Faculty members affiliated with The Public Policy Initiative at Penn State Behrend are often asked to discuss important current issues with local, national, and international media organizations. Here are links to some of our faculty's many media appearances.

Environment & Sustainability

Publications

  • Nutile, S. et al. (October 2023). “Avoidance behavior of Hyalella azteca in response to three common-use insecticides.” Chemosphere.
  • Nutile, S. et al. (August 2023). “Evaluating the trophic transfer of PCBs from fish to humans: Insights from a synergism of environmental monitoring and physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling.” Environmental Pollution.

Presentations and Appearances

  • Mason, S.A. et al. (December 7, 2022). “Cost Benefit Analysis: Reducing landfill waste through food waste compositing & curbside glass recycling,” City Council of Erie.
     

International Relations and Politics

Awards and Honors

  • Shum, M. & Turner J. “Policing and the Origins of Institutional Trust.” Regional Breakthrough Award, Lucy Family Institute for Data and Society, University of Notre Dame

Publications

  • Duran, B. & Kanat, K. (May 2023). “AK Party Years in Türkiye: Domestic and Foreign Policy,” SETA.
  • Inwood, G. & Speel, R. (March 2023). “Disruption and Routine: Choosing a Speaker in the United States Compared to Canada, Journal of Parliamentary and Political Law.”

Presentations and Appearances

  • Shum, M. (September 2023). “Resistance from Afar: Transnational Mobilization of Hong Kong Diaspora during and after the 2019 Anti-ELAB Movement”, APSA, Los Angeles, CA.
     

Mental Health & Healthcare

Awards and Honors

  • Hetzel-Riggin, M. D. Research-to-Policy Collaboration Scholar Award, Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center, College of Health and Human Development. (April 2023).

Publications

  • Hetzel-Riggin, M. D. (2023). “Stakeholder group differences on knowledge, attitudes, and perspectives of coordinated community response teams for domestic violence,” Violence Against Women.

Presentations and Appearances

  • Hetzel-Riggin, M. D. (Panel Member), Dixon, A. (Sarah A. Reed Children's Center), Minick, S. (Family Services of Northwestern Pennsylvania), & Hodge, J. (February 23, 2023 - Present). "Leading from Anywhere: Our Collective Call," Community Resilience Conference, Erie Coalition for a Trauma Informed Community, Erie, PA, 250 in attendance, Invited. Regional. 
  • Hetzel-Riggin, M. D. (Chair), & Berner, M. (May 2023). "Development & Efficacy of an “Orange Flag Assessment”: An Addendum to the Lethality Assessment Program," Criminal Justice C3N Workshop, State College, PA, Invited. Colleges.
  • Shaw, J. (March 16, 2023) “Discussion Without Judgement: The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to remove constitutional protections on access to abortion will significantly affect women and their families,” Penn State.
     

Russian War Against Ukraine 

Current Projects

Publications

  • Surzhko-Harned, L. (2023). "I am a Ukrainian American political scientist, and this is what the past year of war has taught me about Ukraine, Russia and defiance." The Conversation.
  • Surzhko-Harned, L., & Nykodým, J. (2023). "Why the 'Kosovo precedent' was a gateway for Russia’s abuse of international law." The Loop.
  • Surzhko-Harned, L., & Nykodým, J. (2023). "Russian Abuses of International Law: The Kosovo Precedent and R2P." World Orders Forum.

Presentations and Appearances

  • Kanat, K. (panel participant). (December 10, 2022). “The Trajectory of the Ukraine War...” TRT World Forum.
  • Surzhko-Harned, L. (panel participant). (May 18, 2023). "Accountability for Sexual Violence Committed during the Russian Invasion of Ukraine," Annual Meeting of Association for the Study of Nationalities, Association for the Study of Nationalities, New York, NY.
  • Surzhko-Harned, L., & Kasianeneko, N. (California State U Fresno). (May 19, 2023). "The Fluidity of National Identity among Russian-Speaking Ukrainians," Annual Meeting of Association for the Study of Nationalities, Association for the Study of Nationalities, New York, NY.
  • Surzhko-Harned, L. (April 18, 2023). “Russian War in Ukraine: What lessons we have learned in a year,” Allegheny College Bruce R. Thompson Center for Business and Economics.