OVERVIEW

I am a tenured Associate Professor in the School of ADV & PR at UT-Austin. I teach courses related to environmental communication and sustainability. I am also the Associate Director of the Global Sustainability Leadership Institute.

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ORCID ID: 0000-0002-6345-2085

Education:

Ph.D. University of Wisconsin – Madison

• School of Journalism & Mass Communication (Advisor: Dhavan Shah)
• Minor: Marketing, School of Business (Advisor: Craig Thompson)

M.A. New York University, New York, NY

• Major: Journalism & Mass Communication

B.A. McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

• Double Major: Geography and Latin American-Caribbean Studies

Academic Appointments:

Associate Professor (2016-present)

Assistant Professor (2009-2016)

• School of Advertising & PR
• Moody College of Communication
• University of Texas at Austin

Administrative Appointments:

Associate Director

• Global Sustainability Leadership Institute (2020-present)

Affiliations:

• Fellow, Provost’s Aspiring Leaders Academy (2023-2024)
• Senior Faculty Fellow, Texas Immersive Institute (2021-present)
• Senior Faculty Research Associate, Center for Media Engagement (2019-present)
• Provost’s Teaching Fellow (2017-present)
• Faculty Affiliate, RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service, LBJ School of Public Affairs (2015-present)
• Faculty Affiliate, Center for Health Communication (2014-present)
• Faculty Affiliate, Environmental Science Institute (2014-present)
• Faculty Affiliate, Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (2010-present)

Scholarly Impact:

• Citations: 2,872
• h-index: 24
• i10-index: 35
• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=V9VKjAsAAAAJ&hl=en

Grants: External Funding (most recent)

City of Austin (2023-2024). “Multilingual AI-Assisted Emergency Preparedness: Enhancing Resilience and Equity in Underserved Communities during Climate Change-Induced Weather Events.” $100,000. PI: L. Atkinson with Co-PI J. Jiao (School of Architecture, UT-Austin).

National Science Foundation (2023-2028). “Community Resilience Integrated into an Earth System Science Learning Ecosystem (CRESSLE)” $7,057,285. PI: J. Banner; Co-PIs: L. Atkinson, T. Bruno, and M. Ramirez-Andreotta.

Vaccine Confidence Fund (Facebook and Merck) (2021-2022). “Leveraging Moral Values and Social Media to Boost Vaccine Confidence and Overcome Medical Mistrust and Historical Racism among Black Populations in the U.S. and Cameroon.” $180,000. PI: L. Atkinson with Co-PI: L. Kahlor and Co-Investigators S. Upshaw, L. Williamson, J-L. Ntang Beb.

ExxonMobil (2020-2022). “Overcoming Public Uncertainty about Carbon Capture and Storage.” PI: Atkinson. $580,000. PI: L. Atkinson, with Co-PI: H. Olson and Co-investigators: L. Kahlor, D. Kemp and L. Lake.

Department of Energy. (2018-2020). Offshore Gulf of Mexico Partnership for Carbon Storage: Resources and Technology Development GOMCarb.” Co-PI: L. Atkinson. $4,397,349 awarded to UT ($339,180 for my research over two years).

Publications (most recent)

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

# indicates graduate student co-author at time of submission

1. Atkinson, L., Romanak, KD and Dankel, D. “The effect of monitoring complexity on stakeholder
   acceptance of CO2 geological storage projects in the US Gulf Coast Region.” Under review at
   Frontiers in Marine Science, section Ocean Solutions.
2. Nah, S. #, Oh, J. and Atkinson, L. (2023). “Interactive Health Messages Work Better for Those Who Feel Less in Control: The Role of External Health Locus of Control and Risk Perception.” Journal of Health Communication.
3. Kang, E.Y., Sung, Y. H., and Atkinson, L. (2023). “Flattery Will Get You Somewhere, Sometimes? The Effect of Flattery and Hotel Segments on a Hotel Guests’ Green Behavior.” Journal of Consumer Behavior.
4. Nah, S. #, Williamson, L., Kahlor, LA, Atkinson, L., Upshaw, SJ., and Ntang-Beb. JL. (2023). “The Roles of Social Media Use and Medical Mistrust in Black Americans’ COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: The RISP Model Perspective.” Health Communication.
5. Nah, S. #, Williamson, L. D., Kahlor, L. A., Atkinson, L., Ntang-Beb, J. L., & Upshaw, S. J. (2023). COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Cameroon: The Role of Medical Mistrust and Social Media Use. Journal of Health Communication.
6. Wang, W., Atkinson, L., Kahlor, L., Jamar, P.# & Lim, H.S. (2022) Avoiding Covid‐19 risk information in the United States: The role of attitudes, norms, affect, social dominance orientations, and perceived trustworthiness of scientists. Risk Analysis.
7. Ahn, J., Kim, H.K., Kahlor, L., Atkinson, L., & Noh, G-Y. (2021) The Impact of Emotion and Government Trust on Individuals’ Risk Information Seeking and Avoidance during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-country Comparison. Journal of Health Communication, 26(10), 728-741.
8. Hong, J., Lim, R. & Atkinson, L. (2021). “Doing Good” vs. “Being Good”: The Interplay between Pride Appeals and Regulatory-Focused Messages in Green Advertising. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 51(11), 1089-1108.
9. Moon, W.-K., # Atkinson, L., Kahlor, L. A., Yun, C. I., # & Son, H. (2021). U.S. Political
   Partisanship and COVID-19: Risk information Seeking and Prevention Behaviors to the Health Communication. Health Communication, 37(13), 1671-1681.
10. Lee, S., Atkinson, L. & Sung, Y. (2020). Online Bandwagon Effects: Quantitative vs. Qualitative Cues in Online Comments Sections. New Media & Society, 24(3), 580-599.
11. Jin, E. # & Atkinson, L. (in-press). “The Moderating Role of Emotion: The Combinatory Effects of Positive Emotion and News Framing Techniques on Climate Change Attitudes.” Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 98(3): 749-768.
12. Kim, H. K., Ahn, J., Atkinson, L., & Kahlor, L. A. (2020). Effects of COVID-19 Misinformation on Information Seeking, Avoidance, and Processing: A Multicountry Comparative Study. Science Communication, 42(5), 586-615.
13. Li, D. and Atkinson, L. (2020). The role of psychological ownership in consumer happiness. Journal of Consumer Marketing, 37(6), 629-638.
14. Li, D. and Atkinson, L. (2020 online first). Effect of Emotional Victim Images in Prosocial Advertising: The Moderating Role of Helping Mode. International Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing, 25(4), e1676.
15. Kahlor, L., Yang, J., Li, X., Wang, W.,# Olson, H.C., Atkinson, L. (2020). Environmental Risk (and Benefit) Information Seeking Intentions: The Case of Carbon Capture and Storage in Southeast Texas. Environmental Communication, 14, 4, 555-572.

