Heidi Hatfield Edwards
- Professor of Arts and Communication, Florida Institute of Technology
- Senior Research Fellow, Arthur W. Page Center
- Email edwardsh@fit.edu
Biography
Heidi Hatfield Edwards and senior research fellow Fuyuan Shen led the Narratives in Public Communication call for proposals. They are currently editing a book based on the resulting research. As a communication scholar, Hatfield Edwards focuses on communication and social issues, especially mis/disinformation, corporate social responsibility and the cultural and societal implications of communication regarding health, science and technology. She is especially interested in how audiences use mediated messages, interpreting those messages and engaging in discourse with the message creators, opinion leaders, and other audience members.