Joellen Lampman

Tick and School IPM Coordinator, Cornell Integrated Pest Management

About
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Joellen provides support for planning, conducting, and evaluating a comprehensive IPM educational outreach program within communities, with an emphasis on IPM for schools and turfgrass settings. She is a regular contributor to Cornell IPM's blogs, ThinkIPM and The ABC's of School and Childcare Pest Management. Joellen has also collaborated on research projects related to turfgrass pests, ticks and pollinators.

Education

B.S., Natural Resources, Cornell University, 1990
M.S., Science Communication, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 2025

Interests

Ticks, Public health, Biodiversity, Pollinators, Invasive species, Wildlife, Science communication

Recent Research

Research has shown that personal protection can be the most effective way to prevent tick-borne diseases, but they are not broadly applied by the public. Even those that do practice tick protection are not consistent, leaving themselves vulnerable to tick bites. If increasing these personal protection strategies is key to reducing risk, understanding the public’s knowledge, attitudes, and practices surrounding ticks, tick-borne diseases and personal protection is crucial to the design of messaging campaigns to increase protective behaviors. I am also involved in research on the longhorned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis, which poses a threat to New York’s livestock.

Journal Articles

Foley, N., Balamurali, S., Lampman, J., Gangloff-Kaufman, J., Eastwood, G., Cumbie, A. N., Mader, E. M., & Harrington, L. C. (2023). New York State Tick Blitz: harnessing community-based science to understand range expansion of ticks. Journal of Medical Entomology, tjad039. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjad039
Gannett, M., Bray, N., Lampman, J., Lerner, J., Murray, K., Wallace, V., Yeh, T., Slavens, M., Thompson, G. L., & Kao-Kniffin, J. (2021). Repetitive Overseeding for Ecological Management of Grass Playing Fields. HortScience, 56(2), 226–233. https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI15419-20
Mader, E.M., Lampman, J., Kendregan, H. et al. Are we asking the right questions? A dive into the knowledge, attitudes, and practices literature on behavior change in tick bite prevention. BMC Public Health (2026). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-026-26270-2
Yuan, Q., Llanos-Soto, S. G., Gangloff-Kaufmann, J. L., Lampman, J. M., Frye, M. J., Benedict, M. C., Tallmadge, R. L., Mitchell, P. K., Anderson, R. R., Cronk, B. D., Stanhope, B. J., Jarvis, A. R., Lejeune, M., Renshaw, R. W., Laverack, M., Lamb, E. M., & Goodman, L. B. (2020). Active surveillance of pathogens from ticks collected in New York State suburban parks and schoolyards. Zoonoses and Public Health, 67(6), 684–696. https://doi.org/10.1111/zph.12749

Contact Information

Cornell Cooperative Extension Albany County
24 Martin Road, Voorheesville, NY 12186

(315) 787-2276

jkz6 [at] cornell.edu

Websites

Joellen in the news

A close-up of a person outdoors adjusting their gray wool sock above a brown hiking boot on grassy ground.

News

January 26, 2026

Are we asking the right questions to prevent tick-borne illnesses?

Research on prior surveys finds very few people have been asked why they chose not to take preventative actions.

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Disease

News

August 13, 2025

Recognized tick expert promoted by Cornell Integrated Pest Management

“Joellen is a dynamic and engaging educator who has connected thousands of New Yorkers with information and resources to identify and protect themselves and their families from ticks and tick-borne diseases,” Gangloff-Kaufmann said. “We are...

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Joellen Lampman

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