Caryn’s work tested alternative means by which risk information could be presented to people with the goal of reducing information complexity; this included both the use of “value-focused” approaches that attempt to more closely link stakeholder values with their decisions, and narrative (or storytelling) strategies that present risk information in the form of first-person vignettes. In Caryn’s research, both approaches showed considerable promise in terms of making risk information more accessible to a wide range of stakeholders. Caryn received her M.Sc. in 2004; she currently works for the Environmental Protection Agency.