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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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This summer I had the opportunity to continue my work in Dr. Alexa Lamm’s lab as a summer research fellow for UGA’s Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities (CURO). As a CURO fellow, I completed over 300 hours of research, attended several workshops, and presented my work at CURO’s Summer Research Final Forum. The research I presented focused on determining if…
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Lamm Lab members Kristin Gibson and Olivia Erskine traveled to Portland, Maine for the 2023 International Association for Society and Natural Resources (IASNR) conference. The conference addressed issues including environmental justice, global resource management, and the sustainable management of natural and cultural resources. During the five-day conference, Kristin and Olivia attended presentations by scholars from…
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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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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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After my summer research assistantship with the Lamm Lab in 2022, I had a strong desire to dive further into research about the Healthier Together program. I loved getting to work directly with the Healthier Together communities and I wanted to continue to support the mission of Healthier Together so I decided to apply for…
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This semester, I had the opportunity to work on a research abstract in collaboration with the Lamm Lab and I presented the abstract at the University of Georgia’s Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities (CURO) Symposium. The symposium was held on April 3, 2023, in the Classic Center in Athens, GA. My research was a part…
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As an undergraduate researcher in the Lamm Lab, I had the opportunity to participate in UGA’s Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities’ (CURO) 2023 Spring Symposium held in Athens, Georgia. The research I presented focused on determining the reach and uptake of the Healthier Together program in five rural counties of Georgia that were impacted by…