melissa W. Wright, Professor of Geography, Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
53. Louisa Holmes, Assistant Professor of Geography, EMS, UP
54. Jessica Henry, Associate Teaching Professor, Educational Psychology, Counselor, Special Education (EPCSE), University Park
55. Gabriela T. Richard, Assistant Professor of Learning, Design and Technology, Learning and Performance Systems, College of Education, Penn State University Park Campus
56. Heather Toomey Zimmerman, Professor of Education, Department of Learning and Performance Systems, University Park
57. Scott McDonald, Professor of Science Education, Curriculum and Instruction, UP
58. Mildred Boveda, Associate Professor, Educational Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education
59. Linda Wray, Associate Professor, Biobehavioral Health, College of Health and Human Development
60. Charlotte Land, Assistant Professor of Education, Curriculum & Instruction, College of Education, University Park
61. Erica Frankenberg, Professor, education policy studies
62. Paul Markowski, Distinguished Professor of Meteorology, Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, University Park
63. Allison Henward, associate professor, Early Childhood Education, University Park
64. Natasha Miles, Associate Research Professor, Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, University Park
65. David Stensrud, Professor and Head, Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, University Park
66. Gilberto Conchas, Professor, Education Policy Studies, University Park
67. Kevin Bowley, Assistant Teaching Professor, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, University Park
68. Tanner Vea, Assistant Professor, Learning and Performance Systems, College of Education, University Park
69. Andrea McCloskey, Assoc. Prof., Curriculum& Instruction/ Education/UP
70. Karly Ford, Associate Professor, Education Policy Studies, University Park
71. Alexandra List, Associate Professor, Educational Psychology, College of Education, University Park
72. Brian King, Professor of Geography, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
73. Anne Elrod Whitney, Professor of Education, Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education
74. Mark Kissling, Associate Professor, Curriculum and Instruction, UP
75. Cameron Richardson, Assistant Research Professor, Social Science Research Institute
76. Rebekah Dawson, Associate Professor, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Eberly College of Science, University Park
77. Kathleen M. Collins Associate Professor College of Education UP
78. Xingchao Chen, Assistant Professor of Meteorology, Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, University Park
79. Lorraine Dowler, Professor of Geography, University Park
80. Trevor Birkenholtz, Associate Professor, Geography/EMS/University Park
81. Janice A. Byrd, Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, Counseling and Special Education, University Park
82. Santhosh Girirajan, Associate Professor of Genomics, University Park
83. Zoubeida Ounaies, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, UP
84. Carol Evans, Lecturer, Biology, Fayette Campus
85. Jacquelyn Huff, Assistant Teaching Professor, College of Engineering, University Park
86. Julio Urbina, Associate Professor, College of Engineering, University Park
87. Phillip Zapkin, Assistant Teaching Professor, English, University Park
88. Kelly Lombardo, Associate Professor, Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science/EMS/University Park
89. Tim Kane, Professor, EE/CoE/UP
90. Jamie Lee Andreson, Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of History
91. Matthew Kelly, Assistant Professor, Education Policy Studies, College of Education, University Park
92. Jill M. Wood, Teaching Professor, Dept of WGSS
93. William Brune, Distinguished Professor of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, College of Earth and Mineral Science, University Park
94. Nan Elizabeth Woodruff. Emerita Professor. African American Studies and Modern US History
95. Luciana Aronne Associate Teaching Professor of Chemistry Penn State Behrend
96.Justine Lindemann, Assistant Professor of Community Development and Resilience, AESE, College of Agricultural Sciences
97. Elizabeth Smolcic, Teaching Professor of Education, Curriculum & Instruction, University Park
98. Diane Henderson, Professor, Department of Mathematics, Eberly College of Science University Park
99. David Gamson, Professor, Department of Education Policy Studies, UP
100. Katharine Donnelly Adams, Assistant Teaching Professor, Psychology, CLA, University Park
101. Aiesha Lee, Assistant Professor, University Park, College of Education, Department of Educational Psychology Counseling and Special Education
102. Aaron Campbell, Assistant Professor Of Special Education, Educational Psychology, Counseling and Special Education, University Park
103. Jennifer Macalady, Professor of Geosciences, University Park
