Students on Summer Project Team:
Katrina Fett '23, Political Science / Economics
Brianne Giuffrida '21, Molecular Biology / Health, Medicine & Society
Shelby Carr 'G, English
Kathy Doan '21, Health, Medicine & Society / Sociology & Anthropology
McKenzie Dominick '22, Computer Science / Cognitive Science
Ryder Griffith '21, Computer Science / Journalism & Communication
Isabel Hagar '21, Psychology / Health, Medicine & Society
Yamelin Jaquez '22, Journalism & Communication
Violet Kertis '22, English
Jessica Post '21, English / Journalism & Communication
Vanessa Singh '22, Political Science / Health, Medicine & Society

Faculty Mentor(s): Haiyan Jia, Assistant Professor, Journalism & Communication; Amanda Greene, Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Research Associate, Humanities Lab; Eduardo Gomez, Associate Professor, College of Health

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Project description:
Vaping, and related “vape culture,” has become a public health problem just as tobacco and cigarettes were for prior generations. This project has explored deeply into the culture and marketing of vaping, how “vape-fluencers” leverage social media and other platforms to disseminate products, and the resulting risks to public health, eventually constructing and implementing workable vaping cessation campaigns.