Julia Fine, Ph.D. is a Research Assistant Professor at the Center for Climate Change Communication at George Mason University. Her recent research focuses on encouraging collective climate action, communicating about the health harms of climate change, and identifying strategies for climate-health policy integration. Her past research has examined the connections between Indigenous language reclamation and climate justice, explored U.S. climate activists’ experiences with interpersonal climate conversations, and analyzed climate conversations between activists and their friends and family. She received her PhD in Linguistics from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
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jfine4@gmu.edu
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Julia Fine
Research Assistant Professor
Selected Publications
Ettinger, J., Fine, J., Thier, K., Badullovich, N., Kotcher, J., & Maibach, E. (2025). Communicating with policy makers about climate change, health, and their intersection: A scoping review. The Lancet Planetary Health, 9(1), e53-e61.
Fine, J., Ettinger, J., Goddard, E., Kotcher, J., Zakiyyah, H., Yue, Y., Carman, J., Rosenthal, S., Thier, K., Myers, T., Verner, M., Marlon, J., Richards, E., Goldberg, M., Leiserowitz, A., & Maibach, E. (2025). Climate Change in the American Mind: Public Perceptions of the Health Harms of Global Warming, Fall 2024. Yale University and George Mason University. New Haven, CT: Yale Program on Climate Change Communication.
Fine, J., Ettinger, J., Kotcher, J., Mildenberger, M., Leiserowitz, A., & Maibach, E. (2024). Advancing and integrating U.S. climate and health policies: Insights from national policy stakeholders, George Mason University. Fairfax, VA, USA: George Mason University Center on Climate Change Communication. DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/9CNPX
In the Media
https://www.upr.org/show/undisciplined/2025-03-20/undisciplined-americans-are-starting-to-realize-the-connection-between-climate-change-and-health-problems
Education
PhD — UC Santa Barbara, 2021
BA — Stanford University, 2015