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{{Infobox scientist
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Anthony Leiserowitz
| name = Anthony Leiserowitz
| nationality = [[United States]]
| nationality = American
| image=
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| field = [[Psychology]], [[Geography]], [[Political Science]]
| field = [[Human geography]]
| workplaces = [[Yale University]] 2007–<br /> [[Yale Project on Climate Change Communication]] 2007–<br />[[Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies]] 2007–
| workplaces = [[Yale University]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Oregon]] Ph.D, 2003 <br />[[Michigan State University]] B.A., 1990
| alma_mater = [[University of Oregon]] Ph.D, 2003 <br />[[Michigan State University]] B.A., 1990
| thesis_title = Global warming in the American mind : the roles of affect, imagery, and worldviews in risk perception, policy preferences and behavior | thesis_url = http://www.worldcat.org/title/global-warming-in-the-american-mind-the-roles-of-affect-imagery-and-worldviews-in-risk-perception-policy-preferences-and-behavior/oclc/55141933&referer=brief_results| thesis_year = 2003
| thesis_title = Global warming in the American mind : the roles of affect, imagery, and worldviews in risk perception, policy preferences, and behavior | thesis_url = https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55141933| thesis_year = 2003
| doctoral_advisor = [[Paul Slovic]]
| doctoral_advisor = [[Paul Slovic]]
| awards = Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communication (2020)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chss.gmu.edu/articles/14817|title = Edward Maibach and Yale's Anthony Leiserowitz receive 2020 Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communication}}</ref>
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'''Anthony Leiserowitz''' is a [[human geographer]] at [[Yale University]] who studies public perceptions of [[climate change]]. He has particularly examined perceptions within the United States, where people are considerably less aware of climate change than in other countries. In the U.S., awareness of information about climate change is heavily influenced by emotion, imagery, associations, and values. Their public discourse reflects a lack of understanding of the science involved in climate change and little awareness of the potential for effective responses to it.<ref name="Forest">{{cite book |last1=Forest |first1=Sherrie |last2=Feder |first2=Michael A. |title=Climate Change Education: Goals, Audiences, and Strategies: A Workshop Summary |date=2011 |publisher=National Academies Press |location=Washington, D.C. |isbn=9780309218450 |url=http://research3.fit.edu/sealevelriselibrary/documents/doc_mgr/921/NRC.%202011.%20Climate%20Change%20Education%27s%20Future.pdf |accessdate=20 August 2018 |pages=19–23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820172735/http://research3.fit.edu/sealevelriselibrary/documents/doc_mgr/921/NRC.%202011.%20Climate%20Change%20Education%27s%20Future.pdf |archive-date=August 20, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Murray">{{cite book |last1=Murray |first1=Paul |title=The Sustainable Self: A Personal Approach to Sustainability Education |date=2011 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1849712408 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4xP1PYUTaoEC&pg=PA80 |accessdate=20 August 2018}}</ref>
'''Anthony Leiserowitz''' is an academic [[human geographer]] who studies [[climate change]] and public perceptions of it.


== Early life and education ==
Leiserowitz grew up on a farm in Michigan and his parents were sculptors. He received his undergraduate degree at [[Michigan State University]] and then moved to Colorado, looking to work as ski bum. While there he became interested in climate change, and went to [[University of Oregon]] to study under [[Paul Slovic]], an expert in [[risk perception]], and received his PhD in human geography. He joined the faculty of Yale University in 2007.<ref name=YaleAlumMag/>
Sometimes referred to as Tony Leiserowitz, he grew up on a farm in Michigan. His parents were sculptors. He received his undergraduate degree from [[Michigan State University]] in 1990, and then moved to Colorado with the intention of working as a ski bum. While there, he became interested in climate change and went to [[University of Oregon]] to study under [[Paul Slovic]], an expert in [[risk perception]]. In 2003, Leiserowitz received his Ph.D. in [[human geography]].


