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Can’t find what you’re looking for? <a href="/page/contact">The media relations team</a> can assist with your print, broadcast or digital media needs. </p> </div> </div>  <h2 class="off-screen">featured experts</h2> <div class="row mt-4 profiles"> <div class="col-sm-12 col-lg-4"> <div class="card "> <p class="topic-area-title ">Business</p> <div class="profile-pic-wrap"> <a href="/expert/terrence-guay" aria-label="View Profile of TerrenceGuay"><img src="https://media.psu.edu/uploads/profiles/thumbnail_TerranceGuay.jpg" alt="" class="clip-circle-md"></a> </div> <div class="topic-area mr-1 mt-1"> <h2 class="name pt-1 mb-1"><a href="/expert/terrence-guay" aria-label="View Profile of Terrence Guay"><span>Terrence</span> Guay</a></h2> <p class="title mb-0 pb-0 mr-4">Clinical Professor of International Business</p> </div> <div class="focus-area-wrap" > <p>Government Policy, Economic Sanctions, Tariffs, Taxes, Global Economy </p> </div> <div class="card-contact"> <a href="/expert/terrence-guay" aria-label="View Profile of TerrenceGuay" class="white-card-button">View Profile</a> <a href="/contact/terrence-guay" class="blue-card-button" aria-label="Contact Terrence Guay">Contact</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-12 col-lg-4"> <div class="card"> <p class="topic-area-title ">Earth Science</p> <div class="profile-pic-wrap"> <a href="/expert/yvette-richardson" aria-label="View Profile of Yvette Richardson"><img src="https://media.psu.edu/uploads/profiles/yvette.png" alt="" class="clip-circle-md"></a> </div> <div class="topic-area mr-1 mt-1"> <h2 class="name pt-1 mb-1"><a href="/expert/yvette-richardson" aria-label="View Profile of Yvette Richardson"><span>Yvette</span> Richardson</a></h2> <p class="title mb-0 pb-0 mr-4">Professor of Meteorology</p> </div> <div class="focus-area-wrap" > <p>Atmospheric Dynamics, Formation and Evolution of Severe Storms, Tornadoes </p> </div> <div class="card-contact"> <a href="/expert/yvette-richardson" class="white-card-button" aria-label="View Profile of Yvette Richardson">View Profile</a> <a href="/contact/yvette-richardson" class="blue-card-button" aria-label="Contact Yvette Richardson">Contact</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-12 col-lg-4 clearfix"> <div class="card"> <p class="topic-area-title ">Politics & Policy</p> <div class="profile-pic-wrap"> <a href="/expert/lena-surzhko-harned" aria-label="View Profile of Lena Surzhko-Harned"><img src="https://media.psu.edu/uploads/profiles/lena.png" alt="" class="clip-circle-md"></a> </div> <div class="topic-area mr-1 mt-1"> <h2 class="name pt-1 mb-1"><a href="/expert/lena-surzhko-harned" aria-label="View Profile of Lena Surzhko-Harned"><span>Lena </span> Surzhko-Harned</a></h2> <p class="title mb-0 pb-0 mr-4">Associate Teaching Professor of Political Science</p> </div> <div class="focus-area-wrap" > <p>Russian politics, Ukrainian politics, comparative politics, political behavior, European politics </p> </div> <div class="card-contact"> <a href="/expert/lena-surzhko-harned" class="white-card-button" aria-label="View Profile of Lena Surzhko-Harned">View Profile</a> <a href="/contact/lena-surzhko-harned" class="blue-card-button" aria-label="Contact Lena Surzhko-Harned">Contact</a> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div> </div> </div> </div>   <div class="cover-bg height-400 trending" style="background-image: url('/uploads/topic-backgrounds/')"> <div class="container focus-area-section "> <h2>Trending Topic</h2> <div class="row topic-card " > <div class="col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-2 trending-topic"> <h4>Trending<br> Topic</h4> <a href="/expert/paul-f-clark" aria-label="View Profile of Paul F. Clark"><img src="https://media.psu.edu/uploads/profiles/PClark.Photo_.jpg" class="clip-circle-sm" alt="Paul F. Clark"></a> <a href="/expert/steve-tracey" aria-label="View Profile of Steve Tracey"><img src="https://media.psu.edu/uploads/profiles/Steve_Tracey.png" class="clip-circle-sm" alt="Steve Tracey"></a> <a href="/expert/fariborz-ghadar" aria-label="View Profile of Fariborz Ghadar"><img src="https://media.psu.edu/uploads/profiles/Ghadar.png" class="clip-circle-sm" alt="Fariborz Ghadar"></a> <a href="/expert/terrence-guay" aria-label="View Profile of Terrence Guay"><img src="https://media.psu.edu/uploads/profiles/thumbnail_TerranceGuay.jpg" class="clip-circle-sm" alt="Terrence Guay"></a> <a href="/expert/ken-louie" aria-label="View Profile of Ken Louie"><img src="https://media.psu.edu/uploads/profiles/ken_louie.jpeg" class="clip-circle-sm" alt="Ken Louie"></a> </div> <div class="col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-10 topic-intro-wrap"> <span class="topic-area-title">Social Sciences</span> <h3><a href="/topic/business-economy-and-workforce">Business, Economy and Workforce</a></h3> <div class="trending-experts"> <a href="/expert/paul-f-clark"><img src="https://media.psu.edu/uploads/profiles/PClark.Photo_.jpg" class="clip-circle-sm" alt="Paul F. Clark"></a> <a href="/expert/steve-tracey"><img src="https://media.psu.edu/uploads/profiles/Steve_Tracey.png" class="clip-circle-sm" alt="Steve Tracey"></a> <a href="/expert/fariborz-ghadar"><img src="https://media.psu.edu/uploads/profiles/Ghadar.png" class="clip-circle-sm" alt="Fariborz Ghadar"></a> <a href="/expert/terrence-guay"><img src="https://media.psu.edu/uploads/profiles/thumbnail_TerranceGuay.jpg" class="clip-circle-sm" alt="Terrence Guay"></a> <a href="/expert/ken-louie"><img src="https://media.psu.edu/uploads/profiles/ken_louie.jpeg" class="clip-circle-sm" alt="Ken Louie"></a> </div> <p>Penn State researchers are available to discuss issues related to business and the economy at the local, state, national and international levels on topics such as the impact of immigration on the economy, inflation, cryptocurrency, unemployment, unions and labor organizing, and more.</p> <a href="/topic/business-economy-and-workforce" aria-label="Explore Available Resources for Social Sciences"><span class="explore">Explore Available Resources <i class="fas fa-chevron-right" aria-hidden="true"></i></span></a> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="need-help-wrap"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12 col-md-11 offset-md-1 col-lg-11 offset-lg-1"> <div class="footnote-icon"> <i class="far fa-question-circle" aria-hidden="true"></i> </div> <div class="footnote"> <h4>Need help finding an expert?</h4> <p>Penn State expertise spans far beyond those that we have currently featured on the site. 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