selected publications
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academic article
- "It Wasn't Like a Big Light Bulb Moment": factors that contribute to changing minds on climate change. Rural Sociology. 2022
- Beyond religiosity: examining the relative effects of religiosity and religious ideation on climate skepticism (a research note). Journal of Rural Social Sciences. 37. 2022
- Effects of trust, risk perception, and health behavior on COVID-19 disease burden: Evidence from a multi-state US survey. PLOS One. 2022
- Predictors of Pro-environmental Beliefs, Behaviors, and Policy Support among Climate Change Skeptics. Social Currents. 9:180-202. 2022
- Adding the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints to analyses of climate change skepticism: a research note. Sociological Inquiry. 92:270-294. 2022
- COVID-19 Vaccination Intake and Intention Among Black and White Residents in Southeast Michigan. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 2022
- Gender, place, and agricultural extension: a mixed-methods approach to understand farmer needs in Liberia. Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension. 27:553-572. 2021
- How Believing That Climate Change Is a Conspiracy Affects Skeptics' Environmental Attitudes. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development. 63:25-33. 2021
- A Survey Instrument to Measure Skeptics' (Dis)Trust in Climate Science. Climate. 9:18. 2021
- The Nature and Nuance of Climate Change Skepticism in the United States*. Rural Sociology. 2021
- Climate skeptics’ identity construction and (Dis)trust in science in the United States. Environmental Sociology. 16-Jan. 2021
- How Believing Climate Change is a "Hoax" Shapes Climate Skepticism in the United States. Environmental Sociology. 2020
- Perceived Risk and Intentions to Practice Health Protective Behaviors in a Mining-Impacted Region. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17:7916. 2020
- Trust/distrust judgments and perceptions of climate science: A research note on skeptics' rationalizations. Public Understanding of Science. 29:53-60. 2020
- A survey instrument for measuring vaccine acceptance. Preventive Medicine. 109:1-7. 2018
- The Effects of Media Coverage of Scientific Retractions on Risk Perceptions. Sage Open. 7.0. 2017
- Tea Party Health Narratives and Belief Polarization: the Journey to Killing Grandma. AIMS Public Health. 4:557-578. 2017
- Migrant Selectivity or Cultural Buffering? Investigating the Black Immigrant Health Advantage in Low Birth Weight 2016
- Public Understanding of Science and K-12 STEM Education Outcomes: Effects of Idaho Parents' Orientation Toward Science on Students' Attitudes Toward Science. Bulletin of Science, Technology, and Society. 36:164-178. 2016
- The cultural negotiation of public-science relations: Effects of Idaho residents' orientation toward science on support for K-12 STEM education. Bulletin of Science, Technology, and Society. 35:166-177. 2015
- The Accuracy of Lay Estimates of Abortion Rates and the Demographic, Attitudinal, and Behavioral Sources of Variation in these Estimates.. Michigan Family Review. 19:26–50. 2015
- An International Short Course for Training Professionals as Effective Science Communicators. Tools of the Trade 5TOT7. 52. 2014
- Socioeconomic Position and Low Birth Weight: Evaluating Multiple and Alternative Measures Across Race in Michigan. Social Sciences. 3:549-564. 2014
- The influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 in Sri Lanka: its demographic cost, timing, and propagation. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 8:267-273. 2014
- To Tell the Truth: Keys in Newspaper Portrayals of the Public During Food Scares. Food, Culture and Society. 16:107-124. 2013