professors and
graduate students in the group

Dominique Brossard, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor of Communication, University of Wisconsin. Media effects, public opinion, science and environmental communication.

Bruce V. Lewenstein, Ph.D.: Associate Professor, Cornell University. Science communication, especially history of science journalism and other forms of public communication of science and technology. Public attitudes towards science. Evaluation of public outreach projects.

Sei-hill Kim, Ph.D. : Assistant Professor of Communication, Auburn University. Media & politics, public opinion.

Devra Moehler, Ph. D. : Assistant Professor of Government, Cornell University. Comparative politics with a focus on political participation; constitution-making; democratization; the creation of laws and norms; political economy of development; and African politics.   

Patricia Moy, Ph. D. Associate Professor of Communication, University of Washington. Public opinion, political communication, media effects.

Matthew Nisbet, Ph.D. : Assistant Professor of Communication, American University . Science communication, media & politics, public opinion.

Dietram A. Scheufele, Ph.D.:Professor of Communication, University of Wisconsin. Media & politics, public opinion, survey research, strategic communication & campaigns.

James Shanahan, Ph.D.: Associate Professor of Communication,Fairfield University. Media effects, environmental communication, media and global climate change, media and biotechnology, cultivation theory.

Israel Waismel-Manor, University of Haifa, Government

John C. Besley, Assistant Professor, Communication, University of South Carolina

Janie Diels, Assistant Professor, Alma College


Bruce Hardy, Ph.D. Student, Annenberg School for Communication

Erik Nisbet, Ph. D. Student, Communication

Sharon Shafrir, M.S. Student, Communication

Zuoming Wang, Ph.D. Student, Communication