Rate My Professor Edward Maibach

Edward Maibach is a Distinguished University Professor Emeritus in the Department of Communication at George Mason University and the Founding Director Emeritus of the university's Center for Climate Change Communication. He earned a BA in Psychology from the University of California, San Diego in 1980, an MPH in Health Promotion from San Diego State University in 1983, and a PhD in Communication Science from Stanford University in 1990. Prior to joining George Mason University in 2007, Maibach served as Associate Director of the National Cancer Institute and Worldwide Director of Social Marketing at Porter Novelli International. He is Principal Investigator of the Yale/George Mason Climate Change in the American Mind polling project, co-led the development of the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health, and co-led Climate Matters, a program supporting TV weathercasters as local climate educators. Maibach serves on the Board of Directors of the Global Climate and Health Alliance.

Maibach's research centers on climate change communication, public health communication, and social marketing, with emphasis on promoting public engagement in addressing climate change. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a Member of the National Academy of Medicine, and a Member of the Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine. Among his honors are the Beck Family Presidential Medal of Excellence in Research and Scholarship in 2020, George Mason University's highest research award; the Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communication in 2020, shared with Anthony Leiserowitz; and designation by Thompson Reuters in 2021 as one of the world's 10 most influential scientists working on climate change. Key publications include "Consensus on consensus: a synthesis of consensus estimates on human-caused global warming" (Environmental Research Letters, 2016), "Inoculating the public against misinformation about climate change" (Global Challenges, 2017), and the book "Designing Health Messages: Approaches from Communication Theory and Public Health Practice" (1995).