A new study based on the collaborative work between LSC and the Urban Canid Project has now been published in the Journal of Human Dimensions of Wildlife.
Bret Shaw
Effective Communication Helps Keep Wisconsin Lakes Some of the Best in the Midwest
Each year, Wisconsin’s lakes and streams are visited by nearly 1.3 million anglers, making the state one of the top ten for angler activity. Collectively, these anglers spend over 21 million days fishing each season. …
Using social marketing to protect Wisconsin’s lakes
Wisconsin’s lakes are one of its many treasures. However, the lakes and their surrounding ecosystems are fragile and susceptible to change. Over the decades, more lakeshore property owners have developed their shorelines by removing natural …
LSC professor Bret Shaw co-authors book on health communications
LSC Associate Professor Bret Shaw has co-authored a chapter in a new book titled “Health Communication: Strategies for Developing Global Health Programs.” The chapter, titled “Developing and Testing Mobile Health Applications to Affect Behavior Change: …
Research by professor Bret Shaw shows state’s first hunt didn’t reduce tensions over wolves
Many Wisconsin residents supported the state’s decision to initiate the first managed wolf hunt in state history from October through December 2012, but support varied significantly between people who lived inside wolf range and those …
Congratulations to Bret Shaw on receiving tenure
Congratulations to Bret Shaw who has been promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure with the Department of Life Sciences Communication. Shaw also serves as Environmental Communication Specialist for University of Wisconsin UW Cooperative Extension. His research over the past …
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 …
Researchers explore place meanings surrounding UW Arboretum as a public natural area
LSC doctoral candidate James T. Spartz, working with Assistant Professor Bret Shaw, recently published a paper exploring the varied and sometimes conflicting meanings associated with the UW Arboretum as a public natural area. Their article, “Place Meanings Surrounding …
Bret Shaw studies Wisconsin attitudes toward ethanol
A majority of Wisconsinites support the use of ethanol blends if it keeps dollars and jobs in the United States and reduces air pollution, according to a new study by researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison …