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Aaron M. McCright, Ph.D.

Department of Sociology 509 East Circle Drive, Room 317

Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824-1111

517-355-6640 mccright@msu.edu

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

August 2018-Present Professor and Chairperson Department of Sociology affiliated faculty member: Environmental Science & Policy Program; Center for

Gender in Global Context; Lyman Briggs College Michigan State University

August 2017-July 2018 Professor of Sociology

Lyman Briggs College & Department of Sociology affiliated faculty member: Environmental Science & Policy Program; Center for

Gender in Global Context Michigan State University

August 2010-August 2017 Associate Professor of Sociology

Lyman Briggs College & Department of Sociology affiliated faculty member: Environmental Science & Policy Program Michigan State University

August 2004-August 2010 Assistant Professor of Sociology

Lyman Briggs College & Department of Sociology affiliated faculty member: Environmental Science & Policy Program Michigan State University

July 2002-March 2004 Lecturer and Research Associate

Environmental Studies Program & Department of Sociology The University of Chicago

August 1998-May 2002 Instructor

Department of Sociology Washington State University

EDUCATION

August 2002 Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Sociology Washington State University

December 1998 Master of Arts Degree in Sociology

Washington State University

May 1996 Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology University of Northern Iowa

December 1993 Associate in Arts Degree

Ellsworth Community College

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RESEARCH

PUBLICATIONS (MSU graduate student; non-MSU graduate student; undergraduate student)

BOOKS 2. Rosa, Eugene A., Ortwin Renn, and Aaron M. McCright. 2014. The Risk Society Revisited: Social

Theory and Governance. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press. 1. McCright, Aaron M., and Terry N. Clark, editors. 2006. Community and Ecology: Dynamics of

Place, Sustainability, and Politics. Amsterdam: Elsevier/JAI Press.

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES 63. Marquart-Pyatt, Sandra T., Matthew C. Houser, Chloe Qian, and Aaron M. McCright. 2019.

“Climate Change Views, Energy Policy Preferences, and Intended Actions across Welfare State Regimes: Evidence from the European Social Survey.” International Journal of Sociology accepted for publication.

62. Besley, John C., Kevin C. Elliott, Nagwan Zahry, Aaron M. McCright, Norbert E. Kaminski, and Joseph D. Martin. 2018. “Conflict of Interest Mitigation Procedures May Have Little Influence on the Perceived Procedural Fairness of Risk-Related Research.” Risk Analysis doi:10.1111/risa.13182.

61. Sarathchandra, Dilshani, Mark C. Navin, Mark A. Largent, and Aaron M. McCright. 2018. “A Survey Instrument for Measuring Vaccine Acceptance.” Preventive Medicine 109:1-7.

60. McCright, Aaron M., and Riley E. Dunlap. 2017. “Combatting Misinformation Requires Recognizing Its Types and the Factors That Facilitate Its Spread and Resonance.” Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition 6:389-396.

59. Elliott, Kevin C., Aaron M. McCright, Summer Allen, and Thomas Dietz. 2017. “Values in Environmental Research: Citizens’ Views of Scientists Who Acknowledge Values.” PLoS ONE 12(10):e0186049.

58. Shwom, Rachael L., Cindy Isenhour, Rebecca C. Jordan, Aaron M. McCright, and Jennifer Meta Robinson. 2017. “Integrating the Social Sciences to Enhance Climate Literacy.” Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment doi:10.1002/fee.1519.

57. Sarathchandra, Dilshani, and Aaron M. McCright. 2017. “The Effects of Media Coverage of Scientific Retractions on Risk Perceptions.” SAGE Open doi:10.1177/2158244017709324.

56. Allen, Summer, Aaron M. McCright, and Thomas Dietz. 2017. “A Social Movement Identity Instrument for Integrating Survey Methods into Social Movements Research.” SAGE Open doi:10.1177/2158244017708819.

55. Besley, John C., Aaron M. McCright, Nagwan Zahry, Kevin C. Elliott, Norbert E. Kaminski, and Joseph D. Martin. 2017. “Perceived Conflict of Interest in Health Science Partnerships.” PLoS ONE 12(4):e0175643.

54. McCright, Aaron M. 2017. “Clean-Energy Conservatism.” Nature Energy 2:doi:10.1038/nenergy.2017.26.

53. Dietz, Thomas, Summer Allen, and Aaron M. McCright. 2017. “Integrating Concern for Animals into Personal Values.” Anthrozoös 30(1):109-122.

52. Lynch, Abigail J., William W. Taylor, and Aaron M. McCright. 2016. “Stakeholder Views of Management and Decision-Support Tools to Integrate Climate Change into Great Lakes Lake Whitefish Management.” Fisheries 41:644-652.

51. McCright, Aaron M., Sandra T. Marquart-Pyatt, Rachael L. Shwom, Steven R. Brechin, and Summer Allen. 2016. “Ideology, Capitalism, and Climate: Explaining Public Views about Climate Change in the United States.” Energy Research and Social Science 21:180-189.

50. Dunlap, Riley E., Aaron M. McCright, and Jerrod Yarosh. 2016. “The Political Divide on Climate Change: Partisan Polarization in the U.S. Public Widens.” Environment 58(5):4-22.

49. McCright, Aaron M. 2016. “Anti-Reflexivity and Climate Change Skepticism in the US General Public.” Human Ecology Review 22(2):77-107.

48. McCright, Aaron M., Riley E. Dunlap, and Sandra T. Marquart-Pyatt. 2016. “Political Ideology and Views about Climate Change in the European Union.” Environmental Politics 25(2):338-358.

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47. Sorenson, Amanda, Rachael L. Shwom, Rebecca Jordan, Diane Ebert-May, Cindy Isenhour, Aaron M. McCright, and Jennifer Meta-Robinson. 2016. “Model-Based Reasoning to Foster Environmental and Socio-Scientific Literacy in Higher Education.” Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences 6:287-294.

46. McCright, Aaron M., Meghan Charters, Katherine Dentzman, and Thomas Dietz. 2016. “Examining the Effectiveness of Climate Change Frames in the Face of a Denialist Counter-Frame.” Topics in Cognitive Science 8(1):76-97.

45. Sundström, Aksel, and Aaron M. McCright. 2016. “Women and Nuclear Energy: Examining the Gender Divide in Opposition to Nuclear Power among Swedish Citizens and Politicians.” Energy Research and Social Science 11:29-39.

44. Kaplowitz, Stan A., and Aaron M. McCright. 2015. “Effects of Policy Characteristics and Justifications on Acceptance of a Gasoline Tax Increase.” Energy Policy 87:370-381.

43. Kelly, Jennifer R., Aaron M. McCright, and Thomas Dietz. 2015. “Climate Change and Society: Toward Online Pedagogy.” Human Ecology Review 21(2):49-64.

42. Allen, Summer, Aaron M. McCright, and Thomas Dietz. 2015. “Measuring Household Energy Efficiency Behaviors with Attention to Behavioral Plasticity.” Energy Research and Social Science 10:133-140.

41. McCright, Aaron M., and Riley E. Dunlap. 2015. “Comparing Two Measures of Social Movement Identity: The Environmental Movement as Example.” Social Science Quarterly 96:400-416.

40. Clements, John M., Aaron M. McCright, Thomas Dietz, and Sandy T. Marquart-Pyatt. 2015. “A Behavioral Measure of Environmental Decision-Making for Social Surveys.” Environmental Sociology 1(1):27-37.

39. Xiao, Chenyang, and Aaron M. McCright. 2015. “Gender Differences in Environmental Concern: Revisiting the Institutional Trust Hypothesis in the USA.” Environment and Behavior 47:17-37.

