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Appendix C
Biographical Sketches of Presenters,
Steering Committee Members, and Staff
PRESENTERS
ELAINE ANDREWS is the director of the Environmental Resources Cen-
ter in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of
Wisconsin–Madison, promoting informed decision making on natural
resource issues in the state of Wisconsin. She is a past executive director
of the North American Association for Environmental Education, a prin -
cipal investigator for more than 30 national or multistate projects, and
author of numerous publications. She received the Walter E. Jeske Award
from the North American Association for Environmental Education in
2005 and the Distinguished Service Award from the Wisconsin Extension
Environmental and Community Development Association. She has a B.A.
in biology from the College of Wooster, an M.A.T. in science education
from the University of Chicago, and an M.S. in natural resources policy
and management from the University of Michigan.
NICOLE ARDOIN is an assistant professor at Stanford University with
a joint appointment in the School of Education and the Woods Institute
for the Environment. Much of her material focuses on environmental
behavior with reference to sense of place and geographic scale. She was
previously a board member of the North American Association for Envi-
ronmental Education and has worked for the World Wildlife Fund. She
has a B.A. in international business and French from James Madison
University, an M.S. in natural resource management from the University
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of Wisconsin, and an M.Phil. and a Ph.D. in forestry and environmental
studies from Yale University.
KIT BATTEN is senior science and policy fellow at the Heinz Center and
director of its Institute for Science Communication and Policy Develop-
ment. She has served as the science advisor to the deputy secretary of the
U.S. Department of the Interior and before that she was a senior fellow
at the Center for American Progress, where she directed the energy and
climate change policy team. She has also served in the offices of Senator
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), where
she worked as a legislative assistant on climate change, energy, trans-
portation, and agriculture policy and as an American Association for the
Advancement of Science fellow, respectively. As a postdoctoral associ -
ate, she worked for the National Ecological Observatory Network at the
American Institute of Biological Sciences. She has frequently participated
in television, radio, and print media interviews. She has a B.A. in chem -
istry from Oberlin College and an M.S. and a Ph.D. in ecology from the
University of California, Davis.
SUSAN CLAYTON is professor of social psychology at the College of
Wooster and chairs its Campus Sustainability Committee. She studies
how people make personal connections to the natural environment, how
it becomes part of their social identity, and how people think about justice
in the sociopolitical contexts of environmental issues. She is a fellow of
the American Psychological Association, the Society for the Psychologi -
cal Study of Social Issues, and the Society for Population and Environ-
mental Psychology. She is an editor for the Human Ecology Review and
the Journal of the Society for Human Ecology and is on the editorial board
of the Journal of Environmental Psychology, Analyses of Social Issues and Pub -
lic Policy, and PsyEcology. Previously, she was president of the American
Psychological Association’s Division 34, the Society for Population and
Environmental Psychology. She has published three books and had her
work featured in numerous journal publications. She has a B.A. from
Carleton College and an M.S. and a Ph.D. from Yale University.
KEVIN COYLE is vice president for education at the National Wildlife
Federation. Previously, he was president of the National Environmental
Education and Training Foundation, leading an organization committed
to personal stewardship, science education, improved health care, busi -
ness management, watershed management, and natural resource man-
agement. He is trustee and immediate past chair of the Potomac Conser-
vancy, trustee of the Alice Ferguson Foundation, and past chairman of the
Natural Resources Council of America. He has a B.A. in sociology from
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LaSalle University, a J.D. in environmental law from Temple University,
and the Conservation Leadership Institute Certificate from the Wharton
School of Business.
HEIDI CULLEN is interim chief executive officer, research scientist, and
lead correspondent for Climate Central, a nonprofit organization that ana-
lyzes and reports on climate science. The organization has produced pro-
grams broadcasted on PBS NewsHour and The Weather Channel (TWC).
Previously, Cullen was the climate expert and correspondent for TWC
and a scientist for the National Center for Atmospheric Research. She
received the Climate and Global Change Fellowship from the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and spent 2 years
at Columbia University’s International Research Institute for Climate
and Society, applying long-range climate forecasts to the water resources
sector in Brazil and Paraguay. She won the 2008 National Conservation
Achievement Award for science from the National Wildlife Federation
and in 2010 published a book titled The Weather of the Future. She is also a
member of the American Geophysical Union and the American Meteoro -
logical Society and is an associate editor for Weather, Climate, Society. She
has a B.S. in engineering and operations research from Columbia Univer-
sity and a Ph.D. in climatology and ocean-atmosphere dynamics from the
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia.
