Maria Lapinski

Associate Dean for Research, College of Communication Arts & Sciences, and Professor, Department of Communication

lapinski3@msu.edu

Office: 297 Communication Arts Bldg.

Phone: 517.355.9596

Maria Knight Lapinski (Michigan State University, 2000) researches health and risk communication and is joint-appointed as an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication, the National Food Safety and Toxicology Center, and the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station at Michigan State University. She researches the impact of messages and social-psychological factors on health and environmental risk behaviors with an interest in culturally-based variability to this end she has worked on research in a number of countries in Asia, Central America, Africa and the Pacific Rim. Her work has been published in public health and communication journals and is funded by the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.