38. Marquart-Pyatt, Sandra T., Aaron M. McCright, Thomas Dietz, and Riley E. Dunlap. 2014. “Politics Eclipses Climate Extremes for Climate Change Perception.” Global Environmental Change 29:246-257.

37. McCright, Aaron M., Riley E. Dunlap, and Chenyang Xiao. 2014. “The Impacts of Temperature Anomalies and Political Orientation on Perceived Winter Warming.” Nature Climate Change 4:1077-1081. highlighted in “News & Views” in Nature Climate Change

Givens, Jennifer E. 2014. “Drivers of Climate Change Beliefs.” Nature Climate Change 4:1051-1052.

36. McCright, Aaron M., Chenyang Xiao, and Riley E. Dunlap. 2014. “Political Polarization on Support for Government Spending on Environmental Protection in the USA, 1974-2012.” Social Science Research 48:251-260.

35. McCright, Aaron M., and Chenyang Xiao. 2014. “Gender and Environmental Concern: Insights from Recent Work and for Future Survey Research.” Society and Natural Resources 27:1109-1113.

34. Clements, John M., Chenyang Xiao, and Aaron M. McCright. 2014. “An Examination of the ‘Greening of Christianity’ Thesis among Americans, 1993-2010.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 53:373-391.

33. Sundström, Aksel, and Aaron M. McCright. 2014. “Gender Differences in Environmental Concern among Swedish Citizens and Politicians.” Environmental Politics 23(6):1082-1095.

32. Clements, John M., Aaron M. McCright, and Chenyang Xiao. 2014. “Green Christians?: An Empirical Examination of Environmental Concern within the U.S. General Public.” Organization and Environment 27:85-102.

31. Kojola, Erik, Chenyang Xiao, and Aaron M. McCright. 2014. “Environmental Concern of Labor Union Members in the United States.” The Sociological Quarterly 55:72-91.

30. Xiao, Chenyang, and Aaron M. McCright. 2014. “A Test of the Biographical Availability Argument for Gender Differences in Environmental Behaviors.” Environment and Behavior 46:241-263.

29. McCright, Aaron M., Riley E. Dunlap, and Chenyang Xiao. 2014. “Increasing Influence of Party Identification on Perceived Scientific Agreement and Support for Government Action on Climate Change in the USA, 2006-2012.” Weather, Climate, and Society 6(2):194-201.

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28. McCright, Aaron M., and Aksel Sundström. 2014. “Examining Gender Differences in Environmental Concern in the Swedish General Public, 1990-2011.” International Journal of Sociology 43(4):63-86.

27. McCright, Aaron M., Katherine Dentzman, Meghan Charters, and Thomas Dietz. 2013. “The Influence of Political Ideology on Trust in Science.” Environmental Research Letters 8:044029 doi:10.1088/1748-9326/8/4/044029.

26. McCright, Aaron M., Brian O’Shea, Ryan Sweeder, Gerald Urquhart, and Aklilu Zeleke. 2013. “Promoting Interdisciplinarity through Climate Change Education.” Nature Climate Change 3:713-716.

25. Dietz, Thomas, Christina Leshko, and Aaron M. McCright. 2013. Politics Shapes Individual Choices about Energy Efficiency.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110:9191-9192.

24. McCright, Aaron M., Riley E. Dunlap, and Chenyang Xiao. 2013. “Perceived Scientific Agreement and Support for Government Action on Climate Change in the USA.” Climatic Change 119:511-518.

23. McCright, Aaron M., and Riley E. Dunlap. 2013. “Bringing Ideology In: The Conservative White Male Effect on Worry about Environmental Problems in the United States.” Journal of Risk Research 16:211-226.

22. McCright, Aaron M. 2012. “Enhancing Students’ Scientific and Quantitative Literacies through a Sociological Inquiry-Based Learning Project on Climate Change.” Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning 12(4):86-102.

21. Sweeder, Ryan D., Kathleen A. Jeffery, and Aaron M. McCright. 2012. “Lyman Briggs College: An Innovative Living-Learning Community for STEM Education.” Quality Approaches in Higher Education 3(2):7-14.

20. Xiao, Chenyang, and Aaron M. McCright. 2012. “Explaining Gender Differences in Concern about Environmental Problems in the United States.” Society and Natural Resources 25:1067-1084. Reprinted on pages 169-185 in Routledge Handbook of Gender and Environment, edited by

Sherilyn MacGregor. 2017. New York: Routledge. 19. McCright, Aaron M., and Riley E. Dunlap. 2011. “Cool Dudes: The Denial of Climate Change

among Conservative White Males in the United States.” Global Environmental Change 21:1163-1172.

18. Marquart-Pyatt, Sandra, Rachael L. Shwom, Thomas Dietz, Riley E. Dunlap, Stan A. Kaplowitz, Aaron M. McCright, and Sammy Zahran. 2011. “Understanding Public Opinion on Climate Change: A Call for Research.” Environment 53(4):38-42.

17. McCright, Aaron M., and Riley E. Dunlap. 2011. “The Politicization of Climate Change and Polarization in the American Public’s Views of Global Warming, 2001-2010.” The Sociological Quarterly 52:155-194. lead article in Symposium on the Politics of Climate Change recipient of the Midwest Sociological Society’s The Sociological Quarterly Distinguished

Contribution to Scholarship Award in 2013 highlighted in “News & Views” in Nature Climate Change

Hoffman, Andrew J. 2011. “The Growing Climate Divide.” Nature Climate Change 1(7):195-196.

16. McCright, Aaron M. 2011. “Political Orientation Moderates Americans’ Beliefs and Concern about Climate Change.” Climatic Change 104(2):243-253.

15. McCright, Aaron M., and Riley E. Dunlap. 2010. “Anti-Reflexivity: The American Conservative Movement’s Success in Undermining Climate Science and Policy.” Theory, Culture, and Society 27(2-3):100-133.

14. McCright, Aaron M. 2010. “The Effects of Gender on Climate Change Knowledge and Concern in the American Public.” Population and Environment 32:66-87.

13. Rosa, Eugene A., Aaron M. McCright, and Ortwin Renn. 2010. “Jürgen Habermas and Risk Society Theory: The Meeting of Passing Ships.” Quaderni di Teoria Sociale 10:55-82.

12. McCright, Aaron M. 2009. “The Social Bases of Climate Change Knowledge, Concern, and Policy Support in the US General Public.” Hofstra Law Review 37(4):1017-1047.

11. Dunlap, Riley E., and Aaron M. McCright. 2008. “A Widening Gap: Republican and Democratic Views on Climate Change.” Environment 50(5):26-35.

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10. Dunlap, Riley E., and Aaron M. McCright. 2008. “Social Movement Identity: Validating a Measure of Identification with the Environmental Movement.” Social Science Quarterly 89(5):1045-1065.

9. McCright, Aaron M., and Riley E. Dunlap. 2008. “Social Movement Identity and Belief Systems: An Examination of the Consistency of Beliefs about Environmental Problems within the American Public.” Public Opinion Quarterly 72(4):651-676.

8. McCright, Aaron M., and Riley E. Dunlap. 2008. “The Nature and Social Bases of Progressive Social Movement Ideology: Examining Public Opinion toward Social Movements.” The Sociological Quarterly 49(4):825-848.

7. Vannini, Phillip, and Aaron M. McCright. 2007. “Technologies of the Sky: A Socio-Semiotic and Critical Analysis of Televised Weather Discourse.” Critical Discourse Studies 4:49-73.

6. Xiao, Chenyang, and Aaron M. McCright. 2007. “Environmental Concern and Socio-Demographic Variables: A Study of Statistical Models.” Journal of Environmental Education 38(2):3-13.

