Zoey Rosen

Assistant Professor

Contact
[email protected]

Location
Martino Hall, Room 712

  • Ph.D. Public Communication and Technology, Colorado State University
    M.S. Public Communication and Technology, Colorado State University
    B.S. Atmospheric Science, University of Nevada, Reno

  • Dr. Rosen is an interdisciplinary social scientist interested in how we engage with information about hazards and disasters. With a background in meteorology and mass communication, she was drawn to study how we communicate about the risks associated with phenomena we encounter everyday. Her research examines science communication around environmental topics such as extreme weather and air quality.      

    Research Interests: Quantitative and Qualitative Methodologies, Visual Communication, Risk Communication, Science Communication, Environmental Science, Public Health

    • Rosen, Z., Meister, E., & Fox, A. (2026). Does Cumulative Risk Fit into Single Risk Frameworks?: Examining the Planned Risk Information Seeking Model (PRISM) for Cumulative Environmental Health Risks. Journal of Health Communication, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2026.2703180.
    • Rosen, Z., and W. Livingston. 2026. “Exploring Health Locus of Control and Risk Perception: Connecting Efficacy to Protective Action Through Winter Weather Forecast Messages.” Meteorological Applications. 33, no. 3: e70180. https://doi.org/10.1002/met.70180.
    • Rosen, Z., Bitterman, A., Ripberger, J., Krocak, M., Wanless, A., & Meister, E. (2026). The Color of Weather: Examining Associations for Color in Forecast Graphics. Visual Communication Quarterly, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/15551393.2025.2605093
    • Rosen, Z., Long, M., Ford, B., Wendt, E. A., Cheeseman, M., Quinn, C., L'Orange, C., Volckens, J. and Pierce, J. R. (2024). Anthropomorphism and motivating participation in citizen science projects JCOM 23(08), A04. https://doi.org/10.22323/2.23080204
    • Rosen, Z., M. Long, A. Schumacher, M. DeMaria, and A. Brammer, 2024: Expert and Public Preferences and Perceptions of Different Color Schemes and Map Overlays on a Tropical Cyclone Wind Exceedance Forecast Graphic. Wea. Climate Soc., 16, 497–510, https://doi.org/10.1175/WCAS-D-23-0110.1.
    • Rosen, Zoey; Henery, Giovanna; Slater, Kellin D.; Sablan, Olivia; Ford, Bonne; Pierce, Jeffrey R.; Fischer, Emily V.; and Magzamen, S. L. (2023) "A Culture of Fire: Identifying Community Risk Perceptions Surrounding Prescribed Burning in the Flint Hills, Kansas," Journal of Applied Communications: Vol. 106: Iss. 4. https://doi.org/10.4148/1051-0834.2455
    • Rosen, Z. (2023). Identity and Career: An Analysis of Emerging Meteorologists’ Narratives, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 104(2), E340-E351. doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-22-0152.1  
    • Rosen, Z., Bice, C., & Scott, S. (2021). Visualizing the invisible: Visual-based design and efficacy in air quality messaging. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(20), 10882. doi:10.3390/ijerph182010882 

  • COMC 1101: Communication and Culture: History, Theory, and Methods

    COMC 2148: Introduction to Science Communication

    PMMA 5209: Science, Media, and the Public