Sharon
M. Friedman
Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Professor and Director, Science
and Environmental Writing Program, Department of Journalism
and Communication
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa.
Sharon
M. Friedman is the Associate Dean for Faculty and Staff in the College
of Arts and Sciences at Lehigh University. She also is Professor
and Director of the Science and Environmental Writing Program in
the Department of Journalism and Communication. She served as Chairperson
of the department from 1986 1995 and as an Iacocca Professor from
1992 to 2000. She directed Lehigh’s Environment and Society
program from 1994 to 2004 and was curriculum director for the undergraduate
Environmental Studies program for the Environmental Initiative from
2004 to 2006. Her research focuses on how scientific, environmental,
technological and health issues are communicated to the public.
She has conducted research on risk communication and on mass media
coverage of such risk issues as the Three Mile Island and Chernobyl
accidents, Alar, radon, dioxin, electromagnetic fields, and nanotechnology.
Courses
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Politics of Science (J/STS-124)
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Environment, the Public and the Media (J-125)
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Science Writing Practicum (J-231)
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Special Topics in Science Writing (J-313)
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Controversies in Science, Health and Environment
(J/STS-323)
Positions Held (Selected)
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Current vice chairperson of the Board of Trustees
of the International Food Information Council Foundation, 1995-current
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Current member, Editorial Board, Science Communication
journal
- Past Member, The National Academies
- Committee to Review the Worker and Public Health Activities
Program Administered by the Department of Energy and the Department
of Health and Human Services, 2005-2006
- Committee on Improving Practices for Regulating and Managing
Low-Activity Radioactive Waste, 2003-2005
- Committee
on Assessment of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Radiation Studies from Department of Energy contractor sites,
1999-2005
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Past Member, Council,
American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Past Associate Editor, Risk: Health, Safety
& Environment journal
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Past Chairperson, Low-Dose Radiation Research
Advisory Committee, U.S. Department of Energy
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Sharon
M. Friedman |
Sharon
M. Friedman is the Associate Dean for Faculty and Staff in the College
of Arts and Sciences at Lehigh University. She also is Professor
and Director of the Science and Environmental Writing Program in
the Department of Journalism and Communication. She served as Chairperson
of the department from 1986 1995 and as an Iacocca Professor from
1992 to 2000. She directed Lehigh’s Environment and Society
program from 1994 to 2004 and was curriculum director for the undergraduate
Environmental Studies program for the Environmental Initiative from
2004 to 2006. Her research focuses on how scientific, environmental,
technological and health issues are communicated to the public.
She has conducted research on risk communication and on mass media
coverage of such risk issues as the Three Mile Island and Chernobyl
accidents, Alar, radon, dioxin, electromagnetic fields, and nanotechnology.
Courses
-
Politics of Science (J/STS-124)
-
Environment, the Public and the Media (J-125)
-
Science Writing Practicum (J-231)
-
Special Topics in Science Writing (J-313)
-
Controversies in Science, Health and Environment (J/STS-323)
Positions Held (Selected)
-
Current vice chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the International Food Information Council Foundation, 1995-current
-
Current member, Editorial Board, Science Communication journal
- Past Member, The National Academies
- Committee to Review the Worker and Public Health Activities Program Administered by the Department of Energy and the Department of Health and Human Services, 2005-2006
- Committee on Improving Practices for Regulating and Managing Low-Activity Radioactive Waste, 2003-2005
- Committee on Assessment of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Radiation Studies from Department of Energy contractor sites, 1999-2005Past Member, Council, American Association for the Advancement of SciencePast Associate Editor, Risk: Health, Safety & Environment journalPast Chairperson, Low-Dose Radiation Research Advisory Committee, U.S. Department of Energy