Recent Posts
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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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Allison Fortner, Lamm Lab doctoral student studying science communication, completed the first half of her in-country internship in France. Allison is a science communication intern with the Safe Seaweed Coalition, an international organization focused on environmental, occupational, and consumer safety in the quickly expanding global seaweed industry. Though Allison has been working with the Coalition…
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Dr. Lamm worked with a multi-disciplinary team of academics and scientists to assess the current and future state of soilless substrate research in North America through support from the USDA Specialty Crops Research Initiative. Through this project, we developed a protocol to assess grower and supplier needs across crop types to shed light on the…
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Members of the Lamm Lab presented research papers and posters at the National Agricultural Communications Symposium in New Orleans, Louisiana, from February 13-15, 2022. Social Media and Science Communication Paper Presentations Two manuscripts from Allison Fortner‘s master’s thesis research, supported by the UGA Agricultural Experiment Station, were presented on Allison’s behalf. The first paper presented…
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On February 13, 2022, Dr. Oyugi Millicent shared her dissertation findings focused on personal and contextual factors predicting agriscience teaching self-efficacy at the Southern Region Conference of the American Association for Agricultural Education (S-AAAE). Drawing from social cognitive theory, she utilized Binomial Logistic Regression to determine the log odds of observing high or low agriscience…
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Allison Fortner‘s research (presented by Dr. Abigail Borron) was identified as one of the top research papers at the National Agricultural Communications Symposium held in New Orleans, LA in early February. Her work, supported by the UGA Agricultural Experiment Station was noted as innovative and impactful, providing a guide for Colleges of Agriculture and Environmental…
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Sanders presented dissertation research at the 2022 Southern Rural Sociological Association Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana
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The need for soilless substrates is expected to double as urban agriculture expands and quality soil deteriorates. Lamm and Gibson presented two research studies at the Southern Region Meeting of the American Society for Horticultural Sciences in New Orleans February 11 & 12. Their work identified the research and extension education needs of specialty crop…
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Authors Sanders, Gibson, and Lamm analyze the Biden administration press outreach regarding rural broadband policy.
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The Lamm Lab serves as the evaluator of the CDC-funded Healthier Together project in collaboration with the UGA College of Public Health, UGA Extension, UGA College of Environment and Design, and the UGA College of Family and Consumer Sciences. Each year the annual evaluation results are shared with the community coalition using an appreciative lens…