==Career==
the Director of the [[Yale Project on Climate Change Communication]]<ref>{{cite web|url= http://environment.yale.edu/climate-communication/about/staff|title= Staff|publisher = Yale Project on Climate Change Communication | accessdate=December 4, 2013}}</ref> at the [[Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies]] at [[Yale University]]. He is also a principal investigator at the Center for Research on Environmental Decisions at [[Columbia University]]<ref name="cred.columbia.edu">{{cite web|url= http://cred.columbia.edu/about-cred/people/affiliated-researchers/anthony-leiserowitz/|title = Anthony Leiserowitz | publisher = Center for Research on Environmental Decisions | accessdate=December 4, 2013}}</ref> and a research scientist at Decision Research.<ref name="decisionresearch.org">{{cite web|url= http://www.decisionresearch.org/researcher/anthony-leiserowitz/|title = Anthony Leiserowitz | publisher = Decision Research | accessdate=April 19, 2018}}</ref> Leiserowitz was the recipient of the [[Environmental Protection Agency]] (EPA's) 2011 Environmental Merit Award,<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.epa.gov/environmental-merit-awards-new-england/2012-environmental-merit-award-recipients|title = EPA.gov | accessdate=January 26, 2016}}</ref>
He joined the faculty of Yale in 2007. He started to collaborate with [[Edward Maibach]] in 2008 to study people's perception of climate change.<ref name=YaleAlumMag>{{cite news|last1=Banerjee|first1=Neela|title=What do Americans think about global warming?|url=https://yalealumnimagazine.com/articles/4018-what-do-americans-think-about-global-warming|work=Yale Alumni Magazine|date=January–February 2015|language=en}}</ref>


As of 2018, he had an appointment as a senior research scientist in the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies <ref>{{cite web |title=Anthony Leiserowtiz in the Yale Directory |url=https://directory.yale.edu/?queryType=field&upi=12484193 |publisher=Yale University |accessdate=22 July 2018}}</ref> and was director of the [[Yale Project on Climate Change Communication]], a principal investigator at the Center for Research on Environmental Decisions at [[Columbia University]], and a research scientist at Decision Research.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://environment.yale.edu/climate-communication/about/staff|title= Staff|publisher = Yale Project on Climate Change Communication | accessdate=December 4, 2013}}</ref>
Leiserowitz is a widely recognized expert on American and international public opinion on global warming, including public perception of climate change risks, support and opposition for climate policies, and willingness to change individual behavior.<ref name=YaleAlumMag>{{cite news|last1=Banerjee|first1=Neela|title=What do Americans think about global warming?|url=https://yalealumnimagazine.com/articles/4018-what-do-americans-think-about-global-warming|work=Yale Alumni Magazine|date=January-February 2015|language=en}}</ref> He has published over 100 scientific articles and book chapters on climate change beliefs, perceptions and behaviors.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://environment.yale.edu/profile/leiserowitz/publications |title = Anthony Leiserowitz Profile | publisher = Yale| accessdate=December 4, 2013}}</ref> Leiserowitz is a [[geographer]] trained in the cognitive and [[social psychology]] of [[risk perception]] and [[decision making]].<ref name="decisionresearch.org"/>


He was the recipient of the [[Environmental Protection Agency]] (EPA) 2011 Environmental Merit Award,<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.epa.gov/environmental-merit-awards-new-england/2012-environmental-merit-award-recipients|title = 2012 Environmental Merit Award Recipients |date = October 13, 2015 | accessdate=January 26, 2016|publisher=EPA}}</ref> and as of 2013, he had published approximately 100 scientific articles and book chapters on climate change beliefs, perceptions, and behaviors.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://environment.yale.edu/profile/leiserowitz/publications |title = Leiserowitz Publications | publisher = Yale| accessdate=December 4, 2013}}</ref>
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; Selected papers

