Joshua Ettinger is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Center for Climate Change Communication. He has previously worked at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the Stockholm Environment Institute, and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. His interdisciplinary research focuses on climate change communication, storytelling, and public engagement, particularly in the context of extreme weather events. He recently completed his PhD (DPhil) at the University of Oxford’s School of Geography and the Environment, where he also obtained an MSc in Environmental Change and Management. He has also facilitated 40 science storytelling workshops for researchers, students, and organizations across nine countries.
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jetting@gmu.edu
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Josh Ettinger
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Selected Publications
Communicating with policy makers about climate change, health, and their intersection: a scoping review (https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196%2824%2900307-3/fulltext)
Advancing and Integrating Climate and Health Policies: Insights from Six Geographies
(https://climatecommunication.gmu.edu/all/advancing-and-integrating-climate-and-health-policies-insights-from-six-geographies/)
Climate Change in the American Mind: Public Perceptions of the Health Harms of Global Warming, Fall 2024 (https://climatecommunication.gmu.edu/all/climate-change-in-the-american-mind-public-perceptions-of-the-health-harms-of-global-warming-fall-2024/)
In the Media
Underestimating support for climate action limits political decision making, study says, The Guardian
(https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/02/politicians-underestimate-support-climate-action-limiting-policies-study)
UnDisciplined: Americans may soon see a link between climate change and health problems, Utah Public Radio
(https://www.upr.org/show/undisciplined/2025-03-20/undisciplined-americans-are-starting-to-realize-the-connection-between-climate-change-and-health-problems)
When every day somewhere is a climate record, The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/08/01/record-breaking-heat-2023/)
Do we need more scary climate change articles? Maybe. Grist.(https://grist.org/climate/do-we-need-more-scary-climate-change-articles-maybe/)
Education
PhD, Geography and the Environment, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford
MSc, Environmental Change and Management, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford
BA, Global Studies and Geography, Hofstra University Honors College