Patrick Owusu Ansah is a Ph.D. Student and Graduate Teaching Assistant in the Department of Communication at George Mason University. Patrick’s research focuses on how to increase public support and engagement in nonviolent civil disobedience, improving public support for climate aid to developing countries, media coverage of climate change, and greenwashing by the fossil fuel industry. Patrick earned a bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies, with an emphasis in Broadcast Journalism, from Christian Service University, Ghana. Also, before joining George Mason University, Patrick received his master’s degree from Shanghai International Studies University’s School of Journalism and Communication in International Journalism, China, and a Diploma in Education from the University of Education, Winneba, Ghana.