Location
Varsity Theatre & Facebook Livestream 3353 Highland Road Baton Rouge, LA 70802 United States
Join environmental planning and policy researcher Dr. Margaret Reams to learn more about how effective science communication can help address real-world problems for communities in Louisiana and beyond. Trusted sources are especially important when delivering technical information and can influence public risk perceptions about environmental hazards and new technology. One example Dr. Reams will discuss is the public’s perception of carbon capture, utilization and storage, which is a strategy aimed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to mitigate climate change.
About the Speaker
Dr. Margaret Reams is the Joseph D. Martinez Professor of Environmental Sciences, and leader of the Community Engagement Core and a Co-Principal Investigator of the LSU Superfund Research Program, which is funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. She studies a variety of policy issues related to environmental and ecological phenomena and community resilience. She was awarded LSU’s distinguished teaching award for graduate-level teaching. Dr. Reams has supervised over 75 master’s theses on various issues of environmental policy and public attitudes. She served as a member of the Advisory Committee for the Louisiana Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration, helping to develop the Best Practices Manual for Resilient Coastal Communities.
Photo credit: Margaret Reams, LSU.
LSU Science Café is presented in partnership with Campus Federal Credit Union and WRKF.
Registration & Attendance Information
The event is open to the public and advance registration through Eventbrite is recommended.
If you are attending in-person, please print your registration ticket or have it available on your electronic device upon arrival. Doors open at 5:00 PM. Event begins at 6:00 PM.
If you are attending virtually, access to the live event will be available through Facebook Live. A Facebook account is not required to view the event livestream.
The event broadcast will be closed captioned, and a recording of the event will be made available on the LSU Research YouTube channel shortly after the event.