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Eryn Campbell

Research Analyst, Action for the Climate Emergency

Eryn is a Research Analyst at Action for the Climate Emergency (ACE), where she conducts messaging and evaluation research to build evidence-based support for ACE’s education and campaign initiatives.

Previously, Eryn was a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Pennsylvania with the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media where her work focused on climate and health equity and energy justice communication. She also has experience running a climate change communication internship as part of a partnership between the National Park Service and GMU 4C.

Eryn earned her Ph.D. in science communication at George Mason University’s Center for Climate Change Communication (4C) in 2023. She also holds an M.P.S. in Weather, Climate, and Society from the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science and a B.S. in Environmental Science from the University of Virginia.

Selected Publications

Campbell, E., Uppalapati, S., Thier, K., Kotcher, J., Ansah, P., Gour, N., & Maibach, E. (2025). Activating Health Professionals as Climate Change and Health Communicators and Advocates: A Review. Environmental Research: Health.

Campbell, E., Kotcher, J., Myers, T., Cook, J., Borth, A.C., & Maibach, E. (2023). Understanding Advocacy for Science: Data from the 2017 March for Science. PLOS One.

Campbell, E., Kotcher, J. E., Myers, T., Munson, S., Borth, A. C., Rosenthal, S. A., Leiserowitz, A., & Maibach, E. (2023). The Potential Role of Descriptive and Dynamic Norms in Promoting Climate Change Advocacy. Oxford Open Climate Change.

Courses Taught

EDRS 220: Introduction to Applied Quantitative Analysis for the Social Sciences

COMM 101: Fundamentals of Communication

Education

PhD – George Mason University, Science Communication, 2023
MPS – University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Sciences, Weather, Climate, and Society, 2018
BS – University of Virginia, Environmental Science, 2017

Recent Accomplishments

Thier, K., Campbell, E., Uppalapati, S., Kotcher, J., & Maibach, E. (2025). The Impact of Public Health Messages on Audience Engagement and Collective Climate Action. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences.

Orr, M., Borth, A.C., Kotcher, J., Campbell, E., Maibach, E., Leiserowitz, A., & Rosenthal, S. (2025). Breaking the Climate Silence: Predictors of discussing global warming with family and friends. PLOS: Climate.

Campbell, E., Uppalapati, S., Thier, K., Kotcher, J., Ansah, P., Gour, N., & Maibach, E. (2025). Activating Health Professionals as Climate Change and Health Communicators and Advocates: A Review. Environmental Research: Health.

Ballew, M. T., Uppalapati, S. S., Myers, T., Carman, J., Campbell, E., Rosenthal, S. A., Kotcher, J. E., Leiserowitz, A., & Maibach, E. (2024). Climate change psychological distress is associated with increased collective climate action in the U.S. npj Climate Action.

Campbell, E. (In press with Editor). Communicating about Climate Change and Concerns Related to Disability. In Disability and Climate Change. Elsevier.

Campbell, E. (2024). Communication Opportunities to Address Climate, Health, and Equity Challenges. Presented at The American Geophysical Union 2024.

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