Email jgrove91@uw.edu for Zoom link “Covid-19 Crisis Communications: The Challenge for Environmental Organizations”
Speaker: Matthew Auer, Dean of the School of Public and International Affairs, University of Georgia Matthew R. Auer is Dean of the School of Public and International Affairs and Arch Professor of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia. His research focuses on the politics of decision-making in the arenas of environmental protection, energy policy, and forest policy. His recent research considers social media as a space for influencing users’ perspectives of environmental risks. Auer has served in a variety of public policy roles at national and international levels. He was senior advisor to the U.S. Forest Service from 2001 to 2006, and during that time was a member of the U.S. delegation to the United Nations Forum on Forests and to the International Tropical Timber Council. He currently serves on the Educational Advisory Board of the U.S. General Accountability Office. This event is part of the monthly Duck Family Colloquium Series, made possible by the generous support of Gary and Susan Duck, UW alumni and long-standing benefactors of the department.
The series is managed by graduate students. For 2020-2021, Jeffrey Grove (Political Science Ph.D. Candidate) will serve as the Richard B. Wesley Fellow in Environmental Politics and Governance and the chair of the Duck Family Colloquium series. |