Community Development
Research related to community development in the Lamm Lab
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Kristin Gibson is the graduate student in the Lamm Lab striving to assist the Healthier Together project in communicating as effectively as possible. She coordinates social media, promotes all aspects of project branding, assists with the community newsletter, and writes press releases so the greater academic and Georgia community hears about all the wonderful things…
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Allison Fortner, Kristin Gibson, Katie Sanders, and Dr. Alexa Lamm travelled to San Jose, Costa Rica in late June to share research and learn from fellow social scientists at the International Association for Society and Natural Resources conference. The team presented one organized session, one paper, and one poster. Systems Thinking The Costa Rican rain…
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The collaborative nature of the Healthier Together project stands as an example for those striving to make rural communities healthier through improving access to resources needed to engage in physical activity, improving food policies and making healthier food more accessible. The partnership between UGA Extension, the College of Public Health and the College of Environment…
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Healthier Together researchers launch into a summer of data collection to assess program impact at the community level.
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Sanders presents research from the Lamm Lab at the National Association for Agricultural Education Conference in Oklahoma City
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At the 2022 Association for International Agricultural and Extension Conference, members of the University of Georgia Lamm Lab presented their research on education and extension from an international perspective. With multiple oral abstract presentations one poster presentation, the team was excited to share the results of multiple research projects with a diverse global audience. Below…
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Sanders presents research using poetic analysis to communicate the social impacts of a community-based health initiative.
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Sanders and Lamm travel to Stewart County to share results from the 2020-2021 Healthier Together Evaluation Report
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On March 22nd, 2022, Alexa Lamm and Kristin Gibson traveled to Calhoun County, Georgia to deliver the results of the UGA ALEC Evaluation team’s report for the 2020-2021 year. Dr. Lamm presented the results of the project as reported by members of the Healthier Together Calhoun Coalition during listening sessions in 2021. Lamm then conducted a visioning session…
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Sanders presented dissertation research at the 2022 Southern Rural Sociological Association Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana