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Education

University of Florida

Ph.D.

Forest Resources and Conservation, 2021
Dissertation: Confronting water partisanship with communication strategy

 

University of West Florida

Master of Science

Environmental Science, 2014

The Ohio State University

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, 2001

Management Information Systems and Operations Management

Professional Experience

 

Assistant Professor, Agricultural Education and Communication, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. 2022 – present.

Post-Doctoral Associate, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. 2021 – 2022.

Graduate Fellow, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. 2017 – 2021.


Instructional Developer and Senior Training Analyst, The ASTA Group and General Dynamics, Pensacola, FL. 2015 – 2017.


Lead of IT Communication, Outreach, and Training, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL. 2004 – 2015.


Research Assistant, Environmental Science, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL. 2011 and 2014.


Consultant, Accenture, Columbus, OH. 2001 – 2003.

Teaching Experience

Instructor of Record 
Communication Theories and Strategies for Agriculture and Natural Resources, AEC6540

University of Florida, 2022

 

Instructor of Record and Course Developer
Partisanship and Natural Resources, FOR6934

University of Florida, 2021

Lead Graduate Teaching Assistant
Society and Natural Resources, FOR3202

University of Florida, 2020

Graduate Teaching Assistant
Conservation Behavior, FOR6005

University of Florida, 2020

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Policy and Economics of Natural Resources, FNR6669

University of Florida, 2019

 

 

Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications

 

Hundemer, S., Treise, D., & Martha, C. (2022). A Scarcity of Biospheric Values in Local and Regional Reporting of Water Issues: Media Coverage in the Floridan Aquifer Region. Journal of Applied Communications, 106. https://doi.org/10.4148/1051-0834.2424

Hundemer, S., Monroe, M. C., & Kaplan, D. (2022). The water science communication problem: Water knowledge and the acceptance or rejection of water science. Journal of Hydrology, 604, 1-16.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.127230

Salazar, G., Rainer, K., Watkins, L., Monroe, M. C, & Hundemer, S. (2021). 2020 to 2040: Visions for the Future of Environmental Education. Applied Environmental Education and Communicationhttps://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2021.2015484

 

Hundemer, S., & Monroe, M. C. (2020). A co-orientation analysis of producers’ and environmentalists’ mental models of water issues: Opportunities for improved communication and collaboration. Environmental Communication, 15, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2020.1828128 

Hundemer, S., Treise, D., & Monroe, M. C. (2021). FA scarcity of biospheric values in local and regional reporting of water issues.

Hundemer, S., Monroe, M. C., Adams, D. C. (2021). Policy communication under competitive conditions: The effect of moral foundation frames and political source cues on policy support and political polarization.

Additional Publications

Hundemer, S., & Monroe, M. C. (2021). Water availability in Southwest Georgia and Northeast Florida. Gainesville: University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.

Professional Presentations

Hundemer, S. (2022, May 19). Moral foundation framing in Extension. Invited. Upcoming presentation at Florida Extension series on Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.


Hundemer, S. (2022, March 14). Preventing polarization on emerging environmental topics. Upcoming presentation at the World Environment Education Conference, Prague, Czech Republic.


Hundemer, S. (2022, February 22). The Water Science Communication Problem: Water Knowledge and Acceptance/Rejection of Water Science. Upcoming presentation at the UF Water Institute Symposium, Gainesville, FL, United States.


Hundemer, S. (2021, December 13). Effective messaging in a competitive environment: The effect of moral frames and political sources on bipartisan support for environmental policy. Invited. Presented at International Congress for Conservation Biology.
 

Hundemer, S. (2021, November 3). Speaking of and for water. Invited. Presented at Florida Waters Stewardship Program, Tampa, FL, United States.


Hundemer, S. (2021, October 25). Translating science: Perspectives of scientists, organizations, and the public. Invited. Panel at the STEM Translational Communication Center, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States. 

Hundemer, S., Monroe, M. C., et al. (2021, October 14, 2021). 2020 to 2040: Visions for the future of environmental education. Presented at North American Association for Environmental Education.


Sullivan, G., Monroe, M. C., & Hundemer, S. (2021, October 7, 2021). Examining Extension professionals’ and the publics’ conceptions of water systems. Presented at North American Association for Environmental Education.


Hundemer, S. (2021, August 17). When discussion boards feel like busy work, try Perusall instead. Presented at CALS Teaching Enhancement Symposium, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States. Postponed.


Hundemer, S., & Monroe, M. C. (2021, May 23). Extension challenges in a competitive communication environment: Implications of media framing of natural resources issues. Presented at Association of Natural Resources Extension Professionals (ANREP) Conference.


