E. Lauren Chambliss
Senior Lecturer, Department of Communication
My interest and experience is in communicating for impact and influence for public audiences, particularly target audiences, media, policy makers and opinion/thought leaders, and targeted stakeholder groups. I focus on written expression and teach a core course, Writing for Communication. My interest is in using research-based techniques in multiple media messaging, including online and social media, to convey messages and improve public understanding of science-based information and solutions to global challenges. I am committed to helping students master critical communication skills through application of theory for today's dynamic media environment.In addition to my regular teaching schedule, I created the first international writing course and online writing course for CALS. I also run a competitive six-month fellowship program that teaches selected students to master research-based communication skills and then pairs them with local, national and international organizations working on the frontlines of environmental justice, education and activism.
Education
- Master's Degree American University - 1983
- Bachelor of Arts University of California, Berkeley - 1981
Awards & Honors
- Town-Gown Team Award (2016), Department of Communication faculty team and EcoVillage of Ithaca Partnership Award
- Stevie International Business Award - Bronze Best Annual Report (2015) International Business Awards
- CASE Bronze Award (2011), sub-website category: College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) Green: Energy Conservation and Sustainability Initiative website
- USDA Grand Challenge Award (2008) for best report on the future of bioenergy
Courses Taught
- COMM 3070 Communicating Today, Developing Strategic Messages Across Media
- COMM 2310 Writing for Communication
- COMM 3080/81 From the Lab to the World: Sustainability and Environmental Communication
- COMM 3090 Experiential Writing in the Yucatan
- America’s Smallest Falcon is Getting Smaller, Living Bird Magazine, Ithaca, NY. Spring 2019.
- A Leaded Weight on Loon Recovery, Living Bird Magazine, Ithaca, NY. Summer 2018. Cover story.
- Sharing Fields with Sarus Cranes, Living Bird Magazine, Ithaca, NY Winter, 2018.
- Keeler, B. L., Chaplin-Kramer, R. Guerry, A. D., Addison, P.F. Bettigole, C., Burke, I.C., Gentry, B, Chambliss, E.L., Young, C.L. Travis, A.J., Darimont, C.T., Gordon, D.R., Hellmann, J. Kareiva, P., Monfort, S., Olander, L.Profeta, T. Possingham, H.P., Slotterback, C., Sterline, E, Ticktin, T, Vira, B. (2017). Is society ready for a new kind of Science – Is Academia? BioScience (67)7 591-592.
- Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, Strategic Plan, Focus Areas brochure, Annual Reports.
- Dixon, G.N., Deline, M.B., McComas, K.M., Chambliss, E.L. & Hoffmann, M. (2015). Saving energy at the workplace: The salience of behavioral antecedents and sense of community. Energy Research and Social Science (6) 121-127.
- Dixon, G. N., Deline, M.B., McComas, K. M. Chambliss, E. L., & Hoffmann, M. (2014). Using comparative feedback to influence workplace energy conservation: A case study of a university campaign.Environment and Behavior. 1-27 doi: 10.1177/0013916513520417
- Chambliss, E.L. & Lewenstein, B.V. (2012). Establishing a climate change information source addressing local aspects of a global issue. A case study in New York State. Jcom (11)(03) C06.
- Big Red's Big Green Initiatives: Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences' Vision for the Bioenergy Future. (2008) USDA (role: lead author.)
- “Reaching Public Audiences” ComSciCon, Cornell University, July 201
- “Crafting your Story” ComSciCon, Cornell University, July 2011
- "Young Professionals' Media Training" International Conference for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Honolulu Hawaii, September 2016
- “Science Communication in Today’s Mediascape,” ComSciCon, Cornell University, July 2016
- “Effective Science Communication,” 2nd International Global Food Security Conference, Cornell University, October 2015.
- “Changing the Ecology of Climate Change Communication in Your Organization,” American Geophysical Union annual conference, San Francisco, December 2014.
- “Communicating for Impact: Lessons from the Climate Change Conundrum,” Shackleton Field Station, Cornell University, July 2014.
- “Believe It! Communicating Science to a Skeptical World,” New York Academy of Sciences; panel discussion on "Climate Change, Science and Society,” June 2011.
- “Behavior Matters: Program Results from Stanford, MIT, Princeton, and Cornell,” Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, October 2010.
E. Lauren in the news
News
Global Cornell has awarded five International Cornell Curriculum (ICC) grants totaling $114,000 to support faculty developing courses that feature international experiences for students. The resulting courses will be offered in 2023.
- Department of Communication
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