5. Vannini, Phillip, and Aaron M. McCright. 2004. “To Die For: The Semiotic Seductive Power of the Tanned Body.” Symbolic Interaction 27(3):309-332. Reprinted on pages 228-251 in The Body Reader, edited by Lisa Jean Moore and Mary

Kosut. 2010. New York: New York University Press. 4. McCright, Aaron M., and Riley E. Dunlap. 2003. “Defeating Kyoto: The Conservative Movement’s

Impact on U.S. Climate Change Policy.” Social Problems 50(3):348-373. Reprinted on pages 329-362 in Environmental Communication: Volume 3: Environmental

Risk and Climate Change Communication, edited by Robert Cox. Volume 3. Sage Benchmarks in Communication Series. 2016. London: Sage.

3. Dunlap, Riley E., Chenyang Xiao, and Aaron M. McCright. 2001. “Politics and Environment in America: Partisan and Ideological Cleavages in Public Support for Environmentalism.” Environmental Politics 10(4):23-48.

2. McCright, Aaron M., and Riley E. Dunlap. 2000. “Challenging Global Warming as a Social Problem: An Analysis of the Conservative Movement’s Counter Claims.” Social Problems 47(4):499-522. Reprinted on pages 251-269 in Global Activism Reader, edited by Luc Reydams. 2011. New

York: Continuum. 1. Henderson, Eric, Stephen J. Kunitz, K. Ruben Gabriel, Aaron M. McCright, and Jerrold E. Levy.

1998. “Boarding and Public Schools: Educational Attainment, Conduct Disorder, and Alcohol Dependency.” American Indian and Alaskan Native Mental Health Research: The Journal of the National Center 8(2):24-45.

REFEREED BOOK CHAPTERS

10. Dunlap, Riley E., and Aaron M. McCright. 2015. “Challenging Climate Change: The Denial

Countermovement.” Pp. 300-332 in Climate Change and Society: Sociological Perspectives, edited by Riley E. Dunlap and Robert J. Brulle. New York: Oxford University Press.

9. Shwom, Rachael L., Aaron M. McCright, and Steven R. Brechin. 2015. “Public Opinion on Climate Change.” Pp. 269-299 in Climate Change and Society: Sociological Perspectives, edited by Riley E. Dunlap and Robert J. Brulle. New York: Oxford University Press.

8. McCright, Aaron M., and Riley E. Dunlap. 2012. “Organized Denial and Political Polarization on Climate Change in the United States.” Pp. 173-194 in Controverses Climatiques, Sciences et Politiques, edited by Edwin Zaccai, François Gemenne and Jean-Michel Decroly. Paris: Sciences Po Press.

7. Dunlap, Riley, E., and Aaron M. McCright. 2011. “Organized Climate Change Denial.” Pp. 144-160 in Oxford Handbook of Climate Change and Society, edited by John Dryzek, Richard Norgaard, and David Schlosberg. Cambridge: Oxford University Press.

6. Dunlap, Riley E., and Aaron M. McCright. 2010. “Climate Change Denial: Sources, Actors, and Strategies.” Pp. 240-259 in Routledge Handbook of Climate Change and Society, edited by Constance Lever-Tracy. New York: Routledge Press.

5. McCright, Aaron M., and Rachael L. Shwom. 2010. “Newspaper and Television Coverage.” Pp. 405-413 in Climate Change Science and Policy, edited by Stephen H. Schneider, Armin Rosencranz, Michael D. Mastrandrea, and Kristin Kuntz-Duriseti. Washington, D.C.: Island Press.

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4. McCright, Aaron M. 2007. “Dealing With Climate Change Contrarians.” Pp. 200-212 in Creating a Climate for Change: Communicating Climate Change and Facilitating Social Change, edited by Susanne C. Moser and Lisa Dilling. New York: Cambridge University Press.

3. McCright, Aaron M., and Terry N. Clark. 2006. “The Intersection between Community Sociology and Environmental Sociology.” Pp. 1-14 in Community and Ecology: Dynamics of Place, Sustainability, and Politics, edited by Aaron M. McCright and Terry N. Clark. Amsterdam: Elsevier/JAI Press.

2. McCright, Aaron M., and Terry N. Clark. 2006. “The Political Opportunity Structure of the Environmental Movement in U.S. Communities.” Pp. 199-240 in Community and Ecology: Dynamics of Place, Sustainability, and Politics, edited by Aaron M. McCright and Terry N. Clark. Amsterdam: Elsevier/JAI Press.

1. McCright, Aaron M., and Terry N. Clark. 2006. “The Shared Future of Environmental Sociology and Community Sociology.” Pp. 295-302 in Community and Ecology: Dynamics of Place, Sustainability, and Politics, edited by Aaron M. McCright and Terry N. Clark. Amsterdam: Elsevier/JAI Press.

REPORTS AND TECHNICAL PAPERS

3. Augsburg, Tanya, Barbara M. Bekken, Kevin Hovland, Julie Thompson Klein, Douglas B. Luckie,

Bernard L. Madison, Paula J. S. Martin, William H. Newell, Marci Sortor, and Richard Vaz. 2013. Insights on Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning. White Paper. Edited by Aaron M. McCright and Weston Eaton. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University.

2. McCright, Aaron M. 2010. “Beliefs about Climate Science and Concern about Global Warming in the US Public, 2001-2010.” Commissioned Paper for Workshop on Climate Change Education for the Public and Decision-Makers. National Academy of Sciences, Division of Earth and Life Studies, Committee on Human Dimensions of Global Change—Board on Science Education. Washington, D.C.: National Research Council.

1. McCright, Aaron M. 2009. “The Politics of Climate Change.” Pp. 107-112 in Workshop on Sociological Perspectives on Global Climate Change, edited by Joane Nagel, Thomas Dietz, and Jeffrey Broadbent. Washington, D.C.: National Science Foundation.

SOLICITED BOOK REVIEWS, REVIEW ESSAYS, AND JOURNAL REVIEWS

10. McCright, Aaron M. 2017. “Review of .Fact and Fiction in Global Energy Policy: 15 Contentious

Questions.” Environmental Politics 26(2):365-367. 9. McCright, Aaron M. 2011. “Review of Paul Wapner’s Living through the End of Nature: The

Future of American Environmentalism.” Social Forces 89:1441-1443. 8. McCright, Aaron M. 2007. “Review of Michael R. Redclift’s and Graham Woodgate’s New

Developments in Environmental Sociology.” Organization and Environment 20:393-395. 7. McCright, Aaron M. 2006. “Book Review of National Governance and the Global Climate Change

Regime.” American Journal of Sociology 111:1264-1266. 6. McCright, Aaron M. 2006. “Mirowski’s The Effortless Economy of Science?: Throwing Down the

Gauntlet on a Neoclassical Economics of Science.” Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology 24A:209-223.

5. McCright, Aaron M. 2002. “Book Review of Silent Spill: The Organization of an Industrial Crisis.” American Journal of Sociology 108:215-216.

4. Dunlap, Riley E., and Aaron M. McCright. 1998. “Review of Environmental Politics.” NRRG News: The Newsletter of the Natural Resources Research Group of Rural Sociology Society Winter:4-5.

3. Dunlap, Riley E., and Aaron M. McCright. 1998. “Review of Environmental Politics.” Newsletter of the Environmental Studies Association of Canada 7(1):14.

2. Dunlap, Riley E., and Aaron M. McCright. 1998. “Review of Environmental Politics.” Environment, Technology, and Society: Newsletter of the American Sociological Association Section on Environment and Technology 88(Winter):1.

1. Dunlap, Riley E., and Aaron M. McCright. 1997. “Review of Environmental Politics.” Environment and Society: Newsletter of International Sociological Association Research Committee 24 11(October):3.

