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Kristen Landreville PhD

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Kristen Landreville

Senior Research Scholar

Department Head and an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication & Journalism at the University of Wyoming

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Kristen D. Landreville, PhD, is Department Head and an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication & Journalism at the University of Wyoming, and a part-time Senior Research Scholar at GES Center, where she previously served on the Executive Committee and led social science and public engagement research as part of the Societal and Ethical Implications (SEI) Core in the PreMiEr Engineering Research Center. She collaborates with teams across five universities to investigate public understanding of microbiomes of the built environment, such as fungal mold in households along coastal towns. She appreciates community-engaged research and strives to make research responsive to the community. Broadly, Kristen is a social scientist with experience in both quantitative and qualitative research methods. She uses her expertise in communication, media, psychology, and political science to study public attitudes and behaviors surrounding science, the environment, health, and risk.

Education

PhD, Ohio State University; MA, University of Florida; BS, University of Florida

Grants & Projects

  • Research Fellow and Communication Specialist on $20 million NSF Wyoming EPSCoR grant “Wyoming Anticipating the Climate Transitions”, June 2022 – June 2027, University of Wyoming, https://wyact.wyoepscor.org/index.php
  • Broader Impacts Collaborator and Director of Science Journalism Internship Program on $20 million NSF Wyoming EPSCoR grant “Linking Microbial Life To Ecosystem Services Across Wyoming’s Dynamic Landscape”, September 2017 – June 2023, University of Wyoming, https://microcollaborative.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PUB/overview

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