Hundemer, S., Monroe, M. C., et al. (2021, April 22). How looking at EE through different lenses can expand your practice. Presented at League of Environmental Educators in Florida (LEEF) Conference.


Hundemer, S. (2021, March 11). Moral foundations in deliberative forums. Presented for extension agents at Community Choices Informed Voices (CIVIC). University of Florida & Florida A&M University.


Hundemer, S., & Monroe, M. C. (2020, October 26). Stories of the Floridan Aquifer: Framing of water issues in regional newspapers. Presented at UF Water Institute Symposium, Gainesville, FL, United States.


Hundemer, S., & Monroe, M. C. (2020, October 14). 2020 to 2040: Achieving our visions for EE. Presented at North American Association for Environmental Education.


Hundemer, S., & Monroe, M. C. (2020, October 10). Bias, blame, and bright spots: Narrative fallacies of environmental issues. Presented at North American Association for Environmental Education.


Hundemer, S., & Monroe, M. C. (2019, August 10). Foundations for the development of communication that works with, not against, stakeholders’ existing viewpoints: A comparison of producers' and environmentalists' mental models. Presented at Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Toronto, ON, Canada.


Graham, W., Hundemer, S., & Koirala, U. (2019, April 1). USDA site visit presentation for NIFA senior leadership and Florida congressional representative. FACETS project, Gainesville, FL, United States.


Hundemer, S., Monroe, M. C., et al. (2019, March 16). Next generation EE: Moving environmental education into the future. Keynote panel at the League of Environmental Educators in Florida (LEEF) Conference, Ocala, FL, United States.


Hundemer, S., Monroe. M. C. (2018, April 30). Into the minds of stakeholders: Using mental models to enhance environmental education. Presented at Association of Natural Resources Extension Professionals (ANREP) Conference, Biloxi, MS, United States


Hundemer, S., & Monroe, M. C. (2018, March 17). Into the minds of stakeholders: Using mental models to enhance environmental education. Presented at Southeastern Environmental Education Alliance (SEEA) Conference, St. Petersburg, FL, United States.


Hundemer, S., & Monroe, M. C. (2018, February 6). Who are they? Understanding audiences to design or improve programs. Presented at UF Water Institute Symposium, Gainesville, FL, United States.


Hundemer, S., & Haveard M. (2012, May 30). Is it time for a new kind of campus portal? Presented at the EDUCAUSE Southeast Regional Conference, Tampa, FL, United States.


Haveard, M., & Hundemer S. (2011, April 8). MyUWF portal. Presented at the CampusEAI Consortium Annual Users Conference, Schnecksville, PA, United States.


Hundemer, S., & White M. (2011, March 16). Ready, set, go: A three step model for strategic service deployment. Presented at the EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference, Chicago, IL, United States.


Hundemer, S., & Haveard M. (2010, June 2). The story of an entire campus migration to Google Apps. Presented at the EDUCAUSE Southeast Regional Conference, Atlanta, GA, United States.

Funding

2020

National Science Foundation, $30,500
Moral foundation frame effectiveness in sustainable policy introductions
Monroe, Hundemer
Co-PI


2017

Graduate School Preeminence Award
University of Florida
Graduate Fellowship

Awards and Honors

Recipient, 2022 Outstanding Dissertation Award, Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida.

 

Recipient, 2021 Outstanding Graduate Student Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida.

Recipient, 2014 Outstanding Graduate Student, Environmental Science, University of West Florida. 


Recipient, 2009 Communication Award from The Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on University Computing Services (SIGUCCS). 


Recipient, 2005 Communication Award from The Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on University Computing Services (SIGUCCS).

Service

Search Committee member, Assistant/Associate Professor of Natural Resource Economics and Policy, 2021

Inclusion Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) strategic plan development for the School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, 2021

Undergraduate honor’s thesis student mentor, Gabi Sullivan, University of Florida, 2020 – 2021

Manuscript peer review

Sustainability, 2019-2021
Ecology and Society, 2021
PLOS One, 2021
Conservation Biology, 2020
Journal of Agricultural Extension and Education, 2017

 

Student Conduct Committee, member, University of Florida, 2017 – present

 

Connection to Nature Assessment, Pisces Foundation, researcher and facilitator, 2019

 

Environment Education Program Evaluation, COSI Center for Research and 

Evaluation, researcher, 2019

 

League of Environmental Educators in Florida (LEEF), member, 2018 – 2021

 

4H Ecology Contest and Clinic, 2018 – 2019

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