Dominik Stecula

Dominik Stecula

Dominik Stecula

Contact Information

Assistant Professor

Areas of Expertise

  • Political Communication
  • Science Communication
  • Misinformation
  • Public Opinion

Education

  • PhD in Political Science, University of British Columbia
Dominik A. StecuƂa is an Assistant Professor of Communication and (by courtesy) Political Science at The Ohio State University. His research sits at the intersection of political and science communication, and is informed by scholarship in political science, public health, and psychology. He studies both the supply and demand sides of the information environment, with a focus on how media, elite cues, and misinformation shape public opinion and political behavior on high-salience topics such as climate change, vaccination, and public health crises. At OSU, he is affiliated with the Collaborative on the Science of Polarization and Misinformation (C-SPAM), the Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, and the Sports and Society Initiative. His public-facing writing has appeared in venues such as The Washington Post, USA Today, and Scientific American and his research has been featured in the New York Times, NPR, PBS, The Atlantic, New Yorker, and many others.