UO Today interview: Ellen Peters, Director of the UO's Center for Science Communication Research

Ellen Peters, Philip H. Knight Chair and Director of the Center for Science Communication Research in the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon. Her research interests concern how people judge and decide, and how evidence-based communication can boost comprehension and improve decisions in health, financial, and environmental contexts. She is author of Innumeracy in the Wild: Misunderstanding and Misusing Numbers.