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Nicholas Eng (Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University) is an incoming assistant professor in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia. He studies the interplay of cognition and affect in shaping audience responses to strategic messages about health, science, risk, and the environment.

Cassandra L.C. Troy (MS, Purdue University) is a PhD student in Pennsylvania State University's Bellisario College of Communications. She conducts research on science and environmental communication.

Denise S. Bortree (PhD, University of Florida) is Professor of Communications and Associate Dean for academic affairs in the Bellisario College of Communications at Penn State University. Her research focuses on sustainability, nonprofit communications and ethics.