Dr. Gabriel Spandau

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Contact Information
Gabe Spandau
Agricultural Communications Professor
Department of Agricultural Business and Education
College of Agriculture
Research Areas

Knowledge gain and sense of place through communication technologies, cannabis safety and education
Research Publications
Spandau, G., Loizzo, J., Jury, H., Bunch, J. C., Stedman, N., Pearson, B., & Goodin, A. J. (2024). Patients鈥 perceptions of cannabis contamination in Florida鈥檚 medical program. Medical Cannabis and Cannabinoids, 1鈥33.
Loizzo, J., Barnett, C., Krebs, C. & Spandau, G.听(2022). Streaming Science #3: Using scientist online electronic field trips for engagement with your target audience. UF/IFAS Electronic Data Information Source (EDIS).
Loizzo, J., Spandau, G., Barnett, C., Akers, A., Bolger, A., Meyers, C. (2023) Streaming Science #5: Using Virtual Reality Tours for Engagement with your Target Audience. UF/IFAS Electronic Data Information Source (EDIS).
Fechtel, H., Sajdeya, R., Wang, Y., Spandau, G., Goodin, A., Winterstein, A., & Cook, R. (2022). Medical Marijuana & Me (M3): Designing measures of medical marijuana dose in an observational study. Abstracts from the 2022 Scientific Meeting of the Research Society on Marijuana, July 22nd-24th, 2022.
Sajdeya, R., Fechtel, H. J., Spandau, G., Goodin, A. J., Brown, J. D., Jugl, S., Smolinski, N. E., Winterstein, A. G., Cook, R. L., Wang, Y. (2023). Protocol of a combined cohort and cross-sectional study of persons receiving medical cannabis in Florida, USA: The medical marijuana and me (M3) study. Medical Cannabis and Cannabinoids,听6(1), 46鈥57.
Loizzo, J., Hundemer, S., Spandau, G., Smidt, S., Akers, A., Bhadha, J., Her, Y. (2024). An exploration of early career agricultural and natural resource scientists鈥 perceptions. International Journal of Science Education, Part B, 1-18.
Cook, R., Fechtel, H. J., Sajdeya, R., Spandau, G., & Wang, Y. (2024). Factors associated with risk for cannabis use disorder among adults using medical marijuana in Florida. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 260, 110127.
Honors and Awards
Outstanding Research Poster- Association for Communication Excellence (ACE) 2023
University of Florida Water Institute Symposium Scholarship 2024
UF Water Institute Symposium Student Poster Award 2024
Education

B.S (Agricultural Education and Communication) University of Florida
M.S (Medical Cannabis Sciences and Therapeutics)听 University of Maryland- College Park
Ph.D. (Agricultural Communication) University of Florida

Date joined faculty:听 2025