Eric Abbott

Photo by Patty Trom-Bird

Professor and Director of Graduate Education

eabbott@iastate.edu

Office:

204C Hamilton Hall

515-294-0492

Office Hours (Spring 2011)

Monday through Thursday: 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m., other times by appointment

Year at ISU

1974

Education

• Ph.D., Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin, 1974.
• M.S., Agricultural Journalism, University of Wisconsin, 1970.
• B.S., Science Journalism, Iowa State University, 1967.

Teaching and Research

• Reporting; editing; theory; communication technologies; communication and international development.

Publications

• Articles have appeared in Journal of Communication, Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, Newspaper Research Journal, and Agriculture and Human Values. His latest book is entitled, "Having all the right connections: telecommunications and rural viability."

Major Awards

• Agricultural Communicators in Education Service Award (2002);
• Agricultural Communicators in Education Research Award of Excellence (2000);
• AEJMC Theory and Methodology Division Top Three Paper (1999);
• Iowa State University Wilton Park International Service Award (1998).

Experience

• Worked as a reporter, technical editor and communication strategist, and in the field of communication campaign design and implementation.

Current Projects

• Pre-testing communication materials to be used in support of agricultural and health activities in Kamuli district, Uganda. (with Brandie Martin). Uses of social networking sites by young voters (with Zhengjia Liu and Kuan-Ju Chen). Agenda setting and climate change (with Michael Dahlstrom).

Current Research

• 1. Role of communication in diffusion of innovations theory. 2. International development communication. 3. The role of new information technologies in rural development.

Committees

• Greenlee promotion and tenure committee, Chair
• Greenlee Graduate Steering Committee
• Greenlee Director's Advisory Committee
• Liberal Arts and Sciences College Representative Assembly, Chair
• LAS Executive Committee, Member

Clubs

• Adviser, Greenlee School Graduate Student Association

News Sources

• Iowa State Daily, Des Moines Register, Ames Tribune, New York Review of Books, Time