Savannah Meier

Biography:

Savannah received her B.A. in Interpersonal and Organizational Communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Savannah completed her M.S. in Risk Communication at Purdue University, researching how risk-related news spreads through digital social networks. She has continued at Purdue to complete her PhD in Risk Communication at the Brian Lamb School of Communication.

Research and Teaching:

Savannah’s research interests overlap risk and organizational communication, mainly focusing on judgment and decision making in environmental, health, science, and technological contexts. Utilizing experimental research methods, some of her project topics include risk perception measurements, emotional contagion, amplification of risk events, affect and judgment, depoliticizing science, source effects (e.g., reputation, trust), and artificial intelligence messaging.

For her PhD, Savannah was awarded the College of Liberal Arts’ Dean’s Fellowship, a prestigious 6-year research and travel fellowship.

Savannah’s teaching experience includes instructor of record for Introduction to Presentational Speaking (COM 114), Introduction to Organizational Communication (COM 324), and Quantitative Methods for Communication Research (COM 304). She has also served as teaching assistants for Quantitative Methods for Communication Research (COM 304) and Principles of Persuasion (COM 318). This experience has won her several teaching awards at both department and university levels. Taking on a leadership role, Savannah also served as Assistant Director of COM 114, which oversaw course development, learning management systems, training of new employees, and classroom observation for approximately 80 course sections per semester. Savannah has also served as a consultant in the Purdue Presentation Center, assisting students with their presentation needs.

For more details, see her LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/in/savannahmeier