Dr. Gabriel Spandau
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Contact Information
Gabe Spandau
Agricultural Communications Professor
Department of Agricultural Business and Education
College of Agriculture
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Research Areas
Knowledge gain and sense of place through communication technologies, cannabis safety and education
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Research Publications
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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).
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Honors and Awards
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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
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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