DAVID HASSENZAHL is dean and professor of the School of Sustain-
ability and the Environment at Chatham University. Previously he was a
faculty member and department chair at the University of Nevada, Las
Vegas (UNLV). His professional career involves work in sustainability
and risk analysis and has included experience in both the public and
private sectors. His research, teaching, and outreach explore the roles of
science and expertise in public and private decision making, focusing
on how people conceive, describe, and respond to uncertainty. He is a
founding member of the Association for Environmental Studies and Sci-
ences and serves on the Council of the Society for Risk Analysis. He has
been awarded the Outstanding Educator Award of the Society for Risk
Analysis, the UNLV Foundation Distinguished Teaching Award, and the
UNLV Outstanding Department Chair Award. He is a senior fellow for
the National Council for Science and the Environment. He has a B.A. in
environmental science and paleontology from the University of Cali-
fornia, Berkeley, and a Ph.D. in science, technology, and environmental
policy from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School.
GREG HITZHUSEN is a lecturer in the School of Environment and
Natural Resources at the Ohio State University. He is also the founding
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director and board chair of Ohio Interfaith Power and Light, a faith-based
organization offering a religious response to climate change in Ohio. His
work examines the intersection of faith and the environment and col-
laborations between scientific and faith communities; his teaching focuses
on environmental communications and religion and ecology. He previ-
ously served as the national coordinator of the NatureLink Program at
the National Wildlife Federation. He was an associate with the National
Religious Partnership for the Environment and the land stewardship
specialist for the National Council of Churches EcoJustice Programs. He
has a B.S. in ecology from Cornell University, an M.Div. in ecotheology
from the Yale Divinity School, and a Ph.D. in faith-based environmental
education from Cornell University.
ANTHONY LEISEROWITZ is director of the Office of Strategic Initia-
tives and the Project on Climate Change at the Yale School of Forestry
and Environmental Studies. His work focuses on U.S. and international
public opinion on global warming, including public perception of climate
change risks, support and opposition for climate policies, and willingness
to make individual behavioral change. In his research he investigates
the psychological, cultural, political, and geographic factors that drive
public environmental perception and behavior. He has conducted sur-
vey, experimental, and field research at scales ranging from the global to
the local, including international studies, the United States, individual
states (Alaska and Florida), municipalities (New York City), and with
the Inupiaq Eskimo of Northwest Alaska. He also recently conducted the
first empirical assessment of worldwide public values, attitudes, and
behaviors regarding global sustainability, including environmental pro -
tection, economic growth, and human development. He is a member of
the Roundtable on Climate Change Education. He has a B.A. in interna -
tional relations from Michigan State University and an M.S. in environ-
mental studies and a Ph.D. in environmental science, studies, and policy
from the University of Oregon.
KATIE MANDES is vice president for communications at the Pew Center
on Global Climate Change. In this role, she is responsible for creating and
implementing the Pew Center’s global strategic communication plan. She
oversees all aspects of the center’s external communications, including
paid and earned media, speech writing, design and distribution of center
publications, and the center’s website. She also identifies and analyzes
trends in the media and public opinion. Prior to joining the Pew Center,
Mandes worked with the public affairs firm Alcalde and Fay. She is a
member of the National Press Club (Washington, DC) and the Public Rela-
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tions Society of America. She has a B.S. in communications from Radford
University.
AARON M. McCRIGHT is an associate professor at Michigan State
University, holding a joint appointment in Lyman Briggs College and
the Department of Sociology. His scholarship aims to enhance sociologi -
cal understanding of how political, social, and scientific processes influ -
ence society’s capacity for recognizing and dealing with environmental
degradation and technological risks. His research explains the political
dynamics and public understanding of climate science and policy in the
United States. He the author of the book Community and Ecology, and
his research has been published in many social science journals. In 2007,
McCright was named a Kavli frontiers of science fellow by the National
Academy of Sciences for his work in climate change research. For his
learner-centered courses and active learning techniques, he received the
2009 Teacher-Scholar Award at Michigan State University. He has a B.A. in
sociology from the University of Northern Iowa and an M.A. and a Ph.D.
in sociology from Washington State University.
FRANK NIEPOLD is climate education coordinator in the Climate Pro-
gram Office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA), a member of the NOAA Education Council, cochair of the newly
formed Education Interagency Working Group of the Climate Change
Science Program (CCSP), a member of the Communications Interagency
Working Group, and a founding member of the Climate Literacy Net-
work. At NOAA, he develops and implements climate goal education
and other efforts that specifically relate to NOAA’s environmental literacy
cross-cutting priority. He is coauthor of the U.S. CCSP Climate Literacy: The
Essential Principles of Climate Science guide. As the cochair of CCSP’s Edu-
cation Interagency Working Group, he works to develop the interagency
partnership, coordination, and strategic direction of the federal climate
science education efforts to support the development of a knowledgeable
and informed nation relative to climate. He has a B.A. in human ecology
from the College of the Atlantic and an M.S.Ed. in earth space science
education from Johns Hopkins University.
