LSC researchers publish on the development of nanotechnology discourses in social media environments

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LSC doctoral student Kristin K. Runge and a team of Life Sciences Communication researchers have research on nanotechnology Twitter traffic in the January 2013 issue of the Journal of Nanoparticle Research. The study, “Tweeting nano: how public discourses about nanotechnology develop in social media environments,” mapped social media traffic about nanotechnology, finding that Twitter traffic expressing opinion about nanotechnology is …

Graduate student Tegan Wendland investigates mental health care in Wisconsin County jails

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Working with the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism, LSC masters student Tegan Wendland recently published an in-depth report on mental health care at county jails in Wisconsin. The piece, “Ignored and underfunded, mental health care thin at county jails,” co-authored with Rory Linnane and Kate Golden, ran in news outlets around the state, including: the Cap Times, La …

LSC doctoral candidate James Spartz interviewed on WRCO Richland Center

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LSC doctoral candidate James T. Spartz was recently interviewed by WRCO Radio’s “Saturday News at Noon,” based in Richland Center, Wisconsin, about his research on bioenergy issues in Southwest Wisconsin. Spartz reported preliminary results from a survey households in Richland, Crawford and Vernon counties conducted in May and June of 2012. The goal of the research has been to …

Dominique Brossard and Dietram A. Scheufele publish article in Science

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LSC faculty members Professors Dominique Brossard and Dietram A. Scheufele, John E. Ross Chair in Science Communication, have published a Perspectives piece in the journal Science. At a time when, as shown by recent research from the Pew Internet and American Life Project, 9 out of 10 people in the United States seek out information from Search engines, according to Brossard …

lsc alumna jenny dierickx wins farm bureau’s excellence in ag award

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At the 93rd Annual Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation (WFBF) Meeting, LSC alumna, Jenny Dierickx, was selected the winner of the organization’s prestigious Young Farmer and Agriculturist Excellence in Agriculture contest.  The winner is determined based on their “involvement in agriculture, leadership ability, involvement and participation in Farm Bureau and other civic and service organizations,” according to the …

Doctoral candidate James Spartz participates in bioenergy futures workshop

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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 is sponsored by the Sustainable Michigan Endowment Project (SMEP) and will be held at Michigan State University. The three day …

Doctoral candidate Jiyoun Kim receives honorable mention award in student paper competition

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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 Attention, Primed-Encoding and the Role of Language in Mediated Scientific Messages Processing.” Her research examines whether audiences evaluate a mediated …

Survey of Wisconsin winemakers reveals local taste

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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 a sample of 25 winemakers in Wisconsin and found that 96 percent of them are using grapes and other fruits …

lsc students compose thought-provoking documentaries using still photography

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The saying goes, “a picture says a thousand words.”  Well, what about entire movies filled with them? That’s the premise for Sheila Reaves’ LSC 450 class, Photography for the Sciences.  In this class taught in the spring, students explore the concept of composing and editing still photography to create documentaries for science and agricultural features …

Alumna Ashley A. Anderson leads book chapter published in Citizen Voices

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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 environment communication, from the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA).  Citizen Voices is edited by Louise Phillips, Anabela Carvalho, and Julie Doyle. The chapter, …