Ben Lyons

Ben Lyons received his Ph.D. in Mass Communication and Media Arts from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. He researches political communication, public opinion, and digital media, especially at their intersections with science, health, and the environment. His current work examines the processes that produce disparities in factual beliefs and psychological mechanisms that can mitigate them. He is currently the Martin Fishbein Postdoctoral Fellow at the Annenberg Public Policy Center, where he works in the Science of Science Communication division.