Dietram Scheufele
Dietram A. Scheufele is a German-American professor of communication and the Taylor-Bascom Chair in Science Communication in the Department of Life Sciences Communication at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Prior to joining UW, Scheufele was a tenured faculty member in the Department of Communication at Cornell University.Research
Scheufele is the author or co-author of over 200 articles and monographs, and one of the most widely-cited experts in the fields of political communication, science communication, and science & technology policy. His publications include work on framing theory, participatory democracy, and the science of science communication. He is an elected member of the German National Academy of Science and Engineering, and a lifetime associate of the U.S. National Research Council. Scheufele is also an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the International Communication Association, and the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters.Awards
Scheufele's research has been recognized with awards from professional and scholarly organizations, including the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, the International Communication Association, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, and the World Association for Public Opinion Research.
He has won teaching awards from both universities with which he has been affiliated, including the Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Young Faculty Teaching Award and the University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Spitzer Excellence in Teaching Award, as well as the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication's Krieghbaum Under-40 and MC&S Promising Professor awards.
