Stephen A. Matthews
Associate Professor Sociology and Anthropology, Demography & Geography
Senior Research Associate and Director GIA Core

Education:  Ph.D. Planning, University of Wales College of Cardiff, 1991; B.Sc. Geography, University of Bristol, 1985

Research Interests:  The reciprocal relations between population and environment, GIS applications in demography, medical and health related issues, especially pertaining to reproductive health and women's health, child health and poverty.

E-mail: matthews@pop.psu.edu

Steve Graham
Senior GIS Programmer

Education:  Ph.D. Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 2000;
B.Sc. Geological Sciences & Environmental Studies, Tufts University, 1993

Research Interests: GIS & hydrologic modeling, global hydrology & climate modeling

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Michelle Zeiders
Senior GIS Programmer

Education: M.S. Geoenvironmental Studies Shippensburg University , 1995;
B.S. Public Admininstration Shippensburg University , 1992

Research Interests: GIS service applications for state and local governments and GIS applications in environmental management

E-mail: zeiders@pop.psu.edu

Brian McManus
GIS Programmer

Education: M.S. Geography The Pennsylvania State University , 2002;
B.A. Geography/Political Science The University of Tennessee , 1999

Research Interests: Geographic Visualization, Urban and Political Geography.

E-mail: bmcmanus@pop.psu.edu

Yosef Bodovski
GIS Programmer

Education: B.A. Geography/Sociology The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, 1996;
MCP - Microsoft Certified Professional (Database Administration), 2002

Research Interests: GIS applications in social sciences, Database Design, Urban Geography

E-mail: yosefb@pop.psu.edu

Tse-Chuan Yang
GIA Graduate Research Assistant

Education: Ph.D student in Rural sociology and Demography;
M.A ,National Development, National Taiwan University,2003.
B.S ,Department of Agricultural Extension, Rural Sociology
Division, National Taiwan University, 2001.

Research Interests: Class and Spatial Inequality, Environment and Population, Aging

E-mail: tuy111@psu.edu

Mitsuko Chikasada
GIA Graduate Research Assistant

Education:

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E-mail: muc136@psu.edu

Tom Owuor
GIA Graduate Research Assistant

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E-mail: towuor@pop.psu.edu

Nathan Walters
GIA Graduate Research Assistant

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E-mail: npw111@psu.edu

Prem Bahadur Bhandari
GIA Graduate Research Assistant

Education:Ph.D Student in Rural Sociology and Demography
M.S.: Rural and Regional Development Planning, Asian Institute of Technilogy, Bangkok, Thailand, 1993
B. Sc. Agriculture, Tribhuvan University, Nepal 1987

Research Interests:Population, Agriculture and Environment

E-mail: pbb115@psu.edu

Melora Brock
GIA Graduate Research Assistant

Education: Ph. D student in Crime, Law, and Justice;
B.A. Psychology/Sociology, Gallaudet University, 2003.

Research Interests: Criminology, Stratification, Gender

E-mail: mlb457@psu.edu

Frances Burden
GIA Graduate Research Assistant

Education: The University of Pennsylvania, BA - 1995
The College of William and Mary, M.P.P. (Masters of Public Policy)- 2000

Research Interests:Community context effects on crime, urban sociology, criminological theory, GIS

E-mail: ffb104@psu.edu

Jiaqiang Chen
GIA Graduate Research Assistant

Education: M.S. candidate in Rural Sociology and Demography, The Pennsylvania State University

Research Interests: population and development;
fertility and family planning; demographic changes in less-developed countries.


E-mail: unclej@pop.psu.edu

Jim Detwiler
GIA Analyst, PRI 
& 
GIS Instructor for the 
World Campus 
Certificate Program in GIS

Education:  M.Sc. Geography, University of Delaware, 1999;
B.Sc. Earth Science, Pennsylvania State University, 1996

Research Interests: GIS & cartographic visualization, climate & health, synoptic climatology

E-mail: detwiler@pop.psu.edu

Karen Hayslett-McCall
GIA Graduate Research Assistant

Education: M.A. Crime Law & Justice, Pennsylvania State University, 1999;
M.Sc. Clinical Psychology, Emporia State University, 1997;
B.Sc. Kansas State University, 1991

Research Interests: Community context effects on crime, policing, criminological theory, GIS

E-mail: hayslett@pop.psu.edu


Currently: http://www.utdallas.edu/dept/socsci/faculty/kmccall.html

Matthew Marlay
GIA Graduate Research Assistant

Education: Ph.D student in Sociology and Demography;
B.A., Economics, Rice University, 1998.

Research Interests: Urban Sociology, specifically neighborhood change and gentrification

E-mail: mcm290@psu.edu

Flora Nankhuni
GIA Graduate Research Assistant

Education: Ph.D. candidate: Agricultural Economics and Demography
MA., Economics, The Pennsylvania State University, 1992.
BSoc. (Honours), Economics, University of Malawi, 1988.

Research Interests: Population, Environment, and Poverty interactions..


E-mail: flora@pop.psu.edu

Sundar Shyam Shrestha
GIA Graduate Research Assistant

Education: Ph.D Student in Agricultural, Environmental, and Regional Economics& Demography;
M.Sc Agricultural Economics, The University of Reading, United Kingdom, 1997;
PGD Agricultural Economics, The University of Reading, United Kingdom, 1996;
B. Sc. Agriculture, Tribhuvan University, Nepal 1987

Research Interests: Population, Environment and Agriculture interface; Marketing and Prices

E-mail: sss190@psu.edu

Jason M. Smith
GIA Graduate Research Assistant

Education: MS Sport Studies, Miami University 2001 - Concentration in Sport Organization (Sociology of Sport);
B.S. in Education, Miami University 1995 Secondary Social Studies - Concentrations in Geography and Sociology

Research Interests: Sociology of Education; Stratification by Class, Race, and Gender; Social Mobility; GIS Applications in the above areas

E-mail: jsmith@pop.psu.edu