104. Reg Adams, Professor of Psychology, CLA, UP
105. Carter Hunt, Associate Professor of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management, and Anthropology
106. Jocelyn Anderson, Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, University Park
107. Tom Richard, Professor, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, College of Agricultural Sciences
108. Marsha E. Modeste, Associate Professor of Education (Education Leadership), Education Policy Studies, University Park
109. Jes Matsick, Assistant Professor, Psychology and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, University Park
110. Ibrahim Moustafa, Assistant Research Professor, BMB, University Park
111. Evan Bradley, Associate Professor of Psychology & Linguistics, Penn State Brandywine
112. Jochebed Gayles, Assistant Research Professor, Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center
113. Heather Karsten, Associate Professor, Dept. of Plant Science, College of Agricultural Sciences
114. DeMarcus A. Jenkins, Assistant Professor of Education Leadership (Department of Education Policy Studies), University Park
115. Kamaria B. Porter, Assistant Professor, Education Policy Studies, UP
116. Moriah Szpara, Associate Professor, Biology and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Eberly College of Science, University Park
117. Lydia Ocasio-Stoutenburg, Assistant Professor of Special Education, Educational Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education, University Park
118. Suvrath Mahadevan, Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University Park
119. Arthur T. Matthews, Teaching Professor Labor and Employment Relations
120. Wilson K. Okello, Assistant Professor, Education Policy Studies, University Park
121. Carol Baker, Associate Research Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University Park
122. Jeanine Staples, Professor of Literacy and Language, African American Studies, and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, CoE, University Park
123. Thomas Beebee, Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Comparative Literature and German, UP
124. Elizabeth Prosek, Associate Professor / Educational Psychology, Counseling, Special Education / College of Education / University Park
125. Francesca Lopez, Professor and Waterbury Chair of Equity Pedagogy, College of Education, University Park
126. Ty Hollett, Associate Professor, Department of Learning and Performance Systems, College of Education, University Park
127. Stephanie Schroeder, Assistant Professor, Curriculum & Instruction, UP
128. Alicia Dowd, Professor of Education, College of Education
129. Jack W. Langelaan, Professor of Aerospace Engineering, University Park
130. Sujeong Park, Assistant Professor, Health Administration, School of Public Affairs, Harrisburg
131. Gib Prettyman, Associate Professor of English, Fayette Campus
132. Gregory S. Jenkins, Professor, Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences, EMS, University Park
133. Deirdre O’Sullivan Associate Professor EPCSE, UP
134. Aldon Nielsen, Professor of English, University Park
135. Gail Boldt, Distinguished Professor, Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education, University Park Campus
136. Leticia Oseguera, Professor of Education, College of Education, University Park
137. Margarita M. López-Uribe, Associate Professor, Department of Entomology, College of Agricultural Sciences, University Park
138. Mary Ann Bruns, Professor, Dept of Ecosystem Science and Management, College of Agricultural Sciences
139. Emily Bell, Associate Research Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
140. Christine McDonald- Faculty- Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education UP
141. Enrique Gomez, Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering, UP
142. Eric Nacsa, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
143. Donghui Jeong, Associate Professor, Eberly College of Science, University Park
144. Hollie Kulago, Associate Professor, Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education
145. Carla Zembal-Saul, Department Head, Curriculum & Instruction
146. Anna Kaiper-Marquez, Associate Director and Assistant Teaching Professor, Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy and the Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy
147. Colin Zarzycki, Assistant Professor of Meteorology and Climate Dynamics, University Park
148. Camelia Kantor, Associate Research Professor, UP
149. Kristen Nadermann, Herr Clinic Coordinator, EPCSE, College of Education
150. James Tutt, Associate Research Professor, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Eberly College of Science, University Park
151. Magali Armillas-Tiseyra, Associate Professor, Department of Comparative Literature (University Park)
152. Julia Kregenow, Teaching Professor, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Eberly College of Science, UP
