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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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Three Lamm Lab members were recently recognized for their outstanding academic work at the recent Association for Communication (ACE) Conference in Asheville, North Carolina. Dr. Katie Sanders, Kristin Gibson, and Dr. Alexa Lamm received the honor of 2023 Article of the Year in the Journal of Applied Communications for their work titled “Perceived Government Control…
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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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Millicent Oyugi, postdoctoral researcher in the Lamm Lab, presented research along with University of Georgia Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication scholars Jiyea Park and Maria “Len” Helm at the 19th Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (QI). Jiyea, Millicent, and Maria the embarked on a trip to Chicago, Illinois, to participate in the QI Congress May 18-20.…
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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 four years in the Lamm Lab, Dr. Katie Sanders has officially walked across the stage and received her doctoral hood. As she embarks on her newest adventures as an Assistant Professor of Food Systems Communication at North Carolina State University, we wish her all the best and can’t wait to see what she accomplishes…
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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…