Public Engagement

Selected engagement: Policy · Public talks · Podcasts · Writing · K-12 education

Policy and institutional engagement

White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) — Invited participant, White House Roundtable on countering climate denial and “delayism.” (2022)
White House readout | Washington Post

The Exchange / National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine — Moderator, The Power of Stories: Writing the Future of Our Planet (with Martin Chalfie, Joe Robert Cole, and Kim Stanley Robinson).
Video

Public talks

American Museum of Natural History — Public lecture on perceptions and motivations related to climate change (audience ~500–600). (2020)

Nudgestock — Invited talk and discussion. (2021)
Review

The Interval — Salon talk: Facts, Feelings and Stories: How to Motivate Action on Climate Change. (2018)
Video

TEDxBloomington — Talk. (2014)
Video

National Geographic Society / Rare — BE.Hive: Climate Change Needs Behavior Change.

Podcasts / conversations

IDEO Food Design — Podcast conversation on policies shaping inequities in the food system.
Podcast

The Washington Post — Profile: How our brains make it hard to solve climate change (Chris Mooney).
Profile

Sierra Magazine — Interview: Hope for the Future Lies in the Multitude (capital, consumption, and population; gender, equity, and climate issue).
Video | Article

Resources Radio — Conversation with Daniel Raimi on credibility and climate communication; how stories influence judgment and action.
Podcast

Indiana Public Media (WFIU) — Audio segment/interview.
Audio

Anthony Padilla — Conversation on climate change and climate solutions.
YouTube

Writing and public scholarship

The New York Times — Climate quiz (quote).
Article

Behavioral Scientist — Commentary/opinion.
Opinion

USA Today (Washington, DC and Pittsburgh editions) — Opinion/letter related to energy and sustainability.
Opinion

The Conversation: Decades of public messages about recycling in the US have crowded out more sustainable ways to manage waste — Essay
Article

The Conversation: Both conservatives and liberals want a green energy future, but for different reasons — Essay
Article

Education / K–12 and community

Climate Warriors — Featured in a young readers’ book by Laura Gehl. (2023)
Book

Stories and climate action — Led a book club discussion with K–12 teachers nationwide on Memory of Water by Emmi Itäranta (organized by A’ame Joslin, IUPUC). (2022)

Solve Climate — Discussion of climate policy and energy transitions for Indiana.
Video

Science News for Students — Profile/interview: “This scientist wants to motivate you to fight climate change…”
Profile

Science News — Featured in cohort of top scientists under 40.
Profile