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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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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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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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We are proud to announce the Lamm Lab has been selected as a strategic partner in the newly announced National Pork Board funded multi-year effort! Dr. Alexa Lamm will lead the science communication portion of the Consortium which includes sharing and testing scientific information about pork and pork production with consumers, conducting science communication research…
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Dr. Alexa Lamm and Dr. Millicent Oyugi attended the NSF’s Eddie Bernice Johnson INCLUDES Aspire Alliance Summit hosted on July 19 – 20, 2023, at UCLA’s Luskin Center in Los Angeles, CA. The Aspire Alliance Summit regarded systemic change for an inclusive and diverse faculty and explored key issues regarding advancing STEM faculty diversity and…
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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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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…