George Mason University Department of Communication faculty member, Doran Tucker, sat down to chat with Chelsea Henderson of RepublicEN about his research on communicating climate as security and talking with his grandpa about climate change.
"George Mason University's Center for Climate Change and [Department of Communication] Postdoctoral Fellow knows a thing or two about communicating climate risk. An undergraduate degree in international affairs at Penn State sparked his interest in how investments in military infrastructure (for example, remote sensing) can become tools we use in everyday life (GPS). From this inquiry, Tucker went on to explore in his masters and doctoral work the nexus of identity, policy and the environment with a particular emphasis on effective climate change communication in Appalachian and military contexts. Host Chelsea Henderson talks with the Postdoctoral Fellow about the effectiveness of communicating climate risk through a national security lens, including a very personal example from his family."