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Core Members<\/h1>\n\n\n
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Rebecca Beadling <\/strong>(Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, College of Science and Technology) <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brings expertise in<\/strong>: climate science\/oceanography; climate communication; future climate projections; data visualization; data management; large-scale data analysis and scientific computing; engagement with international climate science projects (e.g., CMIP, IPCC); public engagement (Triple C @ Triple B: Climate, Community, & Conversations, lead organizer).<\/em> <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Evangelia Bellas <\/strong>(Associate Professor, Department of Bioengineering, College of Engineering) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brings expertise in:<\/strong> engineering human disease models, with a focus on fat tissue and associated conditions (obesity, insulin resistance, lipedema, exposure to microgravity, hormone responses, blood and lymphatic vascular function) via tissue engineering and organ-on-chip methods.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jason Chein <\/strong>(Professor, Department of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brings expertise in<\/strong>: cognitive neuroscience, decision-making processes, and how people learn, problem-solve, and navigate the physical and social world, especially under conditions of distraction, emotional arousal, and social influence.  <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Bruce Hardy<\/strong> – Initiative Lead <\/strong>(Associate Professor, Department of Communication, Klein College) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brings expertise in<\/strong>: political science, health communication, risk communication, public opinion research, survey\/experiment design, data analysis, messaging and message testing, and strategic communication for public engagement. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Brian Hutler<\/strong><\/strong> (Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brings expertise in: <\/strong>moral and political philosophy; bioethics and public health ethics; legal theory and constitutional law; and interdisciplinary and mixed-methods research collaboration. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Heather LaMarre <\/strong>(Associate Professor, Communication, Klein College) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brings expertise in: <\/strong>public policy, attitudes, and opinion change; message design; program evaluation; interview, focus group, survey, experimental design; high-impact philanthropy; social entrepreneurship; and strategic communication for public engagement of diverse audiences. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Joe Lucia <\/strong>(Dean of Libraries) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brings expertise in:<\/strong> cultural, social, and organizational impacts of technological change, with a focus on the ongoing impacts of the (rapid) transition from print-centered knowledge capture and transmission to a fluid, turbulent networked digital information universe characterized by a succession of destabilizing emergent technologies. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Meghnaa Tallapragada <\/strong>(Assistant Professor, Advertising and Public Relations, Klein College) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brings experience in:<\/strong> collaborating with interdisciplinary teams by conducting public perception research and equipping scientists and engineers with data-driven science communication and public engagement strategies. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Affiliated Members<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Andrew Illiadis\u00a0<\/strong>(Assistant Professor, Media Studies and Production, Klein College)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Graduate Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Gaby Santos\u00a0<\/strong>(PhD Student, Media and Communication Doctoral Program, Klein College)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brings\u00a0experience in:<\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Rebecca Beadling (Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, College of Science and Technology)  Brings expertise in: climate science\/oceanography; climate communication; future climate projections; data visualization; data management; large-scale data analysis and scientific computing; engagement with international climate science projects (e.g., CMIP, IPCC); public engagement (Triple C @ Triple B: Climate, Community, & Conversations, lead organizer).  Evangelia Bellas (Associate Professor, Department of Bioengineering, College of… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12412,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"default","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"center","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"off","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"on","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-35","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tuhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tuhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tuhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tuhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12412"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tuhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":52,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tuhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":207,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tuhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions\/207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tuhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}