Byrd Research
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The Lamm lab is excited to share their latest article was just published in Foods! The research was a multi-institutional interdisciplinary achievement based on work conducted for the Real Pork Trust Consortium funded by the National Pork Board. In an era when misinformation runs rampant and scientific innovations in food production grow more complex, communicating…
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Funmi Ajiferuke and Dennis Baffour-Awuah had the chance to share research results from our USDA SCRI-funded Eastern Tree Fruit project at the Integrative Precision Agriculture Conference held in Perry, Georgia. Sponsored by Dr. Chin-Ling Lee, an assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication and a member of the UGA Integrative Precision…
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Lamm Lab team members Catherine Sanders (former), Kristin Gibson, Allison R. Byrd, Tatevik Markosyan, and Alexa J. Lamm worked to identify the best ways to communicate with rural Georgia residents about their health – including increasing physical activity and eating healthier foods – as part of the CDC funded Healthier Together project. Through their efforts,…
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A hearty CONGRATULATIONS to both Dr. Kristin Gibson and Dr. Allison Byrd as they took center stage at the Stegeman Coliseum last Thursday to get their terminal degrees conferred. Officially hooded and on their way to change the world as they build their own faculty labs. So incredibly proud!
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A great big congratulations to Dr. Allison Byrd as she passed her dissertation defense March 18th. Allison shared her research findings in a room full of graduate students, faculty, family and colleagues (with another 18 on Zoom virtually attending). Allison’s research explored how we most effectively communicate science to prospective graduate students – with the…
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Initial Real Pork Trust Consortium Research Shared at National Agricultural Communications Symposium
While still in its launch phase the Real Pork Trust Consortium (RPTC) showcased science communication research last week in Atlanta, GA at the National Agricultural Communications Symposium. The RPTC is a collaboration between five universities. At this meeting Dr. Alexa Lamm, Dr. Catherine Sanders, Dr. Shuyang Qu, Dr. Kevan Lamm, Dr. Michael Retallick, Dr. Fallys…
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Allison Byrd presented preliminary findings from her dissertation at the Southern Region meeting of the American Association for Agricultural Education (SR-AAAE), held February 4-6 in Atlanta, Georgia. With help from her coauthors and dissertation committee members Dr. Alexa Lamm, Dr. Kevan Lamm, Dr. Jessica Holt, and Dr. Rochelle Sapp, Allison surveyed graduate students at the…
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“By incorporating artistic elements into our communication strategies, we can effectively convey complex scientific concepts in a more accessible and compelling manner.” Recently, Emily Dustman had the privilege of leading a thought-provoking professional development session in collaboration with Allison R. Byrd and Dr. Alexa Lamm at the National Agriculture Communication Symposium (NACS) in Atlanta, Georgia.…
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This journal article explored how students from different cultural backgrounds used communication when searching for a graduate degree program.
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Researchers explored the association between systems thinking tendencies and environmentally conscious consumption in a survey with Generation Z undergraduate students.