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Dominique Brossard

Dominique Brossard (born November 3, 1963) is a professor and chair of the Department of Life Sciences Communication at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She is a member of the steering committee for the university's Robert & Jean Holtz Center for Science and Technology Studies and is affiliated with other institutes at the university, including the Energy Institute, the Global Health Institute, and the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies. Brossard also holds a position as a principal investigator at the Morgridge Institute for Research.

In her academic work, Brossard focuses on the interactions between science, media, and public policy. She leads the Science, Media and the Public (SCIMEP) research group, which investigates the dynamics of scientific discussion in online platforms and its implications for public engagement and discourse.

Prior to her academic appointments, Brossard was employed at Accenture in its Change Management Services Division and coordinated communication for the Agricultural Biotechnology Support Project II. She received her M.S. in plant biotechnology from the Ecole Nationale d’Agronomie de Toulouse and her M.P.S and Ph.D. in communication from Cornell University. Provided by Wikipedia