EDITED BOOKS

1. Sheehan, K. and Atkinson, L. Eds. (2014). Green Advertising and the Reluctant Consumer. Taylor & Francis: Oxfordshire, UK.
   

EDITED SPECIAL ISSUES OF JOURNALS

1. Atkinson, L. and Katz-Kimchi, M., Special Issue Editors. (2016). Climate and Sustainability Communication Campaigns. International Journal of Communication, 10.
2. Sheehan, K. and Atkinson, L. Special Issue Editors. (2012). Special issue on green advertising: Revisiting green advertising and the reluctant consumer. Journal of Advertising, 41(4).
   

REFEREED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

# indicates graduate student co-author at time of submission

1. Acaf, Y. #, Atkinson, L., & Brown-Devlin, N. (2023), “Do Fans Have to Choose between Formula 1 and Sustainability?” International Association for Communication and Sport annual convention, Barcelona, Spain.
2. Kang, E.Y., Sung, Y. H., & Atkinson, L. (2023). “I’m Flattered, so I’m in Your Green Initiative! The Effect of a Flattery Message on Guests’ Green Behavior by Hotel Segments.” American Academy of Advertising conference, Denver, CO
3. Moon, W.-K. #, Song, G.#, & Atkinson, L. (2023). “Is it too early? Application of Virtual Humans in Narrative Persuasions for Campaigns Mitigating Climate Change Misinformation.” American Academy of Advertising conference, Denver, CO
4. Anderson, J. #, Yu, N. #, Jamar, P. #, Kazmi, S., Atkinson, L., & Cannon, R. (2023). Sustainable and Just? A Qualitative Investigation of Sustainable Marketing Grounded in Environmental Justice. International Environmental Communication Association’s Conference on Communication and Environment.
5. Iyer, P. #, Atkinson, L., Anderson, J. #, & Acaf, Y. (2023). Advertising in Liberal Vs. Conservative Leaning Primetime Network TV Shows: A Content Analysis Utilizing Cultivation Theory. International Communication Association conference. Toronto, Canada.
6. Kim, S. & Atkinson, L. (2023). “What Makes Time Constraints Promotion Really Effective? The Interplay of Social Influences and Time Constraints on Online Impulse Buying” International Communication Association conference. Toronto, Canada.
7. Papendieck, A., Banner, J., Montoya, D., Atkinson, L., Bixler, P., Duke, R., Smith, A., & Vincent. S. (2023). “Designing for bidirectional community-university learning: The Community Resilience integrated into an Earth System Science Learning Ecosystem (CRESSLE) project.” Earth Educators’ Rendezvous annual convention, Pasadena, CA.
8. Nah, S. #, Atkinson, L., & Oh, J. (2022). “The Moderating Role of External Locus of Control in the Effectiveness of Interactive Health Websites.” National Communication Association annual convention, New Orleans, LA.
9. Acaf, Y. #, Atkinson, L., & Bright, L.F. (2022), “Celebrity Advocacy of Environmental Causes: The Impact of Credibility and Existing Beliefs on People’s Attitudes and Behaviors.” National Communication Association annual convention, New Orleans, LA.
10. Romanak, K., Atkinson, L., Dankel, D. (2022). “The effect of monitoring complexity on stakeholder acceptance of CO2 geological storage projects.” International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technology.
11. Sussman, K. L. #, Atkinson, L., Williamson, L., Upshaw, S, Ntang-Beb, J. Kahlor, L.A. (2022). “Can AI appeal to underserved populations? Exploring AI-mediated communication in historically marginalized communities.” Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Mid-Winter Conference, Spring 2022. TOP ABSTRACT AWARD
12. Ryoo, Y., Drumwright, M. and Atkinson, L. (2020). “How Social Norms Moderate Consistency and Licensing Effects in Social Media.” American Academy of Advertising conference, March 26-29, San Diego, CA.

Awards (most recent)