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OTHER PUBLICATIONS

2. McCright, Aaron M., and Riley E. Dunlap. 2013. “The Polarization of U.S. Public Opinion on

Climate Change.” SSN Key Findings Scholars Strategy Network. Available at http://www.scholarsstrategynetwork.org/sites/default/files/ssn_key_findings_mccright_and_dunlap_on_political_polarization_on_climate_change.pdf

1. Dunlap, Riley, E., and Aaron M. McCright. 2013. “The Climate Change Denial Campaign.” SSN Key Findings Scholars Strategy Network. Available at http://www.scholarsstrategynetwork.org/sites/default/files/ssn_key_findings_dunlap_and_mccright_on_climate_change_denial.pdf.

FUNDED GRANTS AND CONTRACTS (MSU graduate student)

EXTERNAL

Is the Treatment Perceived to be Worse than the Disease?: Ethical Concerns and Attitudes towards

Psychiatric Electroceutical Interventions. 2018. Principal Investigator: Laura Y. Cabrera. Co-Investigators: Aaron M. McCright, Robyn Bluhm, and Eric Achtyes. National Institutes of Health. National Institute of Mental Health. $1,414,478 requested. Funded in full.

Doctoral Dissertation Research: African Diaspora Collective Action: Rituals, Runaways, and the Haitian Revolution. 2016. Principal Investigator: Aaron M. McCright. Co-Investigators: Glenn Chambers, Jr. and Crystal Eddins. National Science Foundation. Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences. Sociology Program. $11,999 requested. Funded in full.

Examining How Message Characteristics Influence Support for Gasoline Tax Increases. 2011. Principal Investigator: Stan A. Kaplowitz. Co-Principal Investigators: Aaron M. McCright. Time-Sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences Program. Experimental survey of nationally representative sample of U.S. adults requested. Funded in full.

National Environmental and Climate Change Survey. 2011. Principal Investigator: Aaron M. McCright. Co-Principal Investigator: Thomas M. Dietz. Other Personnel: Larry Hembroff, Sandra Marquart-Pyatt, Maria Isabel Ayala, Jiaguo Qi, and Derek Moy. National Science Foundation. Division of Social and Economic Sciences. Decision, Risk, and Management Sciences Program. $2,869,535 requested. Funded at $49,870.

Sensing Weather and Climate Change. 2008. Principal Investigator: Phillip Vannini. Co-Principal Investigators: Aaron M. McCright. Royal Roads University Office of Research. $3,000 requested. Funded in full.

Globalization and the Connection of Remote Communities: Environmental Implications. 2008. Principal Investigator: Daniel B. Kramer. Co-Principal Investigators: Andrea Allen, Aaron M. McCright, Jiaguo Qi, and Gerald R. Urquhart. National Science Foundation. Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences. Dynamics of Coupled Natural-Human Systems Program. $1,057,123 requested. Funded in full.

INTERNAL

Michiganders’ Views of Vaccines. 2016. Principal Investigator: Mark A. Largent. Co-Principal

Investigators: Kevin C. Elliott, Aaron M. McCright, Mark Navin, and Sean Valles. Michigan State University Institute for Public Policy and Social Research. Michigan Applied Public Policy Research Program. $23,500 requested. Funded at $20,000.

Testing Communication Tactics for Overcoming Skepticism. 2014. Principal Investigator: Sean Valles. Co-Principal Investigators: Kevin C. Elliott, Mark A. Largent, and Aaron M. McCright. Michigan State University Environmental Science and Policy Program-AgBioResearch Interdisciplinary Team Building Initiative. $6,830 requested. Funded in Full.

Promoting Quality and Trust in Industry-Funded Research. 2014. Principal Investigator: Kevin Elliott. Co-Principal Investigators: John Besley, Norbert Kaminski, Joe Martin, Aaron M. McCright, and Cheryl Murphy. Michigan State University Science Studies at State Collaborative Grant Award. $12,980 requested. Funded at $10,000.

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Advancing MSU Expertise in Environmental Decision-Making. 2014. Principal Investigator: Aaron M. McCright. Co-Principal Investigators: Thomas Dietz, Julie Libarkin, Robert B. Richardson, and Bruno Takahashi. Michigan State University Environmental Science and Policy Program-AgBioResearch Interdisciplinary Team Building Initiative. $9,700 requested. Funded in Full.

National Environmental and Climate Change Survey Workshop. 2011. Principal Investigator: Thomas M. Dietz. Co-Principal Investigator: Aaron M. McCright. Michigan State University Discretionary Funding Initiative. $36,578 requested. Funded in full.

Discovering Diversity, Creating Inclusion: An Inquiry into Diversity and Science. 2010. Co-Principal Investigators: Kendra Cheruvelil, Cori Fata-Hartley, Aaron M. McCright, Georgina Montgomery. Michigan State University Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives. Creating Inclusive Excellence Grant Program. $13,745 requested. Funded at $11,000.

Discovering Diversity, Creating Inclusion: An Inquiry into Diversity and Science. 2009. Co-Principal Investigators: Kendra Cheruvelil, Cori Fata-Hartley, Aaron M. McCright, Georgina Montgomery. Michigan State University Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives. Creating Inclusive Excellence Grant Program. $37,789 requested. Funded at $14,409.

An Ethnography of Two Biological Field Stations in the Republic of Panamá. 2006. Principal Investigator. Michigan State University Intramural Research Grants Program. New Faculty Grants Program. $33,169 requested. Funded in full.

PRESENTATIONS (MSU graduate student; non-MSU graduate student; undergraduate student)

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

McCright, Aaron M. 2018. “Artificial Intelligence; or, the Modern Prometheus?” Brews and Views

Series co-sponsored by the Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering and the Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences at Michigan State University. East Lansing, MI. March 16.

McCright, Aaron M. 2015. “Climate Change Denial.” Presentation at the “Understanding Science Denialism” Conference at Wake Forest University. Winston-Salem, NC. July 9.

McCright, Aaron M. 2013. “Gender and Climate Change Views.” Presentation at the Gender Summit 3—North America: Diversity Fueling Excellence in Research and Innovation. Washington, D.C. November 15.

McCright, Aaron M. 2013. “The Politicization of Climate Change and Polarization in the American Public’s View of Global Warming.” Presentation at the 2013 Midwest Energy Policy Conference. Washington University in St. Louis. October 29.

McCright Aaron M. 2013. “Climate Change Denial and Public Understanding of Climate Change in the United States.” Presentation at State University of New York at Geneseo. Geneseo, NY. March 6.

McCright, Aaron M. 2013. “Politics and Public Understanding of Climate Change. Presentation at Oklahoma State University. Stillwater, OK. February 22.

McCright Aaron M. 2013. “Climate Change Denial and Public Understanding of Climate Change.” Presentation at the “Climate Change, Anti-Environmentalism, and American Politics” Faculty Symposium at Vanderbilt University. Nashville, TN. February 8.

McCright, Aaron M. 2010. “Cool Dudes: The Denial of Climate Change among Conservative White Males.” Paper presented at the Ecological and Cultural Change Group at Michigan State University. East Lansing, MI. September 24.

McCright, Aaron M. 2009. “The Politicization of Climate Change: Political Polarization in the American Public’s Views of Global Warming.” Paper presented at the Environmental Sociology Seminar at Michigan State University. East Lansing, MI. October 16.

McCright, Aaron M. 2009. “Climate Change Skepticism in the American Public.” Paper presented at the “Energy and the Environment: Empowering Consumers” Conference at Hofstra University. March 20.

McCright, Aaron M. 2008. “The American Conservative Movement’s Success in Undermining Climate Science and Policy.” BAMBI Lecture for the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Barro Colorado Island, Republic of Panamá. July 24.

