Timothy Sellnow

Professor of Communication

Contact
Affiliated Faculty, External To CAH
Office: 403 Strode
Phone: 864-656-1567
Website: https://www.clemson.edu/cbshs/about/profiles/index.html?userid=tsellno
Email: tsellno@clemson.edu

Research Interests
Crisis Communication, Risk Communication, Disaster Communication, Agriculture Communication

Dr. Sellnow’s research focuses on risk and crisis communication. He has conducted funded research for the Department of Homeland Security, the United States Department of Agriculture, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Environmental Protection Agency, the United States Geological Survey, and the World Health Organization. He has also served in an advisory role for the National Academy of Sciences, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the International Food and Information Council, and the Food and Drug Administration. He is past winner of the National Communication Association’s Gerald Phillips Award for Distinguished Applied Communication Scholarship and past editor of Journal of Applied Communication Research. He has co-authored seven books on risk and crisis communication and has published many refereed journal articles. His most recent book, co-authored with Dr. Deanna Sellnow, is Before Crisis: Strategies for Effective Risk Communication.