Expertise

Research Areas: Environmental communication, science communication, risk communication, public relations, strategic communication, strategic message design

I’m currently studying include:

  • How is issues management practiced in science contexts? 
  • How can organizations improve their science and environmental risk public engagement strategies?
  • How do communication strategies (content, structural features, and source factors) and individual differences influence perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors related to science issues, water security and availability, and water quality risks?

My research examines processes, effects, and problems associated with the public communication of science and environmental risk information.  

Affiliations

Part-Time Instructor, College of Media & Communication, Texas Tech University

Water Cluster Doctoral Student, College of Media & Communication, Texas Tech University

Assistant Professor, Department of Advertising and Public Relations, College of Communication and Information Sciences, University of Alabama

Degrees
MA, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Communication, 2012
BA, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Communication
PhD, Texas Tech University, Media and Communication