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McCright, Aaron M. 2005. “A Conceptual Typology of the Political Opportunity Structure: Testing Major Enduring Hypotheses.” Paper presented at the Politics and Social Change Workshop at the University of Chicago. Chicago, IL. May 19.

McCright, Aaron M. 2005. “Dealing With Climate Change Contrarians.” Paper presented at the Ecological and Cultural Change Group at Michigan State University. East Lansing, MI. March 15.

McCright, Aaron M. 2004. “The Conservative Movement’s Impact on U.S. Climate Change Policy.” Presentation at the Center for Environmental Science and Policy’s “Environmental Policy Forum” at Stanford University. Stanford, CA. June 3.

McCright, Aaron M. 2004. “The Conservative Movement’s Impact on U.S. Climate Change Policy.” Presentation in the Department of Sociology at Iowa State University. Ames, IA. January 27.

McCright, Aaron M. 2003. “The Conservative Movement’s Impact on U.S. Climate Change Policy.” Presentation in the Department of Sociology at Utah State University. Logan, UT. November 17.

McCright, Aaron M. 2003. “The Conservative Movement’s Impact on U.S. Climate Change Policy.” Presentation in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at University of Texas, Arlington. Arlington, TX. November 3.

McCright, Aaron M. 2003. “The Conservative Movement’s Impact on U.S. Climate Change Policy.” Presentation in the Department of Sociology at Florida State University. Tallahassee, FL. October 27.

McCright, Aaron M., and Terry Nichols Clark. 2003. “The Environmental Movement and City Politics: Examining the Effects of Political Culture and Public Opinion.” Paper presented at the Environmental Workshop at the University of Chicago. Chicago, IL. June 3.

McCright, Aaron M. 2002. “The Conservative Movement’s Impact on U.S. Climate Change Policy.” Presentation in the Department of Sociology at University of Colorado at Boulder. Boulder, CO. Nov. 6.

McCright, Aaron M. 2002. “The Conservative Movement’s Impact on U.S. Climate Change Policy.” Presentation in the Environmental Studies Program at University of Chicago. Chicago, IL. February 13.

SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Dunlap, Riley E., and Aaron M. McCright. 2018. “The Intentional ‘Deconstruction’ of Scientific

Expertise: Environmental Skepticism, Climate Change Denial, & the Post-Truth Era.” Presentation at the XIX International Sociological Association World Congress of Sociology. Toronto, Canada.

McCright, Aaron M. 2018. “Overcoming Climate Change Denial.” Presentation at the American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting. Austin, TX.

Lynch, Abigail J., William W. Taylor, and Aaron M. McCright. 2017. “Stakeholder Views of Management and Decision-Support Tools to Integrate Climate Change into Great Lakes Lake Whitefish Management.” Paper presented at the 13th International Symposium on the Biology and Management of Coregonid Fishes. Bayfield, WI.

Dunlap, Riley E., Chenyang Xiao, and Aaron M. McCright. 2017. “Predicting Public Perceptions of an Abnormally Cold Winter: The Impacts of Temperature versus Political Orientation.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Montreal, Canada.

Sarathchandra, Dilshani, Mark C. Navin, Mark A. Largent, and Aaron M. McCright. 2017. “A Survey Instrument for Measuring Vaccine Acceptance.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association. Portland, OR.

Sarathchandra, Dilshani, and Aaron M. McCright. 2016. “The Influence of Exposure to an Article Retraction on Risk Perceptions of Genetically Modified Food.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Seattle, WA.

Sarathchandra, Dilshani, and Aaron M. McCright. 2015. “The Influence of Exposure to an Article Retraction on Risk Perceptions of Genetically Modified Food.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Risk Analysis. Arlington, VA.

Elliott, Kevin C., John Besley, Norbert Kaminski, Joseph Martin, and Aaron M. McCright. 2015. “Introduction to Industry/Citizen Research Collaborations.” Paper presented at the Collaboration Conundrum: Special Interests and Scientific Research Conference. West Bend, IN.

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Clements, John M., Aaron M. McCright, Thomas Dietz, and Sandy T. Marquart-Pyatt. 2015. “An Experiment on Hypothetical and Actual Willingness to Donate.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Chicago, IL.

Renn, Ortwin, and Aaron M. McCright. 2014. The Risk Society Revisited: Social Theory and Governance. Book presented at the 5th International Disaster and Risk Conference IRDC 2014. Davos, Switzerland.

Shwom, Rachael L., Cynthia Isenhour, Aaron M. McCright, and Jennifer Robinson. 2014. “Teaching Climate Social Science and Its Practices: A Two-Pronged Approach to Climate Literacy.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union. San Francisco, CA.

Julian, Katherine, Jordan Pusateri Burroughs, and Aaron M. McCright. 2014. “From Field to Fork: Local Food Consumers’ Attitudes toward Eat Wild Game Meat and Hunting in Southern Michigan.” Paper presented at the Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference. Kansas City, MO.

McCright, Aaron M., and Ortwin Renn. 2013. Authors Meet Critics Session for The Risk Society Revisited: Social Theory and Governance, with Thomas Dietz, Robert Goble, Roger Kasperson, and Ragnar Lofstedt. Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Risk Analysis. Baltimore, MD.

McCright, Aaron M., Riley E. Dunlap, and Chenyang Xiao. 2013. “Increasing Influence of Political Orientation on Support for Government Action on Climate Change in the USA, 2006-2012.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Risk Analysis. Baltimore, MD.

McCright, Aaron M., Riley E. Dunlap, and Chenyang Xiao. 2013. “Increasing Influence of Political Orientation on Support for Government Action on Climate Change in the USA, 2006-2012.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. New York City, NY.

McCright, Aaron M., and Riley E. Dunlap. “Examining Two Measures of Social Movement Identity for the Environmental Movement.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society. New York City, NY.

Julian, Katherine, Jordan Pusateri Burroughs, and Aaron M. McCright. 2012. “From Field to Fork: Local Food Consumers’ Perspectives on Hunting and Conservation in Southern Michigan.” Paper presented at the Integrating Human Dimensions into Fish and Wildlife Management Conference. Breckenridge, CO.

Clements, John M., Aaron M. McCright, and Chenyang Xiao. 2012. “Green Christians?: An Empirical Examination of Environmental Concern within the U.S. General Public.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Denver, CO.

Kojola, Erik, Chenyang Xiao, and Aaron M. McCright. 2012. “Greening Labor Unions?: Environmental Attitudes and Beliefs of Labor Union Members.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Denver, CO.

McCright, Aaron M., and Riley E. Dunlap. 2012. “Political Ideology and Climate Change in the European Union.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Denver, CO.

Sweeder, Ryan D., and Aaron M. McCright. 2012. “Lyman Briggs College: An Innovative Living-Learning Community for STEM Education.” Paper presented at the American Society for Quality STEM Agenda Conference. Menomonie, WI.

Dunlap, Riley E., and Aaron M. McCright. 2012. “Political Ideology and Global Warming: The Dismissal of Climate Change by Conservative Americans.” Paper presented at the Association for Psychological Science 2012 Convention. Chicago, IL.

Marquart-Pyatt, Sandra, John M. Clements, Cameron T. Whitley, and Aaron M. McCright. 2011. “Public Opinion on Climate Change: Influences of Political Orientation, Trust, and Views of Science.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Las Vegas, NV.

Fata-Hartley, Cori, and Aaron M. McCright. 2011. “Do Students Know What They Know?: Student Metacognition in Introductory Biology.” Poster presented at the American Society for Microbiology 18th Annual Conference for Undergraduate Educators. Baltimore, MD.

Dunlap, Riley E., and Aaron M. McCright. 2010. “Party, Ideology, and Global Warming: Examining Political Polarization over Climate Change.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society. Atlanta, GA.

