My teaching and research interests include the environment, food, organizations, power, risk, technology, and trust. I am fascinated with controversies surrounding new technologies as proxy debates for broader issues of social and political power, cultural values, and corporate responsibility.
Articles
Culture and Technological Innovation: Impact of Institutional Trust and Appreciation of Nature on Attitudes towards Food Biotechnology in the U.S. and Germany (with Hans Peter Peters, Magdalena Sawicka, and William K. Hallman), International Journal of Public Opinion Research (2007)
Using ‘general trust in institutions’ and ‘concepts of nature’ as examples, the article analyzes the...
Understanding Receptivity to Genetically Modified Foods (with Susanna Hornig Priest), Gastronomica (2007)
Consumers in the United States and Europe have not fully embraced genetically modified (gm) foods....
I Will Not Eat It with a Fox; I Will Not Eat It in a Box: What Determines Acceptance of GM Food for American Consumers? (with Venkata Puduri, Ramu Govindasamy, and Benjamin Onyango), Choices (2005)
This article suggests differential acceptance and approval of genetic modification involving plant or animal genes....
Who Does the Public Trust? The Case of Genetically Modified Food in the United States (with William K. Hallman), Risk Analysis (2005)
Trust is important for the perception of many types of risk, including those relating to...
Expertise, Trust, and Communication about Food Biotechnology (with Karen M. O'Neill and William K. Hallman), AgBioForum (2003)
Experts typically presume to speak with authority about complex concerns, such as agricultural biotechnology. Research...
Monographs
Americans and Genetically Modified Food: Knowledge, Opinion and Interest in 2004. (with William K. Hallman, W. Carl Hebden, Cara L. Cuite, and Helen L. Aquino) (2004)
This report presents the results from the third in a series of studies examining public...
Public Perceptions of Genetically Modified Foods: A National Study of American Knowledge and Opinion. (with William K. Hallman, W. Carl Hebden, Helen L. Aquino, and Cara L. Cuite) (2003)
The report begins with an investigation of Americans’ awareness of the presence of genetically modified...
Public Perceptions of Genetically Modified Foods: Americans Know Not What They Eat (with William K. Hallman, Adesoji O. Adelaja, and Brian K. Schilling) (2002)
Biotechnology stands to be a defining technology in the future of food and agriculture. Proponents...