Allison (Fortner) Byrd
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Allison Byrd presented preliminary findings from her dissertation at the Southern Region meeting of the American Association for Agricultural Education (SR-AAAE), held February 4-6 in Atlanta, Georgia. With help from her coauthors and dissertation committee members Dr. Alexa Lamm, Dr. Kevan Lamm, Dr. Jessica Holt, and Dr. Rochelle Sapp, Allison surveyed graduate students at the…
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This journal article explored how students from different cultural backgrounds used communication when searching for a graduate degree program.
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Researchers explored the association between systems thinking tendencies and environmentally conscious consumption in a survey with Generation Z undergraduate students.
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We are proud to announce the Lamm Lab has been selected as a strategic partner in the newly announced National Pork Board funded multi-year effort! Dr. Alexa Lamm will lead the science communication portion of the Consortium which includes sharing and testing scientific information about pork and pork production with consumers, conducting science communication research…
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Authors: Catherine E. Sanders, Kristin E. Gibson, Allison R. Byrd, Tatevik Markosyan, & Alexa Lamm Dr. Katie Sanders’ research presentation about social media use patterns and of rural Georgia audiences was awarded the 2023 Runner-Up Outstanding Research Paper at the Association for Communication Excellence Conference held in Asheville, North Carolina. The presentation was titled, “Exploring the social media health information…
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Three Lamm Lab members were recently recognized for their outstanding academic work at the recent Association for Communication (ACE) Conference in Asheville, North Carolina. Dr. Katie Sanders, Kristin Gibson, and Dr. Alexa Lamm received the honor of 2023 Article of the Year in the Journal of Applied Communications for their work titled “Perceived Government Control…
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Lamm Lab members traveled over the Blue Ridge Mountains to beautiful Asheville, North Carolina, to discuss communication research and application at the 2023 Association for Communication Excellence Conference. During the three-day conference session, lab members presented both papers and posters and attended professional development workshops in which they had the opportunity to learn about challenges…
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Members of the Lamm Lab attended the American Association for Agricultural Education’s national conference in Raleigh, North Carolina, from May 15-18. With support from Dr. Alexa Lamm and the UGA ALEC Department, lab members Kristin Gibson and Allison Byrd traveled to Raleigh to network with colleagues from other universities across the U.S., learn about innovative…
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As the busy spring semester ended, members of the Lamm Lab packed their suitcases to kick off the summer conference season. Drs. Alexa Lamm, Millicent Oyugi, and Katie Sanders, along with doctoral student Allison Byrd, traveled to Guelph, Ontario, to present their research at the annual conference of the Association for International Agricultural and Extension…
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Researchers Allison Byrd, Katie Sanders, and Alexa Lamm recently published a research note in the Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education to explore if engagement differed when domestic and international scholars were featured on university social media channels. The study, an extension of Byrd’s master’s thesis work, created Instagram and Twitter posts that highlighted…