Meet our Extension faculty and staff.
Forest Products
Forest Resources
- Professor of Forest Resources
Areas of Expertise
- Water Energy Food Nexus
- Bioenergy
- Agroforestry
- Forest Economics and Finance
- International Forestry
- Forest Extension
- Non Timber Forest Products
- Director, James C. Finley Center for Private Forests at Penn State
- Associate Research Professor, Private Forests Management
Areas of Expertise
- Forest stewardship
- Private forest landowners
- Woodland care
- Collaborative learning
- Action research
- Peer-to-peer education
Urban and Community Forestry
- Professor and Ibberson Chair in Community and Urban Forestry
Areas of Expertise
- Technical assistance to municipalities in preparation and enactment of environmental ordinances and other policy.
Water Resources
Wildlife
- Professor of Wildlife Resources
- Extension Wildlife Specialist
Areas of Expertise
- Avian ecology
- Effects of shale gas development on forests and birds
- forest songbirds
- Human impacts on bird population
- Wildlife habitat management on private lands
- Landscaping for birds and wildlife
- Professor Emeritus of Wildlife Resources
- Email jgs9@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-4287
Youth
- Teaching Professor in Forest Resources and
- Natural Resources & Youth Extension Specialist
Areas of Expertise
- Youth and Natural Resources Education
- Forest Stewardship
- Natural Resources Volunteerism
- Private Forestland Management
- Connecting Youth with Nature
- Forest Dendrology and Botany
