Students

Students

Becca Beets
Department of Life Sciences Communication
becca.beets@wisc.edu

Becca Beets is a doctoral student in the Department of Life Sciences Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Becca is interested in the connections between science communication, risk perception, and public policy. Specifically, how communication around emerging and controversial areas of science can be adapted for different stakeholders to improve policy outcomes.

Ashley Cate
Department of Life Sciences Communication
acate@wisc.edu

Ashley Cate is a doctoral student in the Department of Life Sciences Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Ashley’s research interests lie in agricultural communications; specifically, public and stakeholder perceptions of agriculture and how they might inform and impact agricultural policy.

Dayeon Eom
Department of Life Sciences Communication
deom4@wisc.edu

Dayeon Eom is a doctoral student in the Department of Life Sciences Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dayeon is interested in researching public health and science communication, specifically regarding how to better communicate with marginalized communities.

Scott Hershberger
Department of Life Sciences Communication
scott.hershberger@wisc.edu

Scott Hershberger is a master’s student in the Department of Life Sciences Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Scott is interested in climate change communication (in the forms of science writing and creative multimedia) as well as public engagement on environmental issues.

Manzur Maswood
Department of Life Sciences Communication
maswood@wisc.edu

Manzur Maswood is a doctoral student  in Department of Life Sciences Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Manzur’s interest in research lies in conveying “uncertain” evidence around emerging science and technologies like CRISPR (human gene editing), AI, and GMOs.

Lindsey Middleton

Department of Life Sciences Communication
lmiddleton3@wisc.edu

Lindsey Middleton is a doctoral student in the Department of Life Sciences Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Lindsey is interested in science, health, and technology communication, with a focus on interpersonal communication, organizational communication, and digital mediated communication.

Amanda Molder
Department of Life Sciences Communication
amolder@wisc.edu

Amanda L. Molder is a doctoral student in the Department of Life Sciences Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Amanda’s research examines the intersections between environmental and science communication, social media, and social movements. Specifically, she is interested in how science topics are visualized on social media and within film, and how people communicate, organize, and motivate action on environmental issues like climate change.

 

Sara Ostad Rahimi
Department of Life Sciences Communication
ostadrahimi@wisc.edu

Sara Ostad Rahimi is a doctoral student in the Department of Life Sciences Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Sara’s research interests center on communications strategies that center community and capacity building with a focus on climate and environmental justice.

 

Anqi Shao
Department of Life Sciences Communication
anqi.shao@wisc.ed

Anqi Shao is a doctoral student in the Department of Life Sciences Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Anqi’s research is grounded in computational social science, with a focus on understanding public opinions and behaviors in the context of controversial science and health communication.

Isabel Villanueva
Department of Life Sciences Communication
ivillanueva@wisc.edu

Isabel Villanueva is a doctoral student in the Department of Life Sciences Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Isabel’s research interests lie in environmental and science communication and social media, with an emphasis on the politicization of science. 

Jacob Wologo
Department of Life Sciences Communication
wologo@wisc.edu

Jacob Wologo is a masters student in Department of Life Sciences Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Jacob is  interested in public engagement with science, specifically with NASA and space science communication.

Ji-seong Yang
Department of Life Sciences Communication
jyang754@wisc.edu

Ji-Seong Yang is a doctoral student  in Department of Life Sciences Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Ji-Seong’s research focuses on understanding public perception of emerging technologies, particularly artificial intelligence, through quantitative and computational methods.