Ann Bostrom
Professor of Public Affairs
Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, 1990
Contact Information:
Parrington Hall, room 327
abostrom@uw.edu
206.685.8198
Areas of Specialization: Risk Perception, Communication, and Management; Environmental Policy and Management
Ann Bostrom joined the Evans School faculty in 2007. Her research focuses on risk perception, communication, and management; and environmental policy and decision making. Bostrom previously served on the faculty at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) from 1992-2007, where she served as Associate Dean for Research at the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts and Professor in the School of Public Policy. Bostrom co-directed the Decision Risk and Management Science Program at the National Science Foundation from 1999-2001. While in this position she organized, participated in, and made presentations at national and international meetings on research and science policy, including but not limited to, the Subcommittee on Natural Disaster Reduction and the National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program.
She has authored or contributed to numerous publications, including Risk Communication: A Mental Models Approach (Cambridge University Press, 2002), Risk Assessment, Modeling and Decision Support: Strategic Directions (Berlin: Springer, 2008), and National Research Council, Institute of Medicine, U.S. EPA Science Advisory Board, and U.S. EPA Board of Scientific Counselors reports.
She also serves as Associate or Risk Communication Area Editor for the journals Risk Analysis, Journal of Risk Research, and Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, and reviews for numerous technical journals. Much of Bostrom's research has been funded by grants from the National Science Foundation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Institutes of Health, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Bostrom is the recipient of several fellowships, including the American Statistical Association/ National Science Foundation/Bureau of Labor Statistics Research Associateship (1991-92), Fulbright Graduate Research Fellowship and Lois Roth Endowment Fund grant for studies at the University of Stockholm (1989-90), and Patricia Roberts Harris Fellowship at Carnegie Mellon (1988-89). She is also the recipient of the 1997 Chauncey Starr award for a young risk analyst from the Society For Risk Analysis for her work on mental models of hazardous processes.
Bostrom is currently a member of the Policy Council of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, and is a member of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making, Society for Risk Analysis, and American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Bostrom holds a Ph.D. in public policy analysis from Carnegie Mellon University, an MBA from Western Washington University, and a BA in English from the University of Washington.
Curriculum Vitae (188 KB PDF)
Publications & Links
Books and Reports
- Risk Assessment, Modeling and Decision Support: Strategic Directions, A Bostrom, S French, and S Gottlieb (Eds). (Berlin: Springer, 2008)
- Risk Communication: A Mental Models Approach, MG Morgan, B Fischhoff, A Bostrom, and CJ Atman (Cambridge University Press, 2002)
- Enhancing Food Safety: The Role of the Food and Drug Administration. Committee on the Review of Food and Drug Administration's Role in Ensuring Safe Food; Food and Nutrition Board, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources; Robert B. Wallace and Maria Oria, Editors; Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. (National Academies Press, 2010)
- Tsunami Warning and Preparedness: An assessment of the U.S. Tsunami Program and the Nation's Preparedness Efforts. Committee on the Review of the Tsunami Warning and Forecast System and Overview of the Nation's Tsunami Preparedness; National Research Council. (National Academies Press, 2010).
- Seafood Choices: Balancing Benefits and Risks, Committee on Nutrient Relationships in Seafood: Selections to Balance Benefits and Risks, Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine, MC Nesheim and A Yaktine (Eds) (National Academy Press, 2007)
- Now What Do People Know About Global Climate Change? Survey Studies of Educated Laypeople. TW Reynolds, A Bostrom, D Read and M Granger Morgan. Risk Analysis Vol 30, Issue 10, pages 1520-1538, October 2010
- "Weather it's Climate Change?" A. Bostrom and D. Lashof, in Creating a Climate for Change: Communicating Climate Change and Facilitating Social Change, SC Moser and L Dilling (Eds) (Cambridge University Press, 2007)
Journals and Associations
- Risk Analysis: An International Journal
- Journal of Risk Research
- Human Ecology and Risk Assessment
- Society for Risk Analysis
- Society for Judgment and Decision Making