Anthony Dudo (Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison) is an associate professor in the School of Advertising & Public Relations and the program director of science communication in the Center for Media Engagement. His research focuses on scientists’ public engagement activities, media representations of science and environmental issues, and the contributions of journalism and entertainment media to public perceptions of science. Dudo's recent work has examined factors influencing scientists’ likelihood to engage in public communication, how scientists identify and prioritize goals for public engagement, and the growing infrastructure of stakeholders that support scientist communicators (e.g., science communication training and fellowship programs, professional scientific societies).
Dudo has published more than 50 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, and co-authored the book, Strategic Science Communication: A Guide to Setting the Right Objectives for More Effective Public Engagement (Johns Hopkins University Press). His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the U.S. Department of Energy, the Rita Allen Foundation, the Kavli Foundation, and many other philanthropies.
Dudo is a member of the Standing Committee for Advancing Science Communication of the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), and he is the former chair of the Communicating Science, Health, Environment, and Risk Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC).
Dudo has won numerous awards for his research and teaching, among them the UT System’s highest teaching honor (the Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award), the Ellen A. Wartella Award for Distinguished Research from the UT Moody College of Communication, and the Sharon Dunwoody Award for early career achievement in teaching and research from the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Dudo is the faculty committee chair of UT’s cross-disciplinary minor in science communication, and teaches courses focused on science communication and integrated brand promotion. He completed his M.A. at the University of Delaware and his B.A. at Muhlenberg College. He previously worked in strategic communications for the Academy of Natural Sciences, a natural history museum and scientific research institution operating in Philadelphia since 1812.