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McCright, Aaron M., and Riley E. Dunlap. 2010. “Cool Dudes: The Denial of Climate Change among Conservative White Males.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Atlanta, GA.

McCright, Aaron M., and Riley E. Dunlap. 2010. “Political Polarization in Views on Climate Change.” Presentation at the “Climate Change Vulnerabilities and Opportunities: Michigan and Beyond” Conference at Michigan State University. East Lansing, MI.

Kaplowitz, Stan A., and Aaron M. McCright. 2010. “A Pilot Study on Increasing Acceptance of an Increase in the Gas Tax.” Presentation at the “Climate Change Vulnerabilities and Opportunities: Michigan and Beyond” Conference at Michigan State University. East Lansing, MI.

McCright, Aaron M., and Riley E. Dunlap. 2009. “Anti-Reflexivity: The American Conservative Movement’s Success in Undermining Climate Science and Policy.” Paper presented at the “Beyond Kyoto” Conference at the University of Aarhus. Aarhus, Denmark.

Kaplowitz, Stan A., Edward L. Fink, and Aaron M. McCright. 2008. “Persuading People to Take Climate Change More Seriously.” Paper presented at the “Climate Change in the Great Lakes Region: Decision Making under Uncertainty” Conference at Michigan State University. East Lansing, MI.

McCright, Aaron M., and Riley E. Dunlap. 2005. “Examining Public Opinion about Social Movements: The Social Bases of Progressive Social Movement Ideology.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Philadelphia, PA.

Vannini, Phillip, Martha McMahon, and Aaron McCright. 2005. “Not a Pretty Site: Gendered Bodies, Endangered Selves, and Eating (Dis)Orders.” Paper presented at the Annual Couch-Stone Symposium of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. Boulder, CO.

McCright, Aaron M., and Riley E. Dunlap. 2004. “The Coherence of Public Support for Eight Progressive Social Movements.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. San Francisco, CA.

Dunlap, Riley E., and Aaron M. McCright. 2004. “Social Movement Identity: Validating a Measure of Identification with the Environmental Movement.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. San Francisco, CA.

McCright, Aaron M., and Terry Nichols Clark. 2004. “The Local Political Opportunity Structure.” Paper presented at the “Community and Ecology” Mini-Conference co-sponsored by RC24 and RC03 of the International Sociological Association. San Francisco, CA.

Vannini, Phillip, and Aaron M. McCright. 2004. “To Die For: The Semiotic Seductive Power of the Tanned Body.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Popular Culture Association. San Antonio, TX.

McCright, Aaron M., and Riley E. Dunlap. 2003. “Belief Systems and Social Movement Involvement.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Atlanta, GA.

McCright, Aaron M., and Riley E. Dunlap. 2002. “The Conservative Movement and Global Warming, 1990-1997.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Chicago, IL.

Xiao, Chenyang, and Aaron M. McCright. 2002. “Demographic Variables and Environmental Concern: A Test of Two Statistical Assumptions.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Chicago, IL.

Rosa, Eugene A., and Aaron M. McCright. 2001. “The Risk Society.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Anaheim, CA.

Dunlap, Riley E., Chenyang Xiao, and Aaron M. McCright. 2001. “Politics and Environment in America.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Anaheim, CA.

McCright, Aaron M., and Riley E. Dunlap. 2000. “The Controversy over Global Warming: The Roles of Skeptic Scientists and their Supporters.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Washington, D.C.

Rosa, Eugene A., Ortwin Renn, and Aaron M. McCright. 2000. “The Risk Society: Theoretical Frame and Risk Management Logic.” Paper presented at the “Foresight and Precaution” Meetings of the Society of Risk Analysis-Europe. Edinburgh, Scotland.

Hooks, Gregory, Aaron M. McCright, John McQueen, and Chad Smith. 1999. “Guns, Butter and Growth Machines: Federal Properties and the Rhetoric of Economic Growth.” Paper presented at

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the “Politics or Markets?” Mini-Conference of the American Sociological Association’s Section on Political Sociology. Chicago, IL.

McCright, Aaron M., and Riley E. Dunlap. 1999. “Anti-Environmental Rhetoric and the Right: The Conservative Movement’s Framing of Global Warming.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Chicago, IL.

Hooks, Gregory, Aaron M. McCright, John McQueen, Miguel Ordorica, and Chad Smith. 1998. “Guns, Butter and Growth Machines.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. San Francisco, CA.

CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS, PROGRAMS, AND SYMPOSIA

Invited Participant at the “Understanding Science Denialism” Conference at Wake Forest University.

Winston-Salem, NC. July 9-10, 2015. Invited Panelist at the “Environmental Communications: Lessons Learned from Climate Change”

Roundtable at Michigan State University. East Lansing, MI. November 12, 2014. Invited Participant at the “Socio-Ecological Framework for Understanding Climate Change Mitigation and

Adaptation” Workshop at the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC). Annapolis, MD. February 21-22, 2014. July 29-30, 2014.

Invited Participant at the Gender Summit 3—North America: Diversity Fueling Excellence in Research and Innovation. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation’s Office of International and Integrative Activities. Washington, D.C. November 13-15, 2013.

Invited Participant at the 2013 Midwest Energy Policy Conference. Washington University in St. Louis. St. Louis, MO. October 29-30, 2013.

Invited Panelist at the “Best Practices at Work: Lessons Learned by MSU Innovators” Workshop of the “Teaching Essentials for STEM Faculty Workshop Series.” East Lansing, MI. April 12, 2012.

Invited Participant at the “Climate Change Education for the Public and Decision-Makers” Workshop of the National Academy of Sciences, Division of Earth and Life Studies, Committee on Human Dimensions of Global Change—Board on Science Education. Washington, D.C. October 21-22, 2010.

Invited Participant at the “Climate Change Vulnerabilities and Opportunities: Michigan and Beyond” Conference at Michigan State University. East Lansing, MI. April 26-27, 2010.

Invited Participant at the “Energy and the Environment: Empowering Consumers” Conference at Hofstra University. Hempstead, NY. March 20-21, 2009.

Invited Participant at the Sociological Perspectives on Global Climate Change Workshop at the National Science Foundation. Arlington, VA. May 30-31, 2008.

Invited Participant at the 19th Annual Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposium for the National Academy of Sciences. Irvine, CA. November 8-10, 2007.

Invited Participant at the Fall 2007 Sustainable Michigan Endowed Project (SMEP) Academy titled “Sustainability and Michigan’s Bioeconomy Future.” Plymouth, MI. Sept 27-28, 2007.

Invited member of team to represent Michigan State University at the “Leadership Summit to Effect Change in Teaching and Learning in Undergraduate Education” coordinated by the National Academy of Sciences, Division of Earth and Life Studies—Board of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Washington, D.C. October 3-5, 2006.

Invited Participant at the “Decision-Making in an Uncertain Climate” Workshop coordinated by the Environmental Science and Policy Program at Michigan State University. East Lansing, MI. December 1, 2005.

Invited Participant at the Fall 2005 Sustainable Michigan Endowed Project (SMEP) Academy titled “Sustainability: Theory and Application.” Dearborn, MI. November 18-19, 2005.

Invited Participant at the Spring 2004 Sustainable Michigan Endowed Project (SMEP) Forum. East Lansing, MI. April 22-23, 2004.

