Lamm Research
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The Lamm Lab recently published an article in Foods titled: The influence of sustainability on identities and food consumption: Implications for food systems education for Generation Z. The team of scholars, led by Kristin Gibson included Dr. Katie Sanders, Allison Byrd, Dr. Kevan Lamm and Dr. Alexa Lamm. The entire article can be found here.…
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The UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences recently highlighted Dr. Lamm and the entire Lamm Lab’s work on the new Cultivate outreach channel. Check out her journey, including some personal Q&A.
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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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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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Authors: Kristin Gibson and Dr. Alexa Lamm Kristin Gibson’s research presentation about single-use bottled water purchasing intention was awarded the 2023 Outstanding Research Paper at the National Agricultural Communications Symposium held in Oklahoma City, OK. The manuscript was also identified as a distinguished paper. The study will be used to guide her dissertation research under…
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Authors: Dr. Laura Warner, Dr. Alexa Lamm, and Kristin Gibson Dr. Alexa Lamm and Kristin Gibson coauthored a manuscript with Dr. Laura Warner, an associate professor at the University of Florida, about normative influences on landscape irrigation in Florida. The article, published in Society & Natural Resources, examined behavior change interventions for residential landscape irrigation…
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Katie Sanders, a doctoral candidate in the Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication department at the University of Georgia, travelled to Boston, Massachusetts this month to present research at the American Public Health Association. Sanders, part of the evaluation team for Healthier Together, participated in a roundtable discussion about the challenges evaluating rural communities and how…
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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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Research capacity is crucial to successfully completing a thesis or dissertation and obtaining a graduate degree. Unfortunately, in Sub-Saharan Africa, many students abandon or delay their degrees due to limited research and writing skills. Seeing this problem first hand when she was an instructor in Kenya, Dr. Millicent Oyugi aimed to identify the most critical…