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The UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences recently highlighted Dr. Lamm and the entire Lamm Lab’s work on the new Cultivate outreach channel. Check out her journey, including some personal Q&A.
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A huge congratulations to Kristin Gibson, who is now a doctoral candidate and ABD. She had an amazing proposal defense today, with advanced research that combines environmental education and science communication research in new and innovative ways to assist us in combatting the plastic crisis. Specifically, she will be examining U.S. perceptions regarding single-use plastic…
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As the 5-year Healthier Together CDC-funded project comes to an end next month, the effect of the partnership between UGA’s College of Public Health, College of Family and Consumer Sciences, College of Environment and Design and College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (more specifically UGA Extension) is still having impact. Proud to have led the…
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Dr. Alexa Lamm is currently guest editing a special issue in the international journal Sustainability to highlight research showcasing areas where farmers’ perceptions are utilized to understand the barriers and enablers associated with political planning in support of sustainability. We are faced with complicated and difficult challenges as we strive to supply and distribute enough…
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A big congratulations to Allison Byrd as she passed her comprehensive exams and successfully defended her dissertation proposal yesterday. Allison will be working on research examining the most effective ways to communicate science out of Colleges of Agriculture to ensure the best and brightest prospective graduate students have the information they need when seeking a…
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Dr. Lamm was recognized as a Fellow this May at the annual meeting, joining a group of distinguished agricultural educators and scholars. The purpose of the Fellow award is to recognize members of the association who have made exceptional contributions to, and impacts on, the profession and AAAE and who show great promise for continued…
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After four years in the Lamm Lab, Dr. Katie Sanders has officially walked across the stage and received her doctoral hood. As she embarks on her newest adventures as an Assistant Professor of Food Systems Communication at North Carolina State University, we wish her all the best and can’t wait to see what she accomplishes…
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Allison has been working this past year to identify the best strategies for communicating agricultural and environmental science to prospective graduate students, an important and often overlooked audience for Colleges of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences. She interviewed top notch students from every department in the UGA CAES to identify where they went for scientific information…
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Thrilled to share Dr. Catherine (Katie) Sanders passed her dissertation defense with flying colors on January 17th. Paving the way for amazing things, Katie is the first to complete this crucial step in the new ALEC PhD program and did us proud showing us all how it is done, and done well! Her research, titled…
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Science education and communication students do not often see themselves as scientists although the future of science is highly dependent upon effective science communication. Dr. Fallys Masambuka-Kanchewa, previous post doc in the Lamm Lab and Dr. Alexa Lamm were interested in determining if a science communication course could alter graduate students’ perceptions of scientists and…