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TEACHING AND ADVISING (since fall 2004 at Michigan State University only)

ON-CAMPUS INSTRUCTION (not including special topics, directed studies, or individual readings courses)

LB 133: Introduction to History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science (6 times; 1 time as Honors section) LB 334: Science, Technology, and Public Policy (3 times) LB 325B: Science and the Environment: Social Sciences (9 times; 1 time as Honors section) LB 492: Senior Seminar (10 times) SOC/LB 368: Science, Technology, and Society (1 time) SOC 841: Social Movements (2 times) SOC 865: Environmental Sociology (5 times) SOC 868: Science and Technology (1 time)

OFF-CAMPUS INSTRUCTION

Tropical Biodiversity and Conservation in Panama Study Abroad Program (5 times) Rainforests and Reality in Nicaragua Study Abroad Program (1 time) Residential Opportunities at Kellogg Station (ROKS) Study Away Program (4 times)

INVITED GUEST INSTRUCTION

McCright, Aaron M. 2018. “Overcoming Climate Change Denial.” LB 492: Senior Seminar. Taught by

Ryan Sweeder. February 26. 9 students in attendance. McCright, Aaron M. 2017. “Political Polarization on Climate Change in the USA, 2001-2016.” NSC 192:

Environmental Issues Seminar. Taught by Laurie Thorp. November 7. 56 students in attendance. McCright, Aaron M. 2017. “Political Polarization on Climate Change in the USA, 2001-2016.”

FW/MC/LB 181: Introduction to Science, Technology, Environment, and Public Policy. Taught by Tobin Craig and Jerry Urquhart. November 7. 56 students in attendance.

McCright, Aaron M. 2017. “The Sociology of Social Movements.” SOC 481: Social Movements and Collective Identity. Taught by Jualynne Dodson. September 28. 12 students in attendance.

McCright, Aaron M. 2016. “Political Polarization on Climate Change in the USA, 2001-2016.” FW/MC/LB 181: Introduction to Science, Technology, Environment, and Public Policy. Taught by Mark Largent and Michael Wagner. November 17. 41 students in attendance.

McCright, Aaron M. 2016. “Political Polarization on Climate Change in the USA, 2001-2016. SOC/LB 368: Science, Technology, and Society. Taught by Jennifer Kelly. 22 students in attendance.

McCright, Aaron M. 2012. “Politics and Public Understanding of Climate Change.” FW/MC/LB 181: Introduction to Science, Technology, Environment, and Public Policy. Taught by Tobin Craig and Kelly Millenbah. October 4. 52 students in attendance.

McCright, Aaron M. 2010. “Political Dynamics of Climate Change Journalism.” JRN 473: Seminar in Environmental Journalism—Reporting on Climate Change. Taught by Jim Detjen. October 11. 12 students in attendance.

McCright, Aaron M. 2010. “Globalization, Science, and Climate Change.” FW/MC 481: Global Issues in Fisheries and Wildlife Resources. Taught by William Taylor. April 26. 15 students in attendance.

McCright, Aaron. 2009. “Climate Change Media Coverage and Public Opinion.” LB 330H: Topics in History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science. Taught by Elizabeth Mauritz. December 3. 16 students in attendance.

McCright, Aaron M. 2008. “Political Dynamics of Climate Change Journalism.” JRN 808: Specialized Topics in Journalism—Reporting on Climate Change. Taught by Jim Detjen. October 21. 11 students in attendance.

McCright, Aaron M. 2008. “The Roles of Nongovernmental Organizations in Mitigating the Influence of Globalization on Natural Resources.” FW/MC 481: Global Issues in Fisheries and Wildlife Resources. Taught by William Taylor and Nancy Leonard. April 14. 15 students in attendance.

McCright, Aaron M. 2006. “The Conservative Movement’s Impact on U.S. Climate Change Policy.” HRT 486: Biotechnology in Agriculture: Applications and Ethical Issues. Taught by Rebecca Grumet and Paul Thompson. October 12. 15 students in attendance.

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McCright, Aaron M. 2005. “Professional Interviews and Recommendation Letters.” SOC 989: Professional Development Seminar. Taught by Linda Kalof. April 15. 8 students in attendance.

McCright, Aaron M. 2005. “Cover Letters, Research Statements, and Teaching Portfolios.” SOC 989: Professional Development Seminar. Taught by Linda Kalof. March 18. 8 students in attendance.

McCright, Aaron M. 2004. “The Conservative Movement’s Impact on U.S. Climate Change Policy.” HRT 486: Biotechnology in Agriculture: Applications and Ethical Issues. Taught by Rebecca Grumet and Frederick Gifford. October 5. 26 students in attendance.

UNDERGRADUATE ADVISING

Environmental Sciences & Management major (4 total students) History, Philosophy, & Sociology of Science major (16 total students; 7 Honors students)

GRADUATE ADVISING AND GUIDANCE COMMITTEES

PRIMARY ADVISOR

Melissa Elafros MA in Bioethics, Humanities, & Society 2008 Nikki E. Lamp PhD in Fisheries & Wildlife 2011 John M. Clements PhD in Sociology 2013 Crystal Nicole Eddins PhD in Sociology 2017 Summer Allen PhD in Sociology 2017 Jennifer Carmen Lai PhD in Sociology in progress

GUIDANCE COMMITTEE MEMBER

Cecilia M. Lewis MS in Fisheries and Wildlife 2009 Jody Simoes MS in Fisheries and Wildlife 2009 Steven Larry Sutton MS in Fisheries and Wildlife 2009 Sarah Herbst MS in Community Sustainability 2011 Paul Franklin Myers MS in Forestry 2012 Ryan Fletcher MS in Fisheries and Wildlife 2014 Carol Terracina Hartman MA in Journalism 2014 Katherine Julian MS in Fisheries and Wildlife 2014 Marielle Peschiera MS in Fisheries and Wildlife 2014 Amy Jean Fitzgerald PhD in Sociology 2006 Suzanne Melissa Gold PhD in Political Science 2007 Marcellus Marques Caldas PhD in Geography 2008 Eric Donaven Raile PhD in Political Science 2008 Rachael Leah Shwom PhD in Sociology 2008 Lori Beth Baralt PhD in Sociology 2009 Allison Loconto PhD in Sociology 2010 David Bidwell PhD in Sociology 2011 Chuntian Lu PhD in Sociology 2011 Abigail Lynch PhD in Fisheries and Wildlife 2013 Dilshani Sarathchandra PhD in Sociology 2013 Robert Edward Drost PhD in Geological Sciences 2014 Ayman Maybrouk PhD in Fisheries and Wildlife 2014 Weston Michael Eaton PhD in Sociology 2015 Jennifer Rebecca Kelly PhD in Sociology 2015 Cameron Thomas Whitley PhD in Sociology 2017 Riva Denny PhD in Sociology 2018 Matthew Houser PhD in Sociology 2018 Jessica Bell Rizzolo PhD in Sociology in progress Andrew Gerard PhD in Community Sustainability in progress Kayleigh Ward PhD in Sociology in progress

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INSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

“Designing Your Courses for More Significant Learning.” MSU Lilly Seminar Series Workshop facilitated by Dee Fink of Dee Fink and Associates of Norman, OK. October 10, 2013.

“How Learning Works: Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching.” MSU Lilly Seminar Series Workshop facilitated by Michele DiPietro from Kennesaw State University. January 28, 2013.

“Becoming a More Learner-Centered Teaching.” MSU Lilly Seminar Series Workshop facilitated by Terry Doyle from Ferris State University. November 7, 2012.

“Helping Students Learn in Harmony with Their Brain.” MSU Lilly Seminar Series Workshop facilitated by Terry Doyle from Ferris State University. November 7, 2012.

“Creating and Assessing Effective Writing Assignments across the Curriculum.” MSU Lilly Seminar Series Workshop facilitated by Trixie Smith from Michigan State University. November 10, 2009.

“Moving from Effective Teaching to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL).” MSU Lilly Seminar Series Workshop facilitated by Karl Smith from the University of Minnesota. September 10, 2009.

