Dr. Gabriel Spandau

Contact Information

Gabe Spandau

Agricultural Communications Professor
Department of Agricultural Business and Education
College of Agriculture

Email: gspandau@tnstate.edu
Gabe Spandau's CV

Research Areas

Knowledge gain and sense of place through communication technologies, scientists' social responsibility, cannabis safety and education

Research Publications

Spandau, G., Loizzo, J., Jury, H., Bunch, J. C., Stedman, N., Pearson, B., & Goodin, A. J. (2024). Patients’ perceptions of cannabis contamination in Florida’s medical program. Medical Cannabis and Cannabinoids, 1–33. https://doi.org/10.1159/000542929

Loizzo, J., Barnett, C., Krebs, C. & Spandau, G. (2022). Streaming Science #3: Using scientist online electronic field trips for engagement with your target audience. UF/IFAS Electronic Data Information Source (EDIS). https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/wc424

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). https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/WC440

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. https://doi.org/10.26828/cannabis.2022.02.000.25

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, 6(1), 46–57. https://doi.org/10.1159/000530052

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’ perceptions of social responsibility. International Journal of Science Education, Part B, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/21548455.2024.2335673

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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2023.110127

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) University of Maryland- College Park

Ph.D. (Agricultural Communication) University of Florida

Date joined faculty: 2025