153. Elizabeth Mazur,m Professor Psychology, Penn State Greater Allegheny
154. Allain Daigle, Instructional Designer, Penn State Fayette/Penn State Greater Allegheny
155. Fabien Grisé, Associate Research Professor, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Eberly College of Science, University Park
156. Helen Greatrex, Assistant Professor Geography and Statistics & ICDS cohire, EMS and ECOS, University Park
157. Emma Teitelman, Assistant Research Professor of History
158. Johnathan White, Associate Teaching Professor, History, Penn State Greater Allegheny
159. LaWanda Ward, Assistant Professor of Higher Education, Education Policy Studies, College of Education, University Park
160. Daniel Susser, Assistant Professor, College of Information Sciences & Technology
161. Mary Barbercheck, Professor, Department of Entomology, COAS, University Park
162. Laifang Li, Assistant Professor, Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, University Park
163. Sophia A. McClennen, Director of the Center for Global Studies. Professor of International Affairs and Comparative Literature, The School of International Affairs, University Park
164. Meg Handley, Associate Teaching Professor, School of Engineering Design, Technology, & Professional Programs, College of Engineering
165. Abderrahim Ouarghidi, Assistant Teaching Professor, African Studies and Anthropology, University Park
166. Erika Machtinger, Assistant Professor, COAS
167. Christopher Zorn, Liberal Arts Professor of Political Science
168. Chris E. Forest, Professor of Climate Dynamics, Depts. Meteorology and Atmospheric Science & Geosciences/Earth and Mineral Sciences,Earth and Environmental Systems Institute/University Park
169. Christopher Robinson, BSW Program Director/Assistant Professor, Social Work, Penn State Greater Allegheny
170. Barbara Rolls, Guthrie Chair in Nutrition, HHD, University Park
171. Lucy McClain, Assistant Teaching Professor, Shaver's Creek Environmental Center
172. Henock Louis, Department Head, Accounting
173. V. Ashley Villar, Assistant Professor, Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Eberly College of Science, University Park
174. Kelli Hoover, Professor of Entomology
175. Sukyoung Lee, Distinguished Professor, Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
176. Kimberly Powell, Professor, College of Education and College of Arts & Architecture, University Park
177. Kim Van Meter, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University Park
178. Michelle Gordon, Professor, University College
179. Elizabeth Hajek, Associate Professor of Geosciences, University Park
180. Zack Furness, Associate Professor of Communications, Penn State Greater Allegheny
181. Maria Lewis, Associate Professor, Education Policy Studies, College of Education, University Park
182. Squire Booker, Evan Pugh Professor of Chemistry and of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
183. Tim Bralower, Teaching Professor, Department of Geosciences, EMS
184. Gabeba Baderoon, Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, African Studies and Comparative Literature, University Park
185. Asher Rosinger, Assistant Professor of Biobehavioral Health and Anthropology, College of Health and Human Development, UP
186. Rachel Wolkenhauer, Associate Professor of Education, Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education, University Park
187. Kelly Rosinger, Associate Professor, Education Policy Studies, College of Education, University Park
188. Amy Snipes, Associate Professor of Biobehavioral Health, University Park
189. Kennedy Morrison, Program Coordinator, Eberly College of Science Office of Diversity & Inclusion, University Park
190. Ed Fuller, Associate Professor, College of Education, University Park
191. Leland Glenna, Professor, ASES/College of Agricultural Sciences/University Park
192. Esther Prins, Professor of Education, Lifelong Learning and Adult Education Program, UP
193. Rishi Krishnamoorthy, Assistant Professor, College of Education
194. Ian Czekala, Assistant Professor, Astronomy and Astrophysics, University Park
195. Tim Jegla, Associate Professor, Biology, ECoS, University Park
196. Marie Cross, Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Biobehavioral Health, University Park
197. Brian Redmond, Teaching Professor, College of the Liberal Arts, World Campus
198. Erin Heidt-Forsythe, Associate Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Political Science, Associate Director of the Rock Ethics Institute
199. Julie States, Assistant Teaching Professor, Biobehavioral Health, University Park
200. Kai Schafft, Professor of Education and Rural Sociology, Department of Education Policy Studies, College of Education, University Park
201. Nina Lauharatanahirun, Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering & Biobehavioral Health, University Park
202. Mary Bellman, Associate Teaching Professor, Labor and Employment Relations, University Park
203. Peter Wilf, Professor, Department of Geosciences, University Park
