LSC doctoral candidate James T. Spartz will join scientists from a range of disciplines this week to take part in a workshop, “Bioenergy Futures: Technical Feasibility Meets Social Sustainability,” from November 29 to December 1. The invitational workshop …
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Doctoral candidate Jiyoun Kim receives honorable mention award in student paper competition
Congratulations to LSC doctoral candidate Jiyoun Kim, who received a “Honorable Mention” award at the 2012 MAPOR Fellows Student Paper Competition in Chicago during the annual conference November 16 to 17, for her paper “Selective …
Survey of Wisconsin winemakers reveals local taste
A survey completed by assistant professor and UW-Extension communications specialist Bret Shaw and LSC graduate student Camille Rogers revealed good news for Wisconsin wine lovers and devotees of local foods. In their study, Shaw and Rogers interviewed …
Alumna Ashley A. Anderson leads book chapter published in Citizen Voices
Recent LSC alumna Ashley A. Anderson (PhD, ’12), now a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Center for Climate Change Communication at George Mason University, leads a paper published in the new book Citizen voices: Performing public participation in science and …
Doctoral candidate Jill Hopke publishes in Environmental Communication
LSC doctoral candidate Jill Hopke has research included in a special issue of Environmental Communication: A Journal of Nature and Culture on environmental justice in international contexts. Hopke’s work explores mainstream and alternative press discourse of conflict over metallic mining in …
LSC researchers publish in the yearbook of nanotechnology in society
LSC researchers, lead by doctoral student Doo-Hun Choi, co-authoring with Anthony Dudo, now Assistant Professor of Advertising and Public Relations at the University of Texas-Austin and Dietram A. Scheufele, John E. Ross Professor of Science Communication, …
LSC researchers publish on operationalizations of scientific understanding in science and public policy
In an article in Science and Public Policy, LSC alumni Pete Ladwig (M.S., ’11) and Kajsa E. Dalrymple (Ph.D., ’11), now assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Iowa, along with …
Doctoral student Heather Akin receives top-student honor at AEJMC
Doctoral student Heather Akin will receive a top-student paper honor at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) conference in Chicago from the ComSHER (Communicating Science, Health, Environment and Risk) division. Her paper, “Concern about Climate …
Doctoral candidate James Spartz on merits of nanocellulose research in Chemical & Industry Magazine
LSC doctoral candidate James Spartz leads a double life. While working on a dissertation project investigating public perceptions and opinion leadership around bioenergy issues in Southwest Wisconsin he also finds time to log hours as a public …
LSC doctoral students receive student fellowships to attend behavior, energy, and climate change conference
LSC doctoral student Sara K. Yeo and doctoral candidate Michael Cacciatore are recipients of Precourt Energy Efficiency Center Student Fellowships to defray the cost of attending this year’s Behavior, Energy and Climate Change conference in …