University Science Communication
Research related to communicating evidence-based information from a research university in the Lamm Lab.
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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…
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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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Members of the Lamm Lab presented research papers and posters at the National Agricultural Communications Symposium in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from February 3-7, 2023.
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Members of the Lamm Lab presented oral presentations and posters at the Southern Rural Sociological Association’s annual conference in Oklahoma City this month. All presentations at SRSA highlighted the work done by the Healthier Together project’s evaluation and communication team, led by Dr. Alexa Lamm. Evaluation Research Using poetic dialogues as a focus group analysis…
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New research from the Lamm Lab helps explain why climate change perceptions are often politically divided
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Allison Fortner, a second-year doctoral student studying science communication in the University of Georgia’s Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication Department, recently published an article in the Journal of Applied Communication. Co-authors in the research project included Dr. Alexa Lamm, Dr. Abigail Borron, Dr. Jessica Holt, and Dr. Allen Moore. An article from Fortner’s master’s thesis,…
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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…
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Undergraduate researcher Kasi Romo describes her experience conducting summer research for the Healthier Together Communications team
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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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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…