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Research
Research Areas
Science Communication

Science Communication

The complexity of scientific findings on vitally important topics like climate change, viruses and vaccines, and substance use can often be challenging for the general public to understand. Annenberg faculty and students develop principles for best communicating important scientific truths to everyone.

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Faculty

Dolores Albarracín, Ph.D.

Amy Gutmann Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor

Moya Bailey, Ph.D.

Visiting Scholar, Center for Media at Risk

Riana M. Brown, Ph.D.

Joan Bossert Postdoctoral Fellow, Annenberg Public Policy Center

Man-pui Sally Chan, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor

Lluís Danús

Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Information Networks and Democracy

Emily Falk, Ph.D.

Professor of Communication, Psychology, Marketing, and OID (Operations, Informatics, and Decisions)

Robert C. Hornik, Ph.D.

Wilbur Schramm Professor Emeritus of Communication and Health Policy

Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Ph.D.

Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication

Patrick E. Jamieson, Ph.D.

Director, Annenberg Health & Risk Communication Institute

Kevin B. Johnson, M.D.

David L. Cohen University Professor

Sixiao (Vivian) Liu, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Health Communication & Equity Lab

Michael E. Mann, Ph.D.

Presidential Distinguished Professor

Danaë Metaxa, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Science, School of Engineering and Applied Science

Matthew Brook O'Donnell, Ph.D.

Research Associate, Communication Neuroscience Lab

Jeff Pooley, Ph.D.

Lecturer

Diego A. Reinero, Ph.D.

MindCORE Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Dan Romer, Ph.D.

Research Director, Annenberg Public Policy Center

Alyssa (Allie) Sinclair, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Communication Neuroscience Lab

Andy Tan, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., M.B.B.S.

Associate Professor of Communication

Hendrik Theine, Ph.D.

Visiting Scholar, Media, Inequality & Change Center (MIC)

Arthur Z. Wang, Ph.D.

Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellow

Jiaxi Wu, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Health Communication & Equity Lab

Graduate Students

Feng Yi Chew

Doctoral Student

Zane Griffin Talley Cooper

Doctoral Candidate

Julia Cope

Doctoral Student

Collin Kather

Doctoral Student

Alex Tolkin

Joint Doctoral Candidate in Communication and Political Science

Ying Zhang

Doctoral Student

Brittany Zulkiewicz

Doctoral Candidate