Research Interests: Public engagement with and public opinion of health, environmental, and scientific issues in various communication settings (social and digital media, organizations, and news media)
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Tham, Samuel
Courses: JTCM 6140
Research Interests: How people encounter and respond to social media; media psychology; advertising; problematic video gaming
Kelp, Nicole
Research interests: Science communication and science education, with focuses on training STEM students in science communication skills as well as empowering non-scientists to understand and dialogue about science.
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Courses: SPCM 5380
Research interests: how the relationships between friends and family affect health and well-being; communication of social support and affects on physiological stress of interactants; social support, tough love, conflict management and health
Sivakumar, Gaya
Courses: JTCM 6300, JTCM 7920
Research interests: how people acquire and use information from media sources on topics that they have very little knowledge of; different factors impacting information seekers’ adoption of advice from media sources and its impact on attitudes and behaviors
Long, Marilee
Courses: JTCM 5010
Research interests: health and science communication; media coverage of health and effects on public support for health policy and individuals’ behaviors; effects of media portrayals of science/scientists on adolescents’ attitudes of science careers
Williams, Elizabeth
Research interests: identification, leadership, and learning in a variety of organizational contexts, including distributed teams, multi-team systems, organizations experiencing change and health organizations
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