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
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
Stephen Bird
Dr. Stephen Bird has a primary focus on energy and environmental policy. His current research is focused on microgrid governance, energy conflict and social acceptance, Smart Housing and split incentives, fracking, green data centers, activism and social movements, social influence, and policy learning. He is a Research Faculty Affiliate with the Positive Energy Project, and a Fall 2016 Fulbright Research Fellow at the Centre on Governance, both at the University of Ottawa. He completed his PhD on energy policy, social networks, and interest groups at Boston University in 2009.
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Selected Publications​
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Bird, Stephen, and Chelsea Hotaling. forthcoming 2017. “Multi-Stakeholder Microgrids for Resilience and Sustainability.” Environmental Hazards, Special issue on Sustainability and Environmental Hazards, Peter Walker, Guest Editor.
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Bird, Stephen, and Martin D. Heintzelman. 2017 (forthcoming). “Canada/U.S. Transboundary Energy Governance.” In Transboundary Environmental Governance Across the World’s Longest Border, edited by Stephen Brooks and Andrea Olive. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press.
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Cleland, Michael, Stephen Bird, Stewart Fast, Shafak Sajid, and Louis Simard. “A Matter of Trust: The Role of Communities in Energy Decision-Making.” Ottawa Canada: University of Ottawa and Canada West Foundation, October 2016.
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Bird, Stephen. “Gas Fired Power Facilities Case Study: Oakville and King Township Ontario.” A Matter of Trust: The Role of Communities in Energy Decision-Making. Ottawa Canada: University of Ottawa and Canada West Foundation, October 2016. https://www.uottawa.ca/positive-energy/research-publications.
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​Amanda K. Sherman, Stephen Bird, Susan E. Powers, Alexandra J. Rowe, Lisa Legault. “Motivational orientation explains the link between political ideology and proenvironmental behavior.” Ecopsychology. Forthcoming. Accepted September 2016.