Kenneth Lachlan
Professor
Department of Communication
Education
Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2003
About
Kenneth A. Lachlan is a Professor and Department Head in the Department of Communication at the University of Connecticut. Before joining UConn in 2015, Ken was the Founding Chair of the Communication Department at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He holds research affiliations with UConn’s Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention and Policy, and the Sustainable Global Cities Initiative. He served as the Editor in Chief of Communication Studies from 2016 to 2018, and is currently the Editor of the Journal of International Crisis and Risk Communication
Research. His research interests include the functions and effects of social media during crises and disasters, community-level risk mitigation interventions, and the role of cognitive processing styles in responding to emergency messages.
Courses Taught
- Comm 3000Q: Research Methods in Communication
- Comm 3300: Effects of Mass Media
- Comm 5002: Research Methods (graduate level)
- Comm 5150: Crisis and Risk Communication (graduate level)
Research Interests
- Psychological Effects of Mass Media
- Emergency and Crisis Communication
- Risk Communication
- Information Seeking and Uncertainty Reduction
- Social Robotics
Research Affiliations
| kenneth.lachlan@uconn.edu | |
| Phone | (860) 486-6689 |
| Mailing Address | 337 Mansfield Rd, Unit 1259 Storrs, CT 06269 |
| Office Location | 226 ARJ |
| Campus | Storrs |