204. Carolee Bull, Professor and Head, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology, College of Agricultural Sciences
205. Carlomagno Panlilio, Assistant Professor, EPCSE Dept., College of Education
206. Semih Eser, Professor of Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering, Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering
207. Joshua Rosenberger, Assistant Professor, Department of Biobehavioral Health, University Park
208. Joel Leja, Assistant Professor, Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics
209. Elsa Sánchez, Professor, Plant Science, COAS, University Park
210. Arash Dahi, Professor, Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, EMS
211. Fran Arbaugh, Professor, Curriculum & Instruction, UP
212. Bradley Cardinale, Professor and Head, Department of Ecosystem Science and Management
213. Sara Hermann, Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology, College of Ag, University Park
214. Amy Crosson, Associate Professor, Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education, UP
215. Eugene Morgan, Associate Head of Undergraduate Eduction, Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, EMS
216. Lori Hepner, Professor of Integrative Arts, Penn State Greater Allegheny
217. Jennifer Wagner, Assistant Professor, College of Engineering, University Park
218. Cheryl Sterling, Associate Professor, English and African Studies
219. John D. Holst, Associate Professor, Lifelong Learning and Adult Education, University Park
220. Katherine Maich, Assistant Professor of Labor and Employment Relations & WGSS, University Park
221. Hannah Wiseman, Professor, Penn State Law; Wilson Faculty Fellow, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
222. Matt Tierney, Associate Professor of English, University Park
223. Kathryn Brasier, Professor of Rural Sociology, College of Ag Sciences, University Park
224. Michael Mashtare, Assistant Professor, Ag and Biological Engineering, University Park
225. Steven Landry, Professor and Head, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, UP
226. Clare Hinrichs, Professor, Rural Sociology, College of Agricultural Sciences
227. Andrew Hieronymi Associate Professor of Art
228. Gary Felton, Professor & Head, Department of Entomology, CoAS, UP
229. Michele Rossi, Associate Teaching Professor of Italian, University Park
230. Sasha Coles, Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of History, University Park
231. Rob Turrisi, Professor, Department of Biobehavioral Health
232. Ronnie Hsia, Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of History
233. Joe Wright, Professor, Political Science, UP
234. John Gershenson, Director, HESE
235. Joel R. Landry, Assistant Professor of Environmental and Energy Economics, Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, University Park
236. David Almeida, Professor HDFS, HHD, UP
237. Valerie Mendez-Gallardo, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Penn State Brandywine
238. Jeremy Staff, Professor of Sociology and Criminology, University Park
239. Kevin Bell, Associate Professor of English, co-author of More Rivers to Cross, pt. 2
240. Jen Agans, Assistant Professor, RPTM, University Park
241. Steven Rubin, Professor of Art, School of Visual Arts, University Park
242. Freyca Calderon, Assistant Professor, Elementary and Early Childhood Education, Penn State Altoona
243. Lori Miraldi, Associate Teaching Professor, College of Engineering, UP
244. Laurie Urraro, Assistant Teaching Professor, Spanish, Penn State Erie
245. Robert Freeborn, Associate Librarian, Cataloging & Metatdata Services, University Libraries
246. Aparna Parikh, Assistant Teaching Professor, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Asian Studies, University Park
247. Liana Glew, Prison Education Program Manager, Restorative Justice Initiative, UP
248. Dena Lang, Associate Teaching Professor, SEDTAPP,/College of Engineering/University Park
249. Raeven Chandler, Assistant Research Professor, Pennsylvania Population Network
250. Karyn McKinney Marvasti, Associate Professor of Sociology, Altoona, Member of the University Senate “More Rivers to Cross” Task Force
251. Camille-Yvette Welsch, Teaching Professor of English, English Department, University Park
252. David Loewenstein, Professor of English, University Park
253. Kristin Buss, Professor of Psychology, University Park
254. Carolyn Lowry, Assistant Professor, Plant Science Department, College of Agricultural Sciences
255. Willie Ofosu, Professor of Engineering, Wilkes-Barre
256. John Minbiole, Assistant Teaching Professor, Commuication Arts ad Sciences, Liberal Arts, UP
257. Michael Skvarla, Assistant Research Professor, Department of Entomology, University Park
258. David J. Vanness, Professor of Health Policy and Administration, University Park
259. Kate Rosenberg, Assistant Teaching Professor of English, UP
260. Andrea Miller, Assistant Professor, Telecommunications and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, University Park
