Our department was well represented at the 2019 National Agricultural Communication Symposium this past weekend in Birmingham, Alabama.
Ohio State had five paper presentations and one professional development session. Congratulations to our faculty, students and alumni on these achievements listed below.
Professional Development
- “Agricultural Communications Through Virtual Reality”, Dr. Brooke Beam ’12, ’14 MS, ’17 PhD, The Ohio State University
Research Papers
- “Where there’s smoke, there’s fire: Examining agricultural and environmental frames in Associated Press coverage of U.S. wildfires”, Brianna Gwirtz’18, alum, and Dr. Annie Specht ’08, ’10 MS, alum and faculty, The Ohio State University
- 1st Place Research Paper: “Tenure-track, Land-Grant faculty’s motivation to engage in science communication”, Taylor Ruth, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Dr. Joy Rumble ’10 MS, Ohio State University; Lisa Lundy, Sebastian Galindo-Gonzalez, Hannah Carter, & Kevin Folta, University of Florida
- 2nd Place Research Paper: “A mixed-methods comparison of self-reported and conversational trust in science”, Dr. Joy Rumble ’10 MS, alum and faculty, Yu Lun Wu, PhD student, The Ohio State University; Kelsey Tully, Kansas State University; Taylor Ruth, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Jason Ellis, Kansas State University; & Alexa Lamm, University of Georgia
- 3rd Place Research Paper: “Exploring the challenges and motivations of interdisciplinary agricultural center directors when communicating about science”, Ashley McLeod, Ricky Telg, University of Florida; Dr. Joy Rumble ’10 MS, alum and faculty, The Ohio State University
- “How consumers contrast and assimilate information about agricultural biotechnology”, Taylor Ruth, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Dr. Joy Rumble ’10 MS, alum and faculty, The Ohio State University; Alexa Lamm, University of Georgia; Jason Ellis, Kansas State University
Congratulations to all for representing ACEL and CFAES so well!