WILLIAM SOLECKI is professor in the Geography Department at
Hunter College, part of the City University of New York (CUNY) system.
His course material focuses on urban environmental change and urban
spatial development, with recent specialization on climate change and
major cities. Currently, he is the cochair of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s
New York City Panel on Climate Change, whose mission is to adapt criti -
cal infrastructure to the environmental effects of climate change. He is
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the director of the CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities, an organization
committed to creating awareness and understanding of the connections
between the everyday lives of urban citizens and their natural world. At
the National Research Council, he served on the U.S. National Committee
on Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment. He was recently
selected by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as a
lead author on their upcoming Fifth Assessment Report (AR5). He has a
B.A. in geography from Columbia University and an M.A. and a Ph.D. in
geography from Rutgers University.
WILLIAM SPITZER is vice president for programs, exhibits, and plan-
ning at the New England Aquarium in Boston and is a member of the
Central Coordinating Office team for the National Centers for Ocean
Sciences Education Excellence (COSEE) network. Previously he spent
7 years at TERC, Inc., directing research and development projects in sci-
ence education. He is former chair of the National COSEE Council and
principal investigator of COSEE New England. He has served as principal
investigator on a number of informal science education projects, including
a recent partnership with the Association for Zoos and Aquariums, the
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the Frameworks Institute, and the
Institute for Learning Innovation. That project will provide training, tools,
and support for aquarium and informal science education professionals to
interpret climate change in the context of coastal animals and habitats. He
has a B.A. in chemistry and physics from Harvard University and a Ph.D.
in oceanography from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND STAFF
JOSEPH E. HEIMLICH (Chair) is professor of environmental educa-
tion and interpretation at the Ohio State University (OSU) and a senior
research associate at the Institute for Learning Innovation. He has been
engaged in the arena of environmental free-choice learning for 16 years as
a professor and before that as an extension associate with OSU Extension.
His research focuses on free-choice learning and the environment, pro-
gram evaluation in free-choice environmental education learning institu -
tions, and life-span learning. He is a past president of the North American
Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) and is active nation -
ally and internationally as an evaluator of environmental education and
conservation education programs. He has received multiple awards for
his extension work, as well as the NAAEE Outstanding Contributions
to Research in Environmental Education award. He is a member of the
Roundtable on Climate Change Education. He has a B.A. in communica -
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tion arts, theatre, and dance from Capital University and an M.A. in policy
education and a Ph.D. in adult education and learning theory from OSU.
CHARLES W. ANDERSON is professor in the Department of Teacher
Education at Michigan State University. His current research focuses
on the development of learning progressions leading to environmental
science literacy for K-12 and college students. He has used conceptual
change and sociocultural research on student learning to improve class-
room science teaching and science teacher education, science curriculum,
and science assessment. He is a past president of the National Association
for Research in Science Teaching. He has been coeditor of the Journal of
Research in Science Teaching and associate editor of Cognition and Instruc-
tion. At the National Research Council, he was a member of the Commit-
tee on Science Learning, K-8, served as a consultant to the Committee on
Test Design for K-12 Science Achievement, and is currently a member of
the Roundtable on Climate Change Education. He was a member of the
National Assessment of Educational Progress’s Science Framework Plan -
ning Committee and its Science Standing Committee. He has a B.A. in
chemistry, an M.A. in science education, and a Ph.D. in science education
from the University of Texas at Austin.
DAVID BLOCKSTEIN is a senior scientist at the National Council for
Science and the Environment and organizes its annual National Confer-
ence on Science, Policy and the Environment. He also serves as executive
secretary for the Council of Environmental Deans and Directors. He has
worked on policy issues that include increasing the representation of
minorities in science, mechanisms to improve the linkage between science
and decision making on environmental issues, and electronic processes to
communicate scientific information on the environment. He serves on or
has served on committees for various organizations, including the Ameri-
can Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Institute of
Biological Sciences, the American Chemical Society, the American Society
of Zoologists, the Society for Conservation Biology, the American Orni-
thologists’ Union, the American Bird Conservancy, the World Conserva-
tion Union, the Commission on Education and Communication, the Aldo
Leopold Foundation, and the Environmental Education Coalition. He is
a member of the Roundtable on Climate Change Education. He has a B.S.
in wildlife ecology from the University of Wisconsin and an M.S. and a
Ph.D. in ecology from the University of Minnesota.
ANN BOSTROM is associate dean of research and associate professor
in the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Wash -
ington. Her research focuses on risk perception, communication, and
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management as well as environmental policy and decision making. She
previously served on the faculty at the Georgia Institute of Technology
and as director of the Decision Risk and Management Science Program
at the National Science Foundation. She has authored or contributed to
numerous publications, including Risk Communication: A Mental Models
Approach and Risk Assessment, Modeling and Decision Support: Strategic
Directions. She is a member of the Society for Judgment and Decision
Making, the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, the
Society for Risk Analysis, the American Statistical Association, and the
American Association for the Advancement of Science. She has a B.A.
in English literature from the University of Washington, an M.B.A. from
Western Washington University, and a Ph.D. in public policy analysis
from Carnegie Mellon University.
