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.
Mikhaila Calice
Department of Life Sciences Communication
mcalice@wisc.edu
Mikhaila Calice is a doctoral student in the Department of Life Sciences Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Mikhaila’s research interests include risk, political communication, and public deliberation, specifically regarding topics and technologies related to U.S. energy policy. She is particularly interested in how controversial science issues related to climate change and the energy transition are communicated to the public and policy-makers.
Jocelyn Cao
Department of Life Sciences Communication
jcao74@wisc.edu
Jocelyn Cao is a master’s student in the Department of Life Sciences Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Jocelyn is interested in environmental and public health communication; with a focus on risk-related communication.
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 communication; 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.
Thomas Jilk
Department of Life Sciences Communication
tjilk2@wisc.edu
Thomas Jilk is a master’s student in the Department of Life Sciences Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Thomas is interested in environmental communication and science writing for the public, with a focus on communicating the impacts of, and potential solutions to, climate change.
Nicole Krause
Department of Life Sciences Communication
nmkrause@wisc.edu
Nicole Krause is a doctoral student in the Department of Life Sciences Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Nicole is interested in science, risk, and political communication, with a particular interest in controversial issues and the politicization of science. She is also interested in public perceptions of risks facing the Great Lakes, especially among Wisconsin residents.
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.
Grace Novak
Department of Life Sciences Communication
gvnovak@wisc.edu
Grace Novak is an undergraduate student in the Department of Genetics and Life Sciences Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Grace’s research interests include topics related to risk communication and the politicization of science on social media.
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.
Shiyu Yang
Department of Life Sciences Communication
syang364@wisc.edu
Shiyu Yang is a doctoral student in the Department of Life Sciences Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Shiyu’s research interests center on risk and science communication. Specifically, she is interested in studying how people use information to make judgments about various health, environmental, and technological risks, and the underlying cognitive and affective processes that shape individuals’ risk perception and risk-related decision-making and behaviors.