Matthew Nisbet

Matthew Nisbet is an associate professor of communication and director of the Climate Shift Project at American University. He has written over 50 studies, book chapters and monographs examining the communication dynamics of policymaking and public affairs, focusing on science, the environment and public health. Nisbet has been named a Health Policy Investigator at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and is an inaugural member of the Google Science Communication Fellows program. He writes and edits the Age of Engagement blog at Big Think. Nisbet holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Communication from Cornell University. He has an undergraduate degree in government from Dartmouth College. Nisbet’s research project at the Shorenstein Center will focus on “Knowledge Journalism: Storytelling in a Risk Society.”