Journalism

Dr. Robert Griffin
Professor, Center for Mass Media Research

Johnston Hall 521
414-288-6787 Phone
414-288-3099 Fax
robert.griffin@marquette.edu

COURSES TAUGHT

EDUCATION

Ph.D, Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1980)
M.A, Journalism, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1977)
B.A, Journalism, Marquette University (1968)

WHY MARQUETTE?

AWARDS

Elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world's largest general scientific society, based on his "distinguished contributions to the public understanding of science through research on public use of information to make risk judgments," according to the AAAS citation. 2007.

Received Marquette University's highest career-long teaching honor, the Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence, based on student and faculty nominations. May 1997.

2006 top faculty paper award (refereed) from AEJMC Science Communication Interest Group, "After the Flood: Anger, Attribution, and the Seeking of Information," Robert J. Griffin, Zheng Yang, Ellen ter Huurne, Francesca Borner, Sherry Ortiz, and Sharon Dunwoody.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Appointed by the National Academy of Sciences in 2002 to the National Research Council's standing Committee on Emerging Issues and Data on Environmental Contaminants, serving in his capacity as a risk communication researcher. http://dels.nas.edu/emergingissues/index.shtml

Research Grant Review Panelist for National Science Foundation’s Decision, Risk, and Management Sciences program. 2004-2006.

Consultant for evaluation of Wisconsin Focus on Energy pilot communication program 1999-2002.

Chair, Communications and Public Information Subcommittee, Milwaukee County Local Emergency Planning Committee. 1988-1998.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Griffin, Robert J., Yang, Z., ter Huurne, E., Boerner, F., Ortiz, S. and Dunwoody, S. (2008), "After the Flood: Anger, Attribution, and the Seeking of Information," Science Communication 29(3), pp. 285-315

Griffin, R.J., and S. Dunwoody (2008), "Environmental Communication." In W. Donsbach (ed.), The International Encyclopedia of Communication, Vol. IV, pp. 1557-1564.

Griffin, Robert J. and Dunwoody, S. (2007), “Risk Communication, Risk Beliefs, and Democracy: The Case of Agricultural Biotechnology,” In D. Brossard, J. Shanahan, and T. C. Nesbitt (eds.) The Public, The Media, and Agricultural Biotechnology, pp. 264-286. CABI, 2007.

Powell, Maria, Dunwoody, S., Griffin, R. and Neuwirth, K (2007), "Exploring Lay Uncertainty About an Environmental Health Risk," Public Understanding of Science (16), pp.23-343.

Kahlor, LeeAnn, Dunwoody, S., Griffin, R. and Neuwirth, K. (2006), "Seeking and Processing Information About Impersonal Risk," Science Communication 28 (2), pp.163-194.

Communicating Toxicogenomics Information to Nonexperts: A Workshop Summary. Washington DC: National Academies Press. 2005. (Workshop organizer and NRC Emerging Issues committee member.)

Griffin, Robert J., Neuwirth, K., Dunwoody, S. and Giese, J. (2004), “Information Sufficiency and Risk Communication,” Media Psychology (6), pp. 23-61.

Kahlor, LeeAnn, Dunwoody, S. and Griffin, R. (2004), “Predicting Knowledge Complexity in the Wake of an Environmental Risk,” Science Communication 26(1), pp. 5-30.

Kahlor, LeeAnn, Dunwoody, S. Griffin, R., Neuwirth, K. and Giese, J. (2003), “Studying Heuristic-Systematic Processing of Risk Communication,” Risk Analysis (special issue on risk communication) 23(2), pp. 355-368.

Griffin, Robert J., Neuwirth, K., Giese, J. and Dunwoody, S. (2002), "Linking the Heuristic-Systematic Model and Depth of Processing," Communication Research. 29 (6), pp. 705-732.

Kahlor, LeeAnn, Dunwoody, S. and Griffin, R. (2002), “Attributions in Explanations of Risk Estimates,” Public Understanding of Science (11), pp. 243-257.

Dunwoody, Sharon and Griffin, R. (2002), "Judgmental Heuristics and News Reporting." Chapter 7 (pps. 177-198) in M.V. Razeev Gowda and Jeffrey C. Fox, eds., Judgments, Decisions, and Public Policy. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Novotny, Vladimir, Clark, D., Griffin, R. and Bartosova, A. (2001), "Balancing Flood Control and Ecological Preservation/Restoration of Urban Watersheds," pps. 39-56 in J.Marsalek, F. Sieker, W.E. White, and E. Zeman (eds.), Advances in Urban Stormwater and Agricultural Runoff Source Controls. The Netherlands: Kluver Academic Publishers, 2001.

Giese, James K., Griffin, R. and David A. Kuemmel (2001), "Public Perceptions of the Midwest's Pavements: Explaining the Relationship Between Pavement Quality and Driver Satisfaction," Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1769, pp. 61-70. Washington DC: National Academies Press, 2001.