Professor
Johnston Hall 521
414-288-6787 Phone
414-288-3099 Fax
robert.griffin@mu.edu
Courses Taught
COMM 200: Theories of Communication
COMM 201: Research Methods in Communication
COMM 203: Quantitative Research Methods in Communication
JOUR 173: Science, Health, and Environmental Communication
COMM 164: Survey Research Methods
Education
PhD: Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison. 1980
Graduate: M.A., Journalism, University of Wisconsin-Madison. 1977.
Undergradute: B.A., Journalism,
Marquette University. 1968.
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.
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Why
Marquette?
Great students, great
colleagues, great curriculum that integrates theory
and ethics with professional and scholarly preparation.
Research Interests
Environmental, energy, health, science,
risk communication
Professional Affiliations
American Association for
Public Opinion Research.
American Association of University Professors.
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass
Communication (AEJMC).
International Communication Association.
Society for Risk Analysis.
Society of Environmental Journalists.
American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Recent Professional Experience and Service
Appointed by the National Academy of Sciences to the National Research Council's Committee on Emerging Issues and Data on Environmental Contaminants <http://dels.nas.edu/emergingissues/
index.shtml>, serving in his capacity as a risk communication researcher, during the committee's 2002-2007 duration.
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
"After the Flood: Anger, Attribution, and the Seeking of Information." Robert J. Griffin, Zheng Yang, Ellen ter Huurne, Francesca Boerner, Sherry Ortiz, and Sharon Dunwoody. Science Communication 29(3): 285-315. 2008.
"Environmental Communication." Griffin, R.J., and S. Dunwoody. In W. Donsbach (ed.), The International Encyclopedia of Communication. Vol. IV, pp. 1557-1564. 2008.
Dunwoody, S. and Griffin, R. J. “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. CABI, 2007, pp. 264-286.
"Exploring Lay Uncertainty About an Environmental Health Risk." Maria Powell, Sharon Dunwoody, Robert J. Griffin, and Kurt Neuwirth. Public Understanding of Science 16: 323-343. 2007.
"Seeking and Processing Information About Impersonal Risk." LeeAnn Kahlor, Sharon Dunwoody, Robert J. Griffin, and Kurt Neuwirth. Science Communication 28(2): 163-194. 2006.
Communicating Toxicogenomics Information to Nonexperts: A Workshop Summary. Washington DC: National Academies Press. 2005. (Workshop organizer and NRC Emerging Issues committee member.)
“Information Sufficiency and Risk Communication.” Robert J. Griffin, Kurt Neuwirth, Sharon Dunwoody, and James Giese. Media Psychology (6): 23-61. 2004.
“Predicting Knowledge Complexity in the Wake of an Environmental Risk.” LeeAnn Kahlor, Sharon Dunwoody, and Robert J. Griffin. Science Communication 26(1): 5-30. 2004.
“Studying Heuristic-Systematic Processing of Risk Communication.” LeeAnn Kahlor, Sharon Dunwoody, Robert J. Griffin, Kurt Neuwirth, and James Giese. Risk Analysis (special issue on risk communication) 23(2): 355-368. 2003.
"Linking the Heuristic-Systematic Model and Depth of Processing." Robert J. Griffin, Kurt Neuwirth, James Giese, and Sharon Dunwoody. Communication Research. 29(6): 705-732. 2002.
“Attributions in Explanations of Risk Estimates.” LeeAnn Kahlor, Sharon Dunwoody, and Robert J. Griffin. Public Understanding of Science. 11: 243-257. 2002.
"Judgmental Heuristics and News Reporting." Sharon Dunwoody and Robert J. Griffin. 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.
"Balancing Flood Control and Ecological Preservation/Restoration of Urban Watersheds." Vladimir Novotny, David Clark, Robert J. Griffin, and Alena Bartosova. 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.
"Public Perceptions of the Midwest's Pavements: Explaining the Relationship Between Pavement Quality and Driver Satisfaction." James K. Giese, Robert J. Griffin, and David A. Kuemmel. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1769: 61-70. Washington DC: National Academies Press. 2001.
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