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Laura Arpan, Ph.D.

Dr. Laura M. Arpan is the Theodore Clevenger Professor of Communication and Director of Doctoral Studies in the School of Communication at Florida State University. Dr. Arpan’s research examines risk perceptions, human motivation and responses to pro-environmental messages, interventions, and related technologies. Her projects focus on the effectiveness of promotional messages and outreach efforts designed to encourage sustainable behaviors such as energy conservation and efficiency. Recent work has examined Americans’ attitudes toward energy conservation and sustainability, factors enhancing the effectiveness of information campaign messages promoting energy-use-reduction and sustainability 

Selected Publications

  1. Talele, S., Traylor, C., Arpan, L., Curley, C., Chen, C., Day, J., Feiock, R., Hadzikadic, M., Ingman, S., Karaguzel, O.T., Lam, K., Menassa, C., Pevnitskaya, S., Spiegelhalter, T., Tolone, W.J., Yan, W., Yeatts, D., Zhu, Y., and Tao, Y. X. (In press, 2017). Energy Modeling and Data Structure Framework for Sustainable Human- 2 Building Ecosystems (SHBE) - A Review. Paper accepted in Sept. 2017 for publication in Frontiers in Energy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11708-017-0530-2

  2. Xu, X., Chen, C., & Arpan, L. (2017). Between the Technology Acceptance Model and Sustainable Energy Technology Acceptance Model: Investigating Smart Meter Acceptance in the United States.Energy Research & Social Science, 25, 93-104. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2016.12.011

  3. Rhodes, N., Toole, J., & Arpan, L. (2016). Persuasion as Reinforcement: Strengthening the Pro-Environmental Attitude-Behavior Relationship through Ecotainment Programming. Media Psychology, 19, 455-478. DOI:10.1080/15213269.2015.1106322

  4. Xu, X., Arpan, L., & Chen, C. (2015). The Moderating Role of Individual Differences in Responses to Benefit and Temporal Framing of Messages Promoting Residential Energy Saving. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 44, 95-108.

  5. Barooah, P., Brooks, J., Goyal, S., Subramany, R., Lin, Y., Liao, C., Middelkoop, T., & Arpan, L. (2015). Experimental evaluation of occupancy-based energy-efficient climate control of VAV terminal units. Science and Technology for the Built Environment, 21, 469-480. doi:10.1080/23744731.2015.1023162

  6. Arpan, L., & Barooah, P., Subramany, R. (2015). The role of values, moral norms, and descriptive norms in building occupant responses to an energy-efficiency pilot program and to framing of related messages. Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 14, 23-32. doi:10.1080/1533015X.2015.1006740

  7. Arpan, L., Lu, J., & Opel, A. (2013). Motivating the skeptical and unconcerned: Considering values and norms when planning messages encouraging energy conservation and efficiency behaviors.Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 12(3), 207-219.

Interesting Facts

My interests are traveling with my family, cooking, reading, and playing with my dog!

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