261. Laura Weyrich, Associate Professor, Anthropology
262. Sara Luttfring, Associate Professor of English, Behrend
263. Manuel Llinás, Distinguished Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and of Chemistry
264. Kelley Cotter, Assistant Professor, College of IST, University Park
265. Bronwen Powell, Associate Prof of Geography, African Studies and Anthropology
266. Amy Voss Farris, Assistant Professor, Curriculum & Instruction, College of Education, UP
267. Michael Kulikowski, Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of History and Classics, University Park
268. Douglas Bird, Associate Professor, Anthropology, Liberal Arts, UP
269. Thomas Lynn, Associate Professor of English, Penn State Berks
270. lonnie graham professor visual art school of visual art university park pa
271. Peter Crabb, Professor of Psychology, University College, Hazleton
272. John Mauro, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
273. Marissa Nicosia, Associate Professor of Renaissance Literature, Penn State Abington
274. Maureen Feineman, Associate Research Professor, Geosciences
275. Rachel Smith, Professor, CAS- Liberal Arts and HDFS-HHD, UP
276. Maria Herrmann, Associate Research Professor, Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, University Park
277. Sara Liao, assistant professor, Bellisario College of Communications
278. Xiangquan Yao, Associate Professor of Education, Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education, University Park
279. Heather Randell, Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology, College of Agricultural Sciences, University Park
280. Robin Redmon Wright, Assoc. Prof of Lifelong Learning and Adult Education, BSED, Harrisburg
281. Antonio Vallone, associate professor, English (Penn State DuBois)
282. Jeff Tolbert, Assistant Professor of American Studies and Folklore, Penn State Harrisburg
283. Janet Neigh, Associate Professor of English, Behrend
284. Jessica Vantine Birkenholtz, Associate Professor, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Asian Studies, University Park
285. Joe Gyekis, Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Biobehavioral Health, University Park
286. Shelby Fleischer, Emeritus Professor, Department of Entomology, University Park
287. Christopher Engeland, Associate Professor, Biobehavioral Health
288. Laureen Teti, Associate Research Professor, Psychology, University Park
289. Amy Sauertieg, Assistant Teaching Professor of Communications, Harrisburg
290. Lynette Yarger, Professor, College of Information Sciences and Technology
291. Jacob Lee, Assistant Professor of History, University Park
292. Susan L. Brantley, Evan Pugh University Prof and Barnes Prof of Geosciences, Dept Geosciences, EMS, Univ Park
293. Julia Spicher Kasdorf, Liberal Arts Professor, English, UP
294. James Berkey, Associate Professor, English, Brandywine
295. Judith Sierra-Rivera, Associate Professor of Spanish, Latina/o Studies, and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, University Park
296. Jesse Lasky, Associate Professor, Biology, University Park
297. Dan Letwin, Associate Professor of History, Liberal Arts, University Park
298. Gretchen Kuldau, Associate Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
299. Jennifer Zosh, Professor of HDFS, Brandywine
300. Patricia Hillen, Associate Teaching Professor of English, English, Brandywine
301. Carsten Krebs, Professor of Chemistry and of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Eberly College of Science, UP
302. Allison Beese, Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, UP
303. Sharon Ann Holt, Associate teaching Professor, History/Abington
304. Terri Vescio, Professor of Psychology and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
305. Greg Loviscky, Teaching Professor of Psychology, Psychology/LA/UP
306. Laura Evans, Associate Teaching Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Brandywine
307. Charlotte Eubanks, Professor of Comparative Literature and Asian Studies, Penn State University Park
308. Katheryn Penrod, Assistant Professor, Chemistry Department/Eberly College of Science/University Park
309. Emily Hohman, Asst. Research Professor, Center for Childhood Obesity Research, College of Health and Human Development, UP
310. Nergis Erturk, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, Liberal Arts, UP
311. Ben Goldman, Associate Librarian, University Libraries
312. Jonathan Daw, Associate Professor of Sociology and Demography, University Park
313. Adri van Duin, Distinguished Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University Park
314. Joy Krumenacker, Assistant Professor of Psychology, New Kensington
315. Frederique Marty, Assistant Teaching Professor of French, Erie
316. Corina Graif, Associate Professor, Sociology and Criminology, UP
317. Maureen Fielding, Associate Professor of English and Women's Studies, University College, Brandywine
