Sara K. Yeo

Sara K. Yeo (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison) is a Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Communication at the University of Utah. Her research interests include strategic science and risk communication, public opinion of STEM issues, and information seeking and processing. Her work has been published in journals such as Risk Analysis, Energy Policy, Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, Mass Communication & Society, the Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences (PNAS), and Materials Today. Originally from Malaysia, Dr. Yeo is trained as a bench and field scientist and holds a M.S. in Oceanography from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. Her training in ecology and the life sciences has been invaluable to her research at the intersection of science, media, and politics.