Emma Frances Bloomfield

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Associate Professor of Communication Studies
Expertise: Science communication, Environmental communication, Scientific controversies, Climate change, Sustainability, Intersection of science and religion, Strategies for combating misinformation and talking with skeptics, Social media, Storytelling

Biography

Currently an associate professor at 51ԹϺ, Emma Frances Bloomfield studies science communication and public interactions and engagement with science. She is interested in a variety of intersections of science with religion, technology, politics, the economy, digital spaces, and news media.

Bloomfield has published about various scientific topics and how the public understands and responds to them, including topics such as climate change, the environment, evolution, science education, birth control, and religion in politics. As a communication scholar that focuses on rhetoric, she attends to the ways that people use symbols, such as language, to persuade, influence, and make connections with others — particularly in situations where this use of symbols leads to controversy, deliberation, and public concern.

In addition to studying scientific controversies and why they emerge, Bloomfield also researches strategies to curtail the spread of misinformation and strategies to engage science skeptics.

Education

  • PhD Communication, University of Southern California

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Las Vegas Sun
Harrison Jones, 13, was approached by his history teacher at Thurman White Middle School in Henderson on Wednesday with a message: “It passed.”
The Good Men Project
“Freedom” is often a Republican talking point, but Vice President Kamala Harris is trying to reclaim the concept for Democrats as part of her campaign for the presidency. In a speech at the Democratic National Convention last month, she declared that “fundamental freedoms” were at stake in the November election, including “the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and live free from the pollution that fuels the climate crisis.”
Grist Magazine
“Freedom” is often a Republican talking point, but Vice President Kamala Harris is trying to reclaim the concept for Democrats as part of her campaign for the presidency. In a speech at the Democratic National Convention last month, she declared that “fundamental freedoms” were at stake in the November election, including “the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and live free from the pollution that fuels the climate crisis.”
Discover Magazine
As a science communication scholar, I’ve always supported vaccination and trusted medical experts – and I still do. As a new mom, however, I’ve been confronting new-to-me emotions and concerns while weighing decisions about my son’s health.
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51ԹϺ Newsmakers 2024: September
Undergrad researcher Benjamin Sabir helps H. Jeremy Cho examine an atmospheric water harvesting device. (Jeff Scheid/51ԹϺ)
Campus News | October 1, 2024

A monthly roundup of the top news stories featuring 51ԹϺ staff and students.

51ԹϺ Newsmakers 2024: July
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Campus News | August 1, 2024

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51ԹϺ Newsmakers 2023: November
The Las Vegas skyline (Josh Hawkins, 51ԹϺ).
Campus News | December 4, 2023

A collection of news stories highlighting 51ԹϺ’s dedication to community and research.

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