Stony Brook University Advanced Graduate CertificateResearch ('24-'25)Mentor: Dr. Christine Gilbert, Department of Communication and Journalism, Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science, Stony Brook UniversitySummary: Fieldwork in Brookville Park, Queens, New York City to provide recommendations for community-driven communication on vegetation management of invasive species. Conducted in collaboration with the City of New York Department of Parks and Recreation.Results: In Progress
Methods
We conducted dozens of interviews with people in Brookville Park on different days of the week and at different times of day in the summer of 2025. These interviews sought to assess their current understandings of the maintenance the New York City Parks Department had performed in October of 2024 to eventually inform and provide recommendations for community-driven communication/signage on this management.
This paper served as a report for my Environmental Communications class as well as providing background for my summer fieldwork and academic year (25-26) content analysis