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* {{Cite journal | doi = 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2005.00690| last1 = Leiserowitz | first1 = A. | year = 2005 | title = American Risk Perceptions: Is Climate Change Dangerous? | journal = Risk Analysis | volume = 25 | issue = 6 | pages = 1433–1442 }}
==2021 documentary released==
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* {{Cite journal | doi = 10.1007/s10584-006-9059-9| last1 = Leiserowitz | first1 = A. | year = 2006 | title = Climate Change Risk Perception and Policy Preferences: The Role of Affect, Imagery and Values | journal = Climatic Change | volume = 77 | issue = 1–2 | pages = 45–72}}
In 2021, Leiserowitz announced the creation of a film, ''Meltdown'', that documents a journey he took to [[Greenland]]. The documentary was made during his travels to study the effects of climate change on Greenland firsthand. It contains his reactions to the experience and his comments on climate change, which he has been studying for decades. A promotional video appeared on [[Cheddar (TV channel)|cheddar.com]] at the end of February 2021.<ref>Leiserowitz, Anthony, [https://cheddar.com/media/meltdown-documentary-offers-firsthand-look-at-melting-ice-in-greenland 'Meltdown' Documentary Offers Firsthand Look at Melting Ice in Greenland]'', [[Cheddar (TV channel)|Chedder]], February 23, 2021 (video)</ref>
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* {{Cite journal | doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0017571| last1 = Maibach | first1 = E. | last2 = Leiserowitz | first2 = A. | last3 = Roser-Renouf | first3 = C.| last4 = Mertz | first4 = C.|year = 2011 | title = Identifying Like-Minded Audiences for Global Warming Public Engagement Campaigns: An Audience Segmentation Analysis and Tool Development | journal = PLOS ONE | volume = 6 | issue = 3| pages = e17571 | pmid=21423743 | pmc=3053362}}

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*{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1146/annurev.energy.31.102505.133552| last1 = Leiserowitz | first1 = A. | last2 = Kates | first2 = R. | last3 = Parris| first3 = T. | year = 2006 | title = Sustainability Values, Attitudes, and Behaviors: A Review of Multinational and Global Trends | journal = Annual Review of Environment and Resources | volume = 31 | pages = 413–444}}
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==Selected papers==
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*{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1177/0002764212458272 | last1 = Leiserowitz | first1 = A. | last2 = Maibach | first2 = E. | last3 = Roser-Renouf| first3 = C. | last4 = Smith| first4 = N. | last5 = Dawson | first5 = E. |year = 2013 | title = Climategate, public opinion, and the loss of trust | journal = American Behavioral Scientist | volume = 57 | issue = 6 | pages = 818–837}}
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* {{Cite journal | doi = 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2005.00690.x| last1 = Leiserowitz | first1 = A. | year = 2005 | title = American Risk Perceptions: Is Climate Change Dangerous? | journal = Risk Analysis | volume = 25 | issue = 6 | pages = 1433–1442 | pmid = 16506973 | s2cid = 14619705 | doi-access = free }}
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* {{Cite journal | doi = 10.1007/s10584-006-9059-9| last1 = Leiserowitz | first1 = A. | year = 2006 | title = Climate Change Risk Perception and Policy Preferences: The Role of Affect, Imagery and Values | journal = Climatic Change | volume = 77 | issue = 1–2 | pages = 45–72| bibcode = 2006ClCh...77...45L | citeseerx = 10.1.1.406.9395 | s2cid = 7609337 }}
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* {{Cite journal | doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0017571| last1 = Maibach | first1 = E. | last2 = Leiserowitz | first2 = A. | last3 = Roser-Renouf | first3 = C.| last4 = Mertz | first4 = C.|year = 2011 | title = Identifying Like-Minded Audiences for Global Warming Public Engagement Campaigns: An Audience Segmentation Analysis and Tool Development | journal = PLOS ONE | volume = 6 | issue = 3| pages = e17571 | pmid=21423743 | pmc=3053362| bibcode = 2011PLoSO...617571M | doi-access = free }}
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*{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1146/annurev.energy.31.102505.133552| doi-access=free| last1 = Leiserowitz | first1 = A. | last2 = Kates | first2 = R. | last3 = Parris| first3 = T. | year = 2006 | title = Sustainability Values, Attitudes, and Behaviors: A Review of Multinational and Global Trends | journal = [[Annual Review of Environment and Resources]] | volume = 31 | pages = 413–444| url = https://www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/centers/cid/files/publications/faculty-working-papers/113-2.pdf }}
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*{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1177/0002764212458272 | last1 = Leiserowitz | first1 = A. | last2 = Maibach | first2 = E. | last3 = Roser-Renouf| first3 = C. | last4 = Smith| first4 = N. | last5 = Dawson | first5 = E. |year = 2013 | title = Climategate, public opinion, and the loss of trust | journal = American Behavioral Scientist | volume = 57 | issue = 6 | pages = 818–837| citeseerx = 10.1.1.176.7520 | s2cid = 197652372 }}


