Samantha Munson, Ph.D.

Lecturer of Environmental Studies & Sciences

I am an interdisciplinary scholar, which informs both my teaching and research. I earned my MS from The Ohio State University in Environmental Science with an emphasis on Public Health. I then received my PhD in Communication from George Mason University,...

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Samantha Munson, Ph.D.
I am an interdisciplinary scholar, which informs both my teaching and research. I earned my MS from The Ohio State University in Environmental Science with an emphasis on Public Health. I then received my PhD in Communication from George Mason University, where I also researched at the Center for Climate Change Communication (4C). My love is for teaching, and for sharing my passion for science communication with my students.

Carrión, D., Prasanth, S., Hurtado, I., Lin-Schweitzer, A., Braga, M., Munson, S., Hines, E., Kotcher, J., Daly-Haney, H., Maibach, E., Conlon, K., Babcock-Dunning, L., Timm, K., & Dubrow, R. (2025). A mixed methods evaluation of an online climate change and health certificate program for working professionals. BMC Public Health, 25, 2308,

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,

Broeckelman-Post, M. A., Norander, S., Ball, T. C., Quesenberry, B. A., Adebayo, A. L., Munson, S., Hingle Collier, A., Stewart, B. M., & Taylor-Heflin, S. M. (2022). What communication skills do other disciplines value most? A Communication Across the Curriculum needs analysis. Communication Education, 72(1),

Munson, S., Kotcher, J., Maibach, E., Rosenthal, S. A., & Leiserowitz, A. (2021). The role of felt responsibility in climate change political participation. Oxford Open Climate Change, 1(1),

Borth, A. C., Campbell, E., Munson, S., Patzer, S. A., Yagatich, W. A., & Maibach, E. (2021). Climate change won’t solve itself: Are environmental journalists reporting on the highest-impact solutions? Journalism Practice,

My research is interdisciplinary, and centers around issues of equity and inclusion. Environmental science is an extremely broad field of study, but my work specifically focuses on sustainability, climate solutions, and activism. I am also an educator at heart, and am therefore deeply interested in how we can better communicate science and engage students of all types through proper pedagogical research.