The last panel session featured Kristina Brant, assistant professor of rural sociology and Social Science Research Institute co-funded faculty member; Halie Kampman, postdoctoral scholar of geography; Glenn Sterner, associate professor of Criminal Justice and Social Science Research Institute co-funded faculty member at Penn State Abington; Dennis Scanlon, distinguished professor of health policy and administration and director of the Center for Healthcare and Policy Research; and Jonathan Larsen, legal technology manager at the Beasley School of Law Center for Public Health Research at Temple University, in a discussion about how they were working with localities across Pennsylvania to collect data about how they planned to spend the opioid settlement dollars.
The conference featured a poster session during the lunch break, which allowed dozens of researchers and graduate students to present their work, fostering strong engagement with attendees. Joshua Fansler, doctoral candidate in health policy and administration, Sujeong Park assistant professor of health policy and addiction studies at Penn State Harrisburg and SSRI co-funded faculty member, and Makenna Luzenski, incoming doctoral student in development psychology and research study coordinator at Penn State, received the honor of Best Poster at the conference.
Penn State Harrisburg student Makayla Galarza said producing a podcast for her criminal justice class allowed her to learn from professionals working in the field.
Students studying criminal justice with Shauntey James, assistant teaching professor of criminal justice at Penn State Harrisburg, turned to an alternative medium — podcasts — to share the research they conducted in class this spring.
