Presentations
Invited
2006
- Acceptable Trust? The Public Perception of Organizations Involved in Genetically Modified Food. Center for Biosecurity of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, May 9, Baltimore, MD.
- Invited participant, "Communicating Emerging Technologies: Biotechnology, Nanotechnology, and Beyond - An International Working Symposium," March 20-21, Columbia, SC.
2005
- Targets of Trust: Assessing Trust in the Evaluators, Watchdogs and Merchants of Genetically Modified Food in the United States. Global Biotechnology Communicators Conference, June 24, Philadelphia, PA.
2004
- The Impact of Socio-cultural Factors on Attitudes toward Genetically Modified Food: Comparing Germany and the USA. Research Centre Juelich - Helmholtz Gemeinschaft, October 27, Juelich, Germany.
- Impact of 'Trust in Institutions' and 'Appraisal of Nature' on Attitudes towards Food Biotechnology in Germany and the USA: Results of a Comparative Survey. 4th Annual Investigator's Meeting on Consumer Acceptance of Agricultural Biotechnology, Cook College, Rutgers University, September 27, New Brunswick, New Jersey. (Hans Peter Peters, John T. Lang, Magdalena Sawicka, and Cara L. Cuite).
2003
- The Intersection of Genetic Engineering and Public Communication. Ag-West Biotech, November 17, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- Public Perceptions of Genetically Modified Foods: Opinion, Knowledge, and Trust." Council of Agricultural Science and Technology, November 11, Washington, DC.
- Mental Models of Genetically Modified Foods: Pilot Data. 3rd Annual Investigator's Meeting on Consumer Acceptance of Agricultural Biotechnology, Cook College, Rutgers University, October 16, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
- Public Perceptions of Genetically Modified Foods: A National Study of American Knowledge and Opinion. 3rd Annual Investigator's Meeting on Consumer Acceptance of Agricultural Biotechnology, Cook College, Rutgers University, October 16, New Brunswick, New Jersey. (William K. Hallman, W. Carl Hebden, Helen L. Aquino, Cara L. Cuite, and John T. Lang).
2002
- A Stakeholder Perspective on Public Acceptance of Genetically Modified Food. 2nd Annual Investigator's Meeting on Consumer Acceptance of Agricultural Biotechnology, Cook College, Rutgers University, September 10, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Academic Conferences
2006
- Objects of Trust: Trust Attributes and Organizations Involved in GMF. Annual meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science, November 4, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
2005
- The Impact of Socio-Cultural Factors on Attitudes toward Genetically Modified Food: Comparing Germany and the USA. Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, August 15, Philadelphia, PA. (John T. Lang, Hans Peter Peters, and Magdalena Sawicka).
- Targets of Trust: Assessing Trust in the Evaluators, Watchdogs and Merchants of Genetically Modified Food in the United States. Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, August 16, Philadelphia, PA. (John T. Lang and William K. Hallman).
2004
- Who Does the Public Trust? The Case of Genetically Modified Food in the United States. Risk and Regulation Research Student Conference, September 17, London, England.
- Who Does the Public Trust? The Case of Genetically Modified Food in the United States. Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, August 15, San Francisco, CA.
- Expertise, Trust, and Communication about Food Biotechnology. Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, August 16, San Francisco, CA. (John T. Lang, Karen M. O'Neill, and William K. Hallman).
- South Korea and the United States: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Knowledge Awareness and Attitude. Joint annual meetings of the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society and the Association for the Study of Food and Society, June 12, Hyde Park, NY. (William K. Hallman, Ho-Min Jang, W. Carl Hebden, Hyun Kwan Shin, and John T. Lang).
- The Logic and Limits of Trust: The Case of Genetically Modified Food in the United States. Annual meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society, February 19, New York, NY.
2003
- Mental Models of Genetically Modified Foods: Consumer Perceptions in the United States. British Sociological Association / University of Plymouth conference on Risk in its Social Contexts, September 9, Plymouth, UK. (John T. Lang and William K. Hallman).
- Trust Me: Expert Opinion in Agricultural Biotechnology. Joint annual meetings of the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society and the Association for the Study of Food and Society, June 13, Austin, TX.
1997
- Care versus Cure: Rationality in Health Care. Annual meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society, April, Baltimore, MD.
1995
- Who Decides What is Disordered? Organization Constraints in Diagnosis. Annual meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society, March, Philadelphia, PA.