Other areas of research include risk and science communication in support of—or to inform—institutional policies, including those of government.
Funding
2010 Akerlof, K. Engaging Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore gateway communities on climate change: A survey of Alger County, Michigan. Superior Watershed Partnership and Land Trust; Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore $20,000.00. [Link]
2012-2016 Akerlof, K, & Maibach, EW. Research support for the Climate Communication Consortium of Maryland. Town Creek Foundation $900,000.00. [Link]
Journal Articles and Book Chapters
Lad N, Akerlof KL. (2022). Assessing campus sustainability literacy and culture: How are universities doing it and to what end?. Frontiers in Sustainability 3, 927294. [Link]
Byron L, Akerlof KL. (2021). Climate and health concerns of Montana’s public and environmental health professionals: A cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health 21(1), 1778. [Link]
Rowan, KE, Engblom, A, Hathaway, J, Lloyd, R, Vorster, I, Anderson, EZ, & Akerlof, KL. (2021). Overcome the deficit model by applying the CAUSE model to climate change communication. In Botan, C. H. (Ed.). The handbook of strategic communication (pp. 225-261). John Wiley & Sons. [Link]
Akerlof K, Delamater P, Boules C, Romeo C, Mitchell CS. (2015). Vulnerable populations perceive their health as at risk from climate change. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 12, 15419-15433. [Link]
Myers TA, Maibach EW, Roser-Renouf C, Akerlof K, Leiserowitz A. (2013). The relationship between personal experience and belief in the reality of climate change. Nature Climate Change 3(4), 343-347. [Link]
Akerlof K, Maibach EW, Fitzgerald D, Cedeno AY, Neuman A. (2013). Do people “personally experience” global warming, and if so how, and does it matter?. Global Environmental Change 23(1), 81-91. [Link]
Akerlof K, Rowan KE, Fitzgerald D, Cedeno AY. (2012). Communicating climate projections in U.S. media: Politicization of model uncertainty. Nature Climate Change 2(9), 648-654. [Link]
Akerlof K, Maibach EW. (2011). A rose by any other name? What members of the general public prefer to call “climate change”. Climatic Change 106(4), 699. [Link]
Maibach, EW, Leiserowitz, A, Roser-Renouf, C, Akerlof, K & Nisbet, M. (2010). Saving energy is a value shared by all Americans: Results of a global warming audience segmentation analysis. In K. Ehrhardt-Martinez & J.A. Laitner (Eds). People-centered initiatives for increasing energy savings. Pgs. 8-1 to 14. Washington, DC: American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy. Pgs. 8-1 to 14. Washington, DC: American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy. [Link]
Akerlof K, DeBono R, Berry P, Leiserowitz A, Roser-Renouf C, Clarke K, Rogaeva A, Nisbet MC, Weathers MR, Maibach EW. (2010). Public perceptions of climate change as a human health risk: Surveys of the United States, Canada and Malta. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 7(6), 2559-2606. [Link]
Maibach EW, Nisbet MC, Baldwin PK, Akerlof K, Diao G. (2010). Reframing climate change as a public health issue: An exploratory study of public reactions. BMC Public Health 10, 299. [Link]
Other Publications
Su, J, Alerlof, K, Parker, C, & Winch, P. (2016). Public perceptions of climate change: A Maryland statewide survey, fall 2016. Fairfax, VA: Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University, & PSRAI. [Link]
Su, J, Alerlof, K, Parker, C, & Winch, P. (2016). Public knowledge, behaviors & preferences about energy & transportation: A Maryland statewide survey, fall 2016. Fairfax, VA: Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University, & PSRAI. [Link]
Su, J, Alerlof, K, Parker, C, & Winch, P. (2016). Public health, energy & climate change: A Maryland statewide survey, fall 2016. Fairfax, VA: Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University, & PSRAI. [Link]
Alerlof, K. (2016). US media coverage of sea level rise and climate change: Coverage in national and local newspapers, 2001-2015. Fairfax, VA: Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University. [Link]
Alerlof, K, Winch, P, Parker, C, & Buckland, A. (2015). Public health, energy & climate change: A survey of Maryland residents, fall 2015. Fairfax, VA: Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University. [Link]
Alerlof, K, Winch, P, Parker, C, & Buckland, A. (2015). Public perceptions of climate change: A Maryland statewide survey, fall 2015. Fairfax, VA: Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University. [Link]
Alerlof, K, Winch, P, Parker, C, & Buckland, A. (2015). Public knowledge, behaviors & preferences about energy: A Maryland statewide survey, fall 2015. Fairfax, VA: Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University. [Link]
Alerlof, K, & Maibach, EW. (2015). Public health, energy & climate change: A survey of Maryland residents, 2014. Fairfax, VA: Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University. [Link]
Alerlof, K, Maibach, EW, & Boules, C. (2014). Public perceptions of climate change: A Maryland statewide survey, fall 2014. Fairfax, VA: Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University. [Link]
Alerlof, K, Maibach, EW, & Boules, C. (2014). Public beliefs, behaviors and preferences about energy: A Maryland statewide survey, fall 2014. Fairfax, VA: Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University. [Link]
Alerlof, K, & Maibach, EW. (2014). Adapting to climate change & sea level rise: A Maryland statewide survey, fall 2014. Fairfax, VA: Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University. [Link]
Alerlof, K, Grutter, B, & Maibach, EW. (2014). Maryland’s six climate change audiences: A Global Warming’s Six Americas audience segmentation. Fairfax, VA: Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University. [Link]
Alerlof, K, Maibach, EW, & Mitchell, CS. (2013). Public health, energy and climate change: A survey of Maryland residents, summer 2013. Fairfax, VA: Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University; Baltimore, MD: Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. [Link]
Alerlof, K, Maibach, EW, & Mitchell, CS. (2013). Climate change & energy – Public attitudes, behaviors and policy support: A survey of Maryland residents, summer 2013. Fairfax, VA: Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University. [Link]
Alerlof, K. (2011). A vast machine: Computer models, climate data, and the politics of global warming by Paul Edwards (book review). Science Communication 33(2), 266-267. [Link]
Alerlof, K, Bruff, G, & Witte, J. (2011). Audience segmentation as a tool for communicating climate change: Understanding the differences and bridging the divides. ParkScience 28(1), 56-64. [Link]
Maibach, EW, Leiserowitz, A, Roser-Renouf, C, Mertz CK, & Alerlof, K. (2011). Global Warming’s Six Americas screening tools: Survey instruments; instructions for coding and data treatment; and statistical program scripts. Yale University and George Mason University, Yale Project on Climate Change Communication, New Haven, CT. [Link]
Alerlof, K. (2011). When news media pass on covering complexity: The case of missing coverage of models. The Yale Forum on Climate Change & The Media. [Link]
Alerlof, K. (2011). Contested predictions: The significance of modeling to public climate debates. Weather and Society Watch. [Link]
Alerlof, K. (2010). Assessing household energy use and global warming opinion: Alger County 2010 (Prepared for Superior Watershed Partnership and Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore). Fairfax, VA: George Mason University. [Link]
Leiserowitz, A, & Alerlof, K. (2010). Race, ethnicity and public responses to climate change. Yale University and George Mason University; New Haven, CT: Yale Project on Climate Change. [Link]
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