Bio:
Nisbet is a social scientist who studies strategic communication in policymaking and public affairs, focusing on debates over science, the environment and public health. He is the author of more than 35 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters and he serves on the editorial boards of Science Communication and the International Journal of Press/Politics. Nisbet’s current research examining the debates over climate change and energy policy is funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Nathan Cummings Foundation. In 2011, Nisbet was named a Google Science Communication Fellow in recognition of his work on climate change. His research has appeared at high- impact disciplinary journals such as Public Opinion Quarterly, Public Understanding of Science and Communication Research as well as interdisciplinary outlets such as Science, Environment, the American Journal of Public Health, Nature Biotechnology and BMC Public Health. This scholarship has been cited more than 500 times in the peer-reviewed literature and in more than 150 books. Nisbet has also contributed articles to a range of popular outlets including The Washington Post, Columbia Journalism Review and Slate. He has given invited lectures on more than 30 college campuses and he has served as a consultant to a number of leading organizations including the National Academies of Science and the Leopold Leaders Program at Stanford University. Nisbet holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Communication from Cornell University and an A.B. in Government from Dartmouth College.
Education:
BA (’96), Government, Dartmouth College
MS/PhD (’03), Communication, Cornell University
Selected publications:
Nisbet, M. C., & Kotcher, J. E. (2009). A two-step flow of influence?: Opinion-leader campaigns on climate change. Science Communication, 30(3), 328-354.
Roser-Renouf, C. & Nisbet, M. (2008). The measurement of key behavioral science constructs in climate change research. International Journal of Sustainability Communication, 3, 37-95.
Nisbet, M.C. & Goidel, R.K. (2007). Understanding citizen perceptions of science controversy: Bridging the ethnographic-survey research divide. Public Understanding of Science, 16(4), 421-440.
Nisbet, M.C. & Myers, T. (2007). Twenty-years of public opinion about global warming. Public Opinion Quarterly, 71(3), 444-470.
Nisbet, M.C. & Mooney, C. (2007). Policy forum: Framing science. Science, 316(5821), 56.
Nisbet, M.C. & Mooney, C. (2007). Reply to letters: Risks and advantages of framing science. Science, 317(5842), 1169 - 1170.
Brossard, D. & Nisbet, M.C. (2007). Deference to scientific authority among a low information public: Understanding American views about agricultural biotechnology. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 19(1), 24-52.
Nisbet, M.C. & Huge, M (2006). Attention cycles and frames in the plant biotechnology debate: Managing power and participation through the press/policy connection. Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics, 11(2), 3-40.
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nisbetmc@gmail.com
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