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About Lauren Bayliss

Using a translational approach to science communication, I explore how to improve health message strategies. My research focuses on how audience members’ experiences influence their reception and comprehension of health information. One facet of my research addresses media effects and how channels influence experiences with abstract information. However, I am particularly interested in how embodied experiences (e.g. symptoms) and metaphor shape audience members' perceptions.

Positions

Present Faculty Member, Georgia Southern University ‐ Department of Communication Arts
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Curriculum Vitae

Disciplines

Research Interests

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Professional Service and Affiliations

2017 - Present Committee member, PRD Personal Freedom & Responsibility (PF&R)
2016 - Present Member, Communicating Science, Health, Environment, and Risk Division (ComSHER)
2015 - Present Affiliate member, STEM Translational Communication Center
2014 - Present Member, Association for Education and Mass communication (AEJMC)
2014 - Present Member, Public Relations Division (PRD)
2013 - Present Member, Public Relations Society of America (PRSA)
2014 - 2016 Board Member, Rebuilding Together North Central Florida, Gainesville, FL
2013 Communications Audit, Mission to North America
2008 - 2010 Counselor and coordinator, Money Management International, Roanoke, VA
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Honors and Awards

  • The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, Virginia Tech (May, 2012)
  • Top Four Paper, Graduate Student Interest Group, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Montréal, QC, Canada (August, 2014)
  • Top Four Paper, Graduate Student Interest Group, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, San Francisco, CA (August, 2015)
  • The Graduate School Award, University of Florida (2012-2016)

Courses

  • COMM 4333 Theories of Mass Communication
  • PRCA 4330 Public Relations Research

Education

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2017 Ph.D. in Mass Communication, University of Florida
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2012 M.A. in Communication, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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2012 Graduate Certificate in International Research, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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2008 B.A. in Mass Media and Spanish, Calvin College
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Contact Information

Department of
Communication Arts
Sanford Hall
P.O. Box 8091
Statesboro, GA 30460
Phone: 912-478-5138

Email:

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Papers and Presentations (4)

Additional Print Publications (1)

Refereed Conference Papers (11)

Additional Conference Presentations and Posters (3)