318. Jonathan Eburne, Professor of Comparative Literature, English, and French and Francophone Studies, University Park
319. Jose A. Jimenez, Associate Professor, Mathematics, Hazleton Campus
320. Li Li, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University Park
321. John Tooker, Professor of Entomology, Department of Entomology, College of Agricultural Sciences, University Park
322. Dana Naughton, Associate Teaching Professor, BBH University Park
323. Sarah Rajtmajer, Assistant Professor, College of Information Sciences and Technology
324. Sarah Damaske, Professor of Sociology, Labor and Employment Relations, and Women’s Studies
325. Rodrigo Cardenas, Associate Teaching Professor, Psychology, University Park
326. Eric Handley, Assistant Teaching Professor, Recreation, Pasrk and Tourism Management/University Park
327. Mark Shriver, Professor of Anthropology UP Liberal Arts
328. Kristen Goessling, Associate Professor, HDFS, Brandywine
329. Sophie Claudine De Schaepdrijver, Ferree Professor of Modern European History, University Park
330. Patricia Jabbeh Wesley, Professor of English, Altoona campus
331. Oliver Baker, Assistant Professor of English and African American Studies, Liberal Arts, UP
332. Anthony B. Mitchell, Sr., Associate Teaching Professor, African American Studies, Greater Allegheny
333. Grace Lee-Amuzie, Assistant Teaching Professor/ Arts & Humanities/ Abington
334. Will Hancock, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Chemistry, UP, COE
335. Ana Matkovic, Teaching Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University Park
336. Melvin Gupton, Assistant Teaching Professor, Arts and Humanities, Abington College
337. Jennifer Glick, Professor of Sociology & Demography, LA, University Park
338. Jennifer Maggs, Professor, Human Development and Family Studies, UP
339. David Vandenbergh, Professor, Biobehavioral Health, HHD, University Park
340. Eric Claus, Associate Professor, Biobehavioral Health, College of Health and Human Development, University Park
341. Eduardo Mendieta, Professor of Philosophy and Latino/a Studies, University Park
342. Gayle Sutterlin, Assistant Teaching Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University Park
343. Spencer Szczesny, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, University Park
344. Odaliz Ortiz, Administrative Coordinator, Office of Education and Social Equity/College of Education/University Park
345. Michele Kennerly, Assoc Prof, CAS and CAMS, UP
346. Jo Dumas, Associate Teaching Professor, Media Studies, University Park
347. Daniel Mansson, Associate Professor of Communication Arts & Sciences, Penn State Hazleton
348. Danielle Rhubart, Assistant Professor, Biobehavioral Health, College of Health and Human Development, University Park
349. John Asbury, Professor of Chemistry, University Park
350. Michelle Knotts, Assistant Teaching Professor, Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education
351. Brittany Aronson, Associate Professor of Teacher Education, Dept. of Curriculum & Instruction, University Park
352. Alyssa Gamaldo, Associate Professor, HDFS in HHD at UP
353. Kristopher Struckmeyer, Assistant Teaching Professor, Human Development & Family Studies, University Park
354. Michael Sturm, Assistant Teaching Professor, Human Development and Family Studies, Brandywine
355. Gary Calore/Associate Professor of Philosophy/Abington
356. Paula Smith, Associate Librarian, Emerita, Abington
357. Andrea Adolph, Associate Professor of English and WGSS, New Kensington
358. David Boehr, Associate Professor, Chemistry/ECoS/University Park
359. Nicolás Sacco, Assistant Teaching Professor, Sociology and Demography, University Park
360. Léa Pessin, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Demography, Department of Sociology and Criminology, University Park
361. Annahieta Kalantari, DO, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, PSUCOM Hershey
362. Daryl Cameron, Associate Professor in Psychology and Senior Research Associate in Rock Ethics Institute, University Park
363. Peter Kareithi, Associate Professor of Humanities and Communications, Harrisburg
364. Valerie Braman, Assistant Clinical Professor of Labor and Employment Relations, UP
365. Sarah Myruski, Assistant Research Professor of Psychology, University Park
366. Erick Rochette, Assistant Teaching Professor of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, University Park
367. Constance Kossan, Associate Teaching Professor of CSD/CHHD/UP
368. Ricardo Martinez, Assistant Professor, College of Education, Curriculum & Instruction
369. Ross Pifer, Clinical Professor of Law, Penn State Law, University Park
370. Constantino Lagoa, Professor, Electrical Engineering, UP
371. Jonte (JT) Taylor, Associate Professor, Educational Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education / College of Education/ University Park
372. Katie Kostohryz, Associate Teaching Professor, Educational Psychology, Counselor, Special Education (EPCSE), University Park
