Directory
Kevin Munger
- Assistant Professor
- CSRAI Affiliate
Department/Unit: Department of Political Science
Email: kmm7999@psu.edu
Research Interests: social media; media economics; digital field experiments; YouTube; meta-science
Rebecca Napolitano
- Assistant Professor
- CSRAI Affiliate
Department/Unit: College of Engineering
Email: nap@psu.edu
Research Interests: Resilience of the built environment; adaptive reuse for sustainable, affordable housing; cultural heritage buildings; UAV monitoring of buildings; sustainable materials development
David Norloff
- Assistant Teaching Professor
- CSRAI Affiliate
Department/Unit: Bellisario College of Communications, Telecommunications and Media Industries Department
Email: dcn101@psu.edu
Research Interests: The intersection of Autonomous Vehicles, Artificial Intelligence, Wireless Networks, and Wearable Devices.
Mary Beth Oliver
- Bellisario Professor of Media Studies
- CSRAI Affiliate
Department/Unit: Bellisario College of Communications
Email: mbo1@psu.edu
Research Interests: I am interested in the ways that media can enhance well-being and social good.
Ibukun Osunbunmi
- Assistant Research Professor
- CSRAI Affiliate
Department/Unit: Leonhard Center for Enhancement of Engineering Education
Email: iso5023@psu.edu
Research Interests: Artificial intelligence and machine learning in engineering education, AI-enhanced pedagogy and assessment, virtual reality-enhanced learning, broadening participation in engineering education, student engagement and retention
Holly Overton
- Associate Professor
- CSRAI Affiliate
Department/Unit: Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications
Email: hko104@psu.edu
Research Interests: Dr. Overton conducts public relations research in the areas of corporate social responsibility communication and corporate social advocacy. Her research also focuses on examining psychological factors that impact information processing and engagement among publics, nonprofit public relations, and the persuasive impact of messages and technological factors in public relations contexts.
Bing Pan
- Associate Professor
- CSRAI Affiliate
Department/Unit: College of Health and Human Development
Email: bup63@psu.edu
Research Interests: My research interests include big data and data analytics in tourism and parks, including using machine learning and artificial intelligence to monitor, predict, and nudge visitor behavior.
Herschel Pangborn
- Assistant Professor
- CSRAI Affiliate
Department/Unit: Mechanical Engineering
Email: hxp5027@psu.edu
Research Interests: My research lab focuses on the dynamic modeling, design, and control of energy systems, including aircraft, cars, and buildings. A particular focus is predictive hierarchical control frameworks that coordinate decision-making across multiple systems, timescales, and energy domains. Our goal is to develop and apply mathematical techniques for assuring safe and efficient autonomy in complex energy systems.
Becky Passonneau
- Professor
- CSRAI Affiliate
Department/Unit: Natural Language Processing Department of Computer Science & Engineering College of Engineering
Email: rjp49@psu.edu
Research Interests: My area of research is natural language processing, with a focus on computational pragmatics. I investigate how the same combinations of words have different meanings in different contexts, in spoken or written language.