Nicole Ryerson, (right) assistant professor of psychology at PSU-LV, and Jessica Saalfield, (left) assistant professor, psychology, and assistant coordinator, honors program, at Penn State Schuylkill, were named faculty affiliates at the Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center at University Park. The faculty members are conducting research on alcohol consumption trends among students at small rural colleges.
Nicole Ryerson, (right) assistant professor of psychology at PSU-LV, and Jessica Saalfield, (left) assistant professor, psychology, and assistant coordinator, honors program, at Penn State Schuylkill, were named faculty affiliates at the Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center at University Park. The faculty members are conducting research on alcohol consumption trends among students at small rural colleges.
Two Penn State professors are taking a closer look at alcohol consumption among students at rural colleges. Nicole Ryerson, assistant professor of psychology at Penn State Lehigh Valley, and Jessica Saalfield, assistant professor of psychology and assistant coordinator for the honors program at Penn State Schuylkill, were awarded an early career grant for their research from the Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center at University Park in April. This semester, both were invited to join the center as faculty affiliates.
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