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Communication Research Associate
Phone: (202) 737-9006, ext. 9822
Fax: (202) 737-9050
Gina Eosco is a Communication Research Associate for the American Meteorological Society’s Policy Program where she conducts research on the effectiveness of hazard and weather messages with a specific focus on visuals. In addition, Gina is a graduate student at the University of Oklahoma working on a PhD in Communication. Her research interests include the application of risk, science, and visual communication theories to weather, climate, and natural hazards, as well as the intersection between science communication and action, i.e., policy decisions, evacuation decisions, etc.
Her current research is on scientific translation through visuals focusing on how scientific objectives of a graphic may or may not translate to public understanding of science and accurate risk assessments. In particular, she is using hurricane track graphics as a case study to see how forecasters prioritize and convey weather information. Her next steps include a study of how the public interprets these graphics, and then an analysis of forecasters’ objectives compared to the public understanding of the graphic.
Continuing her passion for weather, Gina is an active member of the AMS. She is a member of the Board on Enterprise Communication, as well as a member on the Committee for Forecast Uncertainty. She has also served on the AMS Student Conference Planning committee since 2005. In addition, she was a 2005-2006 Weather and Society*Integrated Studies(WAS*IS) Fellow where she completed a 2-week workshop funded by the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the United States Weather Research Program. She also participated in the 2004 AMS Summer Policy Colloquium.
Gina has an M.S. in Communication from Cornell University, as well as a B.S. in Environmental Science and Policy from the University of Maryland (UMD). While at UMD, she also received a citation in Public Leadership through the James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership. In her free time, Gina enjoys playing her flute in a variety of groups, which most recently includes the Cornell Wind Symphony, as well as Flutes on the Brink, a flute choir that performs through out the Washington, DC Metropolitan area.
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Gina M. Eosco