Ashley Cate is a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Life Sciences Communication and the Wisconsin Rural Partnerships Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research interests span themes of public perceptions of emerging science and technology, situated engagement in rural and underserved communities, and risk communication and public engagement with science and technology. Using mixed methods approaches, Ashley studies how rural and agricultural communities come to trust, find relevant, and take part in the decisions about the science and technology changes that shape their life and their communities.
Ashley’s work has been published in Science Communication, Environmental Communication, Information, Communication & Society, Journal of Science Communication, Journal of Applied Communication, and more, in addition to being shared in chapter entries in edited volumes, white papers, and industry or producer-facing outlets.
You can find a list of her publications on Google Scholar.