==References==
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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* {{cite web|url= http://www.knowledgenetworks.com/accuracy/fall-winter2010/leiserowitz-fall2010.html|title = Interview with Anthony Leiserowitz | publisher = Knowledge Networks | date=Fall-Winter 2010}}</ref>
* {{cite web|url= http://www.knowledgenetworks.com/accuracy/fall-winter2010/leiserowitz-fall2010.html|title= Interview with Anthony Leiserowitz|publisher= Knowledge Networks|date= Fall–Winter 2010|access-date= December 4, 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130116083914/http://knowledgenetworks.com/accuracy/fall-winter2010/leiserowitz-fall2010.html|archive-date= January 16, 2013|url-status= dead}}


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Anthony Leiserowitz
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Oregon Ph.D, 2003
Michigan State University B.A., 1990
AwardsStephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communication (2020)[1]
Scientific career
FieldsHuman geography
InstitutionsYale University
ThesisGlobal warming in the American mind : the roles of affect, imagery, and worldviews in risk perception, policy preferences, and behavior (2003)
Doctoral advisorPaul Slovic

Anthony Leiserowitz is a human geographer at Yale University who studies public perceptions of climate change. He has particularly examined perceptions within the United States, where people are considerably less aware of climate change than in other countries. In the U.S., awareness of information about climate change is heavily influenced by emotion, imagery, associations, and values. Their public discourse reflects a lack of understanding of the science involved in climate change and little awareness of the potential for effective responses to it.[2][3]

Early life and education

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Sometimes referred to as Tony Leiserowitz, he grew up on a farm in Michigan. His parents were sculptors. He received his undergraduate degree from Michigan State University in 1990, and then moved to Colorado with the intention of working as a ski bum. While there, he became interested in climate change and went to University of Oregon to study under Paul Slovic, an expert in risk perception. In 2003, Leiserowitz received his Ph.D. in human geography.

Career

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He joined the faculty of Yale in 2007. He started to collaborate with Edward Maibach in 2008 to study people's perception of climate change.[4]

As of 2018, he had an appointment as a senior research scientist in the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies [5] and was director of the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication, a principal investigator at the Center for Research on Environmental Decisions at Columbia University, and a research scientist at Decision Research.[6]

He was the recipient of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2011 Environmental Merit Award,[7] and as of 2013, he had published approximately 100 scientific articles and book chapters on climate change beliefs, perceptions, and behaviors.[8]

2021 documentary released

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In 2021, Leiserowitz announced the creation of a film, Meltdown, that documents a journey he took to Greenland. The documentary was made during his travels to study the effects of climate change on Greenland firsthand. It contains his reactions to the experience and his comments on climate change, which he has been studying for decades. A promotional video appeared on cheddar.com at the end of February 2021.[9]

Selected papers

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References

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  1. ^ "Edward Maibach and Yale's Anthony Leiserowitz receive 2020 Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communication".
  2. ^ Forest, Sherrie; Feder, Michael A. (2011). Climate Change Education: Goals, Audiences, and Strategies: A Workshop Summary (PDF). Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press. pp. 19–23. ISBN 9780309218450. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 20, 2018. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
  3. ^ Murray, Paul (2011). The Sustainable Self: A Personal Approach to Sustainability Education. Routledge. ISBN 978-1849712408. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
  4. ^ Banerjee, Neela (January–February 2015). "What do Americans think about global warming?". Yale Alumni Magazine.
  5. ^ "Anthony Leiserowtiz in the Yale Directory". Yale University. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
  6. ^ "Staff". Yale Project on Climate Change Communication. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
  7. ^ "2012 Environmental Merit Award Recipients". EPA. October 13, 2015. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  8. ^ "Leiserowitz Publications". Yale. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
  9. ^ Leiserowitz, Anthony, 'Meltdown' Documentary Offers Firsthand Look at Melting Ice in Greenland, Chedder, February 23, 2021 (video)

Further reading

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