WÄNDI BRUINE DE BRUIN is assistant professor of social and deci-
sion sciences and of engineering and public policy at Carnegie Mellon
University. Her research focuses on risk perception and communication
targeting people’s health, financial, and environmental decisions. Her
work has been published in peer-reviewed journals in psychology, public
health, and environmental science. She has served on advisory panels and
workshops organized by (among others) the U.S. Environmental Protec -
tion Agency, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the U.S. Federal
Reserve, the Dutch central bank, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention. She has a B.S. in psychology and an M.S. in cognitive
psychology from the Free University Amsterdam as well as an M.S. and
a Ph.D. in behavioral decision theory from Carnegie Mellon University.
MICHAEL A. FEDER (Study Director) is a senior program officer with the
Board on Science Education at the National Research Council. Until April
2011, he was the study director for the Committee on the Review of the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Education Program
and the Climate Change Education Roundtable. Previously, he supported
the work of three study committees: the Committee on Learning Science
in Informal Environments, the Committee on Understanding and Improv-
ing K-12 Engineering Education in the United States, and the Committee
on the Review and Evaluation of NASA’s Pre-College Education Program.
His interests include applications of cognitive and social development
theories to student learning, teacher development, research methods in
education, and educational research to policy and practice dissemination.
He has an M.A. and a Ph.D. in applied developmental psychology from
George Mason University.
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SHERRIE FORREST is an associate program officer with the Ocean Stud-
ies Board and the Board on Science Education at the National Research
Council. She currently provides support on several projects, including the
Roundtable on Climate Change Education, the Conceptual Framework for
New Science Education Standards, and the Effects of the Deepwater Hori-
zon Mississippi Canyon-252 Oil Spill on Ecosystem Services in the Gulf
of Mexico. Previously she worked as a freelance science writer. Before
transitioning to her current path, she worked in development and produc-
tion of feature films and documentaries in both California and New York.
She has a B.A. in English literature from Pepperdine University and an
M.S. in biological oceanography from the Institute of Marine and Coastal
Sciences at Rutgers University.
EDWARD MAIBACH is professor of communication and director of the
Center for Climate Change Communication at George Mason University.
With over 25 years of experience as a researcher and practitioner of public
health communication and social marketing, he now focuses exclusively
on how to mobilize populations to adopt behaviors and support public
policies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help communities
adapt to the unavoidable consequences of climate change. Previously, he
served as associate director of the National Cancer Institute, as worldwide
director of social marketing at Porter Novelli, as chairman of the board for
Kidsave International, and in academic positions at George Washington
University and Emory University. He has an M.P.H. in health promo -
tion from San Diego State University and a Ph.D. in communication
research from Stanford University.
PAUL C. STERN (Senior Scholar) works primarily with the Committee
on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, most recently serving as
study director of the committee that produced Informing Decisions in a
Changing Climate. He also holds an adjunct position as professor II at the
Norwegian University of Science and Technology. His research interests
include the determinants of environmentally significant individual behav-
ior; participatory processes for informing environmental decision making;
and the governance of environmental resources and risks. He has directed
many National Research Council studies and served as coeditor of their
publications, including Public Participation in Environmental Assessment
and Decision Making (2008), Making Climate Forecasts Matter (1999), and
Understanding Risk (1996). He won the 2005 sustainability science award
from the Ecological Society of America as coauthor of the Science article,
“The Struggle to Govern the Commons.” He is a fellow of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Psycho-
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logical Association. He holds a B.A. from Amherst College and an M.A.
and a Ph.D. from Clark University, all in psychology.
MARTIN STORKSDIECK is the director of the Board on Science Educa-
tion at the National Research Council. He is also a research fellow at the
Institute for Learning Innovation (ILI), where he is involved with research
studies of science learning in immersive environments; models of involv-
ing researchers and scientists in science museums and science centers;
and the impact of science hobbyists, such as amateur astronomers, on the
public understanding of science. Previously, he was director of project
development and senior researcher at ILI. Prior to that, he was a science
educator with a planetarium in Germany, where he developed shows
and programs on global environmental change; served as editor, host, and
producer for a weekly environmental news broadcast; and worked as
an environmental consultant specializing in local environmental man-
agement systems. He has an M.S. in biology from the Albert-Ludwigs
University in Freiburg, Germany, an M.A. in public administration from
Harvard University, and a Ph.D. in education from Leuphana University
in Lüneburg, Germany.