373. Joseph Cusumano, Professor, Engineering Science & Mechanics, UP
374. Carmen Vanderhoof, Assistant Teaching Professor, College of Education, UP
375. Molly Countermine, Associate Teaching Professor, Human Development and Family Studies, UP
376. Sandra H. Petrulionis, Distinguished Professor of English and American Studies, Altoona
377. Aparna Joshi, Professor of Management, Smeal College of Business, UP
378. Angelique Aitken, Assistant Professor, Special Education
379. Julia Plummer, Professor of Science Education, Curriculum & Instruction, UP
380. Brian Lennon, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, University Park
381. Aris Karagiorgakis, Assistant Teaching Prof of Psychology, FE
382. Mort Webster, Professor of Energy Engineering, Energy and Mineral Engineering, EMS, UP
383. Sheridan Miyamoto, Associate Professor, College of Nursing, UP
384. Marc McCann, Assistant Teaching Professor, Human Development and Family Studies, UP
385. Susanne M. Klausen, Brill Professor of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Department of WGSS, University Park
386. Jason Rasgon, Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Chair of Disease Epidemiology and Biotechnology, Entomology, UP
387. James Endres Howell, Associate Teaching Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University Park
388. Andrea P. Argüelles, Assistant Professor, College of Engineering, UP
389. Ashley Linden-Carmichael, Associate Research Professor, Prevention Research Center, Health and Human Development, University Park
390. Sarah Chilenski, Research Associate Professor, Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center
391. Mike Eracleous, professor, Astronomy & Astrophysics, UP
392. Beatriz Glick, Teaching Professor of Spanish, Hazleton
393. Kimberly Lyle, Assistant Teaching Professor, School of Visual Arts/College of Arts & Architecture
394. Ola Sodeinde, Teaching Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University Park
395. Angela Putman, Associate Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences, Brandywine
396. Jason Keagy, Assistant Research Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management, University Park
397. Orfeu Buxton, Professor of Biobehavioral Health, College of Health and Human Development, University Park
398. Neil Hatfield, Assistant Research Professor, Statistics, Eberly College of Science
399. Carlos Zalaquett, Professor, EPCSE, College of Education, University Park
400. Alexis R. Santos, Assistant Professor of HDFS, College of Health and Human Development, University Park
401. John Felt, Assistant Research Professor, Center for Healthy Aging
402. Heidemarie Laurent, Associate Professor of HDFS, College of Health and Human Development
403. Christian M. Connell, Associate Professor of HDFS, College of Health and Human Development, University Park
404. Richard Fiene, Professor of Psychology & Human Development (ret), Prevention Research Center, UP
405. Damon Jones, Associate Research Professor, Prevention Research Center, Health and Human Development, University Park
406. Tiffany M. Nyachae, Assistant Professor of Education and Women's,Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education, University Park
407. Lisa Gatzke-Kopp, Professor, Human Development & Family Studies
408. Calvin Norman, Assistant Teaching Professor of Forestry, Ecosystem Sciences and Management, College of Agriculture, University Park
409. Karen Keifer-Boyd, Professor of Art Education & Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
410. Eric Bliman, Assistant Teaching Professor of English & Creative Writing, Penn State Harrisburg
411. Saeed Abdullah, Assistant Professor, College of Information Sciences and Technology
412. Jesse L Barlow, Professor, Computer Science and Engineering/Engineering/University Park
413. Alicia McDyre, Associate teaching professor, Curriculum and Instruction, Education, UP
414. Sascha Meinrath, Palmer Chair in Telecommunications, College of Communications, University Park
415. Ying Pan, Assistant Professor, Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
416. Ed Fuller, Associate Professor, Education Policy Studies, University Park
417. Marcy Mihomme, Associate Teaching Professor, Communication Arts and Sciences
418. Alexander Pratt, assistant professor, elementary and early childhood education, Altoona campus
419. Robert Hickey, Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, EMS, UP
420. Gregg Rogers, Associate Teaching Professor, English, LA, UP
421. Uday Shanbhag, Professor, Industrial engineering, College of engineering, University Park
422. Catherine Berdanier, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, UP
423. Jamie Watson, Assistant Teaching Professor, English, UP
424. Shannon Corkery, Associate Teaching Professor, HHD, UP/WC
425. Jo Ann Jankoski, Associate Professor, HDFS, Fayette
426. Rob Roeser, Professor, HDFS, UP
427. Jonathan Kuo, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Eberly College of Science, UP
