URMA is for research communicators

Our speakers:

Jennifer Carman, PhD is Director of Survey Strategy at the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, where she develops and supports survey research on public attitudes, behaviors, and policy support regarding climate change both in the U.S. and globally. Her research interest is at the intersection of climate change adaptation and human behavior, focusing on how people can both protect themselves and advance the common good in the face of increasing climate change impacts.

Nikki McClaren, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Public Relations in the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon. Her research explores the cognitive and social determinants of health behaviors and examines how mediated messages can be constructed to facilitate successful persuasion and message engagement.

Glen Nowak, PhD, is the Jim Kennedy New Media Professor; Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies; Co-Director of Center for Health & Risk Communication; and Professor of Advertising & Public Relations at the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. Prior to joining the Grady faculty in January 2013, he worked 14 years at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He spent six years as director of media relations at CDC and six years as communications director for CDC’s National Immunization Program.