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Work Related Biography Positions Kenneth (Ken) A. Lachlan has filled various positions on different committees throughout the years. Since 1999, he has been a member of the National Communication Association, which is also known as the NCA. He is currently the Associate Professor at the University of Connecticut, and presently serving on the editorial boards of Communication Research Reports, Communication Studies, Communication Quarterly, and Media Psychology. From 2003 to 2009, Lachlan was an Associate Professor at Boston College until transitioning to the University of Massachusetts Boston. There he served as both Associate Professor and Founder/Chair of the Communications Department from 2009 until 2014, before leaving for his current position at University of Connecticut. In addition to his title as Chair of the Communication Department at the University of Massachusetts Boston, he also served as Chair of the Communication Theory Interest Group of Central States of Communications, as well as Chair of the selection committee for the Federation Prize for Research. Although Ken has filled many leadership roles, he also found time for personal interest and research. Research As for Lachlan’s research, his research interests range from emergency management, crisis and risk communication, strategic communication, and psychological effects of new media technologies. Other research interest of Lachlan include psychological responses to mediated information, with a particular emphasis on crisis and risk communication campaigns. Contributions Through his research and experiments, Lachlan has been able to author 2 textbooks, over 90 papers, and more than 70 academic journals. He has also contributed to many article publications by acting as an co-author. Article Contributions “Does Message Placement influence Risk Perception and Affect? One of the many contributions Lachlan is responsible for is his participation in the Article, “Does Message Placement influence Risk Perception and Affect? Through this article, he and co-author Patric Spence used experimentation to determine what would be the best methods for inducing risk awareness along with appropriate levels of negative effect. The actual experiment explored whether or not order of presentation of print and video messages would be relevant, and also the amount of influence of print, video, and combined messages. After the experiment was done, it was concluded that messages that are produced by the organization that are placed in print media may reduce negative effect, but order of presentation in multimedia may have little effect on either construct. The findings also suggested that when organizations address to public, to consider the highly arousing nature of televised risk messages. Being First Means Being Credible? Examining the Impact of Message Source on Organizational Reputation Another contribution of Lachlan came from his collaboration with authors Patric Spence, Leah M. Omillion-Hodges, and Amanda K. Goddard. Together these author’s addressed the belief that messages that are generated by an organization are more likely to positively influence stakeholder perceptions, and that messages generated by the press may have negative, unknown consequences. After two experiments to test this belief, it was found that statements from organizations may offset stakeholder responses. Annotated Bibliography of Publications Lachlan, K., Heath, R., & O’Hair, H. Handbook of risk and crisis communication. Journal of Communications, 60, E8- E11. DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2010.01501.x The goal of this book is to analyze a crisis from a risk research perspective, while also using multidisciplinary approaches to ultimately gain new methods regarding the management of a specific crisis. Lachlan, K. Examining hazard and outrage in multiple contexts. Risk Analysis, 30, 1872-1886. DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2010.01511.x The goal of this paper is to develop a measurement model by building off of previously established constructs. It also analyzes the model of risk communication outlined by Peter Sandman. Lachlan, K., Westerman, D., & Spence, Patric. Telepresence and the exemplification effects of disaster news. Communication Studies, 60, 542-557. DOI: 10.1080/10510970903260376 The current study sought to examine the role telepresence plays in increasing an exemplification effect. Participants viewed a news story about hurricane Katrina, and their judgements of the severity of hurricanes was measured. Works Cited Madisch, I., & Hofmayer, S. (2008, February 7). Research Gate Ken A. Lachlan. Retrieved April 8, 2015.