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Assistant Professor School of Public Policy
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0345
Tel: 404-894-9629 Fax: 404-853-0535
Email: ann.bostrom@pubpolicy.gatech.edu
Vitae
Education
University of Washington B.A. 1983 English, Creative Writing
Western Washington University MBA 1986 Emphasis in Statistics and Information Systems
Carnegie Mellon University Ph.D. 1990 Public Policy Analysis
Professional Experience
1992-Present Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy, Georgia
Institute of Technology
1991-1992 American Statistical Association/National Science Foundation/Bureau of Labor,
Statistics Research Associate, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Fellow: Professor John P. Robinson, U. of Maryland, Dept. of Sociology
1990-1991 Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Carnegie Mellon University
1989-1990 Fulbright Graduate Research Fellowship and Lois Roth Endowment Fund grant,
Carnegie Mellon University/ University of Stockholm
1988-1989 Patricia Roberts Harris Fellowship, Carnegie Mellon University
Research Focus
Risk perception and communication, and mental models of hazardous
processes, including the perception, communication and management of global environmental
change. Currently also researching risk perceptions and communication regarding: vaccines,
local (urban) environments, and use of chemical dispersants on oil spills.
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 | Bostrom, A. and B. Fischhoff, 1995,. "Communicating Health
Risks of Global Climate Change." Invited paper, prepared for and distributed at the
September, 1995 Workshop on Human Health Effects of Global Climate Change Conference,
Washington, DC.
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| Bostrom, A., 1994, "Toward Effective Evaluation of Risk
Communication," Hazardous Substances & Public Health: A publication of the Agency
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, 3, 4: 7-8.
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| Bostrom, A. M. G. Morgan, J. Adams and I. Nair, 1994,
"Preferences for Exposure Control of Power-Frequency Fields Among Lay Opinion
Leaders," Risk: health, safety & environment, Fall, 5, 4, 295-318.
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| Bostrom A., 1994, "Risk Perception, Communication, and
Management," Risk Modeling in Agriculture: Retrospective and Prospective, Program
proceedings for the annual meeting of Technical Committee of S-232, March 24-26, Gulf
Shores State Park, Alabama, 133-147.
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| Atman, C. J., A. Bostrom, B. Fischhoff and M. G. Morgan, 1994,
"Designing Risk Communications: Completing and Correcting Mental Models of Hazardous
Processes, Part I," Risk Analysis, 14, 5, 779-788.
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| Bostrom, A., Atman, C. J., B. Fischhoff and M. G. Morgan, 1994,
"Evaluating Risk Communications: Completing and Correcting Mental Models of Hazardous
Processes, Part II," Risk Analysis, 14, 5, 789-798.
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| Bostrom, A., Morgan, M. G., Fischhoff, B. and D. Read, 1994,
"What do people know about global climate change?: 1. Mental models," Risk
Analysis, 14, 6, 959-970.
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| Read, D., A. Bostrom, Morgan, M. G., Fischhoff, B. and T. Smuts,
1994, "What do people know about global climate change?: 2. Survey studies of
educated laypeople," Risk Analysis, 14, 6, 971-982.
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| Fischhoff, B., Bostrom, A. and M. Jacobs-Quadrel, 1993,
"Risk Perception and Communication," Annual Review of Public Health, 14:
183-203.
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| Bostrom, A., 1993, "On Communicating the Risk of Indoor
Radon," Proceedings of the 1993 Annual Meeting of the National Council on Radiation
Protection and Measurements, Crystal City, Virginia, April 7-8.
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| Bostrom, A., Atman, C. J., Fischhoff, B. and M. G. Morgan, 1992,
"Public Knowledge About Indoor Radon: The Effects of Risk Communication," In J.
Geweke (Ed.) Decision Making under Risk and Uncertainty: New Models and Empirical
Findings, 243-251. The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
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| Bostrom, A., Fischhoff, B., and M. G. Morgan, 1992,
"Characterizing Mental Models of Hazardous Processes: A Methodology and an
Application to Radon ," Journal of Social Issues, 48, 4: 85-100.
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| Morgan, M. G., Fischhoff, B., Bostrom, A., Lave, L., and C. J.
Atman, 1992, "Communicating Risk to the Public," Environmental Science &
Technology, Vol. 26, No. 11, 2048-2056.
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| Roth, E., Morgan, M. G., Fischhoff, B., Lave, L. and A. Bostrom,
1990, "What Do We Know About Making Risk Comparisons?", Risk Analysis, 10, 3:
375-387.
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Collaborators
Other than advisors
· Cynthia J. Atman, U. of
Pittsburgh; Paul Fischbeck, Carnegie Mellon University; Gordon
Hester, Electric Power Research Institute; Gordon Kingsley, Georgia Institute of
Technology; Lester Lave, Carnegie Mellon University; Indira Nair, Carnegie Mellon
University; Alan Porter, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marilyn Quadrel, Pacific
Northwest Laboratories; Daniel Read, formerly at Carnegie Mellon University; Tom Smuts,
formerly at Carnegie Mellon University
Current and Pending Support
"Assessing the Risk Perceptions and Priorities of the Atlanta
Public," City of Atlanta. Awarded for 1993-94, extended. (~$5,000)
"Summary reports on ecological effects of chemical dispersant
use on marine oil spills," Marine Spill Response Corporation, through Scientific
Environmental Associates, Inc. (~$28,000)
"Economic and Environmental Risk Perceptions: Determinants of
Environmental Policy in Transitional Societies," National Science foundation
(~$280,000 proposed, under review)
"Vaccine Risk Communication," Centers for Disease
Control, National Immunization Program (~$25,000. Two small grants proposed and pending
review)
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