Susan Schrack Wood, Ph.D.
Division/Department
School of the Arts, Humanities, Education, and Social Sciences
Adjunct Faculty
Director of Communications; Pennsylvania Municipal League
Contact Information
Meet Susan Schrack Wood
Dr. Schrack Wood specializes in environmental health and science communications. She is the Director of Communications for the Pennsylvania Municipal League and teaches communications and public relations courses at YCP. Susan has performed public health research for the PA Department of Health in the Environmental Epidemiology Division for several years. Prior to working in environmental issues, Susan worked for many years in television news and weather and produced Emmy Award-winning documentaries on health, science, and social justice issues, including international health issues in several African countries.
- Communications, Ph.D.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Environmental & Public Health Communications, MPHS
Johns Hopkins University - Environmental Sciences, MS
Towson University - Broadcast Journalism, BS
Syracuse University
- National Communication Association- Health Communication Graduate Student Representative
- Pennsylvania Municipal League
- Pennsylvania Public Relations Society
- National Communication Association Health Care Division Exec. Board
- American Guild of Organists
- Demographic & exposure characteristics as predictors of serum per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) levels- A community-level biomonitoring project in Pennsylvania
- Vocabulary for epidemiological literacy, to support dialogue and decisions during infectious disease threats
- The Municipal Reporter magazine
- Engaged with The League podcast
- Using Theory of Planned Behavior to Assess Intention to Incorporate Environmental Health Information in Patient Practice
- Nursing Students' Interest and Intention to Incorporate Environmental Health Information
- Gen Z Medical Television Viewing Habits and their Effects on Career Perception and Choice
- Communication Needs, Challenges, and Strategies in Free Health Clinics
- End of Life Communications
- Environmental Health communication with healthcare providers as a target audience. Increasing their interest and engagement in environmental health communication and incorporation with patients
- Using Theory of Planned Behavior to assess target audience intentions to perform behaviors and behavior changes
- Messaging Effectiveness and Improvement
- Environmental Health Communications & Literacy
- Health Communications Strategy & Theory
- Mass Communications
- News Writing & Coverage
- Nursing Communications & Educational Curriculum