Faculty
Dr. Laura Warner
Professor, Agricultural Education and Communication
407 Rolfs Hall
PO Box 110540
Gainesville, FL 32611
Dr. Warner is a professor and an Extension education specialist in translating behavioral theory into practical action. Her focus includes program evaluation, behavior change, and social marketing.
Dr. Warner’s research focuses on understanding behavioral influences on best practice adoption (especially those related to water conservation/quality and pollinator conservation) and incorporates these findings into strategies to elicit behavior change.
Through her Extension programs, Dr. Warner supports Extension professionals in eliciting behavior change among their clientele and capturing resulting outcomes and impacts.
Dr. Warner has Bachelors and Masters degrees in Environmental Horticulture from the University of Florida, and an Ed.D. in Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications jointly from Texas A&M and Texas Tech Universities.
Research and Extension
- Human dimensions of natural resources conservation
- Identifying factors that influence residents’ use of water conservation and quality practices
- Evaluating the impact of messaging strategies on attitudes and landscape best practices
- Designing innovative behavior change strategies for extension professionals
- Measuring the impact of UF/IFAS urban water-focused extension programs
Certificate Program
Cultivating Community Change: Certificate Program in Social Marketing — Social marketing is a proven behavior-change strategy that applies traditional marketing principles to behavior change that benefits a community and its residents. Dr. Warner offers this online certificate program, designed to provide an overview of this strategy as applied to Extension and outreach programming.
Publications
Dr. Warner’s publications on Ask IFAS