“Defining Intended Outcomes at the Course Level.” MSU Lilly Seminar Series Workshop facilitated by Lion Gardiner from Rutgers University. February 16, 2009.

“Defining Intended Outcomes at the Curricular/Programmatic Level.” MSU Lilly Seminar Series Workshop facilitated by Lion Gardiner from Rutgers University. February 16, 2009.

“Inquiries into Student Learning: Getting Started on a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Project.” MSU Lilly Seminar Series Workshop facilitated by Kathleen McKinney from Illinois State University. September 19, 2008.

“So You’ve Started a SoTL Project—What’s Next?: Refining, Completing, Sharing, and Applying your Work.” MSU Lilly Seminar Series Workshop facilitated by Kathleen McKinney from Illinois State University. September 19, 2008.

Lilly Teaching Fellowship at Michigan State University, 2008-2009

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SERVICE, OUTREACH, AND ENGAGEMENT (since fall 2004 at Michigan State University only)

SERVICE ON DEPARTMENT COMMITTEES

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY Sociology Academic Advisor Search Committee, 2017 (Chair, 2017) Sociology Fixed-Term Instructor Search Committee, 2017 (Chair, 2017) Associate Chair, 2016-2018 Sociology of Health and Medicine Search Committee, 2015 Graduate Education Committee, 2015-2016 Undergraduate Education Committee, 2014-2015; 2016-2018 (Chair, 2014-2015; 2016-2018) Advisory Committee, 2010-2013 Departmental Chairperson Search Committee, 2009-2011 Environment and Policy Search Committee, 2008-2009 Sociology of Agriculture and Food Search Committee, 2005-2006 Speakers and Brownbag Series Committee, 2004-2008

SERVICE ON COLLEGE COMMITTEES

LYMAN BRIGGS COLLEGE

Lyman Briggs College Dean Search Committee, 2017 History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science Fixed-Term Search Committee, 2017 (Chair, 2017) History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science Fixed-Term Search Committee, 2016 Advisory Committee, 2014-2016 (Chair, 2015-2016) History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science Fixed-Term Search Committee, 2013 Sociology of Technology Search Committee, 2012 (Chair, 2012) Culture and Public Health Search Committee, 2012 LBC Academic Program Review Team, 2011-2012 (Deputy Chair, 2011-2012) Medical Sociology Search Committee, 2011-2012 (Chair, 2011-2012) LBC Inclusion Committee, 2011-2013 (Chair, 2011-2013) History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science Fixed-Term Search Committee, 2010 Ad Hoc Committee on Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure Documents and Directions, 2010 History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science Convener, 2008-2010, 2012-2013 Medical Sociology Search Committee, 2007-2008 (Chair, 2007-2008) History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Physical Sciences Search Committee, 2006-2007 Speaker Series Committee, 2005-2006 Educational Policy Committee, 2004-2008 (Chair, 2005-2007) History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science Fixed-Term Search Committee, 2006 History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science Substitution Czar, 2005-2007, 2010-2011 History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science Scheduling Committee, 2004-2006 History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science Fixed-Term Search Committee, 2005 Environmental Philosophy Search Committee, 2004-2006

COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE

College Curriculum Committee, 2017-2018

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLICY PROGRAM

Doctoral Specialization in Environmental Science and Policy Committee, 2009-2010 ESPP Faculty Advisory Council, 2008-2009, 2014-2016 Faculty and Student Engagement Committee, 2008-2009

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SERVICE ON UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES Faculty Senate and University Council, 2017 University Academic Appeal Board, 2016-2018 Science Studies at State Advisory Board, 2014-2018 All-University Awards Committee, 2014 University Committee on Liberal Learning, 2011, 2012 Lilly Teaching Fellowship Selection Committee, 2011 Office of Faculty and Organizational Development Advisory Board, 2010-2013 Great Lakes Watershed Initiative, 2009-2010 University Hearing Board, 2008-2010 Risk, Values, and Decisions Initiative, 2007-2009 Science, Technology, Environment, and Public Policy Specialization Advisory Committee, 2004-2005

SERVICE TO STUDENTS

Participated in a panel discussion at a CV and Publishing Workshop for the Department of Sociology. April

14, 2017. 11 students in attendance. Presented on “Climate Change and Society” at a regular meeting of the History, Philosophy, and Sociology

of Science Student Association. October, 2, 2014. 8 students in attendance. Ran two “HPS Orientation Sessions” during Welcome Week for Lyman Briggs College. August 25, 2014.

71 students in attendance. Co-organized Lyman Briggs College’s MLK Jr. Day Workshop. January 21, 2013. Delivered presentation titled “Americans Views on Climate Change” at a regular meeting of ECO,

Michigan State University’s Student Sustainability Organization. October 6, 2010. 16 students in attendance.

Ran two “HPS Orientation Sessions” during Welcome Week for Lyman Briggs College. August 30, 2010. 65 students in attendance.

Facilitated discussion on Jane Elliott’s “Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes” Simulations at a regular meeting of Briggs Multicultural Alliance. December 7, 2009. 23 students in attendance.

Ran two “HPS Orientation Sessions” during Welcome Week for Lyman Briggs College. August 31, 2009. 93 students in attendance.

Participated in a panel discussion at the Lyman Briggs College Gender and Science Forum. November 11, 2008. 26 students in attendance.

Coordinated twelve “HPS Orientation Sessions” during Welcome Week for Lyman Briggs College. August 21-22, 2008. Approximately 600 students in attendance. Ran one HPS Orientation Session on August 21. 55 students in attendance.

Delivered presentation titled “Comedy and Prejudice” at a regular meeting of Briggs Multicultural Alliance. February 19, 2008. 25 students in attendance.

Presented “The Academic Curriculum of Lyman Briggs College” at the Best of Both Worlds event. October 19, 2007. 57 prospective students and parents in attendance.

Participated in a panel discussion about Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde at the Lyman Briggs College Class Book Debate. October 10, 2007. 92 students in attendance.

Coordinated twelve “HPS Orientation Sessions” during Welcome Week for Lyman Briggs College. August 23-24, 2007. Approximately 600 students in attendance. Ran one HPS Orientation Session on August 23. 27 students in attendance. Ran one HPS Orientation Session on August 24. 62 students in attendance.

Coordinated the Spring 2007 Holmes Hall Hot Topics Series. April 16-19. Approximately 120 students in attendance.

Delivered presentation titled “Comedy and Prejudice” at a regular meeting of Briggs Multicultural Alliance. October 18, 2006. 63 students in attendance.

Coordinated the Fall 2006 Holmes Hall Hot Topics Series (with Kate Burdick). September 11-14; November 13-16. Approximately 250 students in attendance. Ran one Hot Topics event titled “‘Say It Ain’t So, Joe’: Performance-Enhancing Drugs and Athletes.”

31 students in attendance.

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Coordinated twelve “HPS Orientation Sessions” during Welcome Week for Lyman Briggs College. August 24-25, 2006. Approximately 600 students in attendance. Ran one HPS Orientation Session on August 24. 62 students in attendance.

Delivered presentation titled “Bill Cosby on Prejudice” at a regular meeting of Briggs Multicultural Alliance. March 15, 2006. 67 students in attendance.

Participated in a panel discussion about Aldo Leopold’s A Sand County Almanac at the Lyman Briggs College Class Book Debate. February 28, 2006. 34 students in attendance.

Participated in a panel discussion about the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, organized by Briggs Multicultural Alliance and Holmes Hall Black Caucus. February 22, 2006. 72 students in attendance.

Coordinated the 2005-2006 Lyman Briggs College Speaker Series titled “From Environmental Inequality to Environmental Justice” (with Kent Workman). September 16, 23, and 30, 2005; March 24 and April 14, 2006. 130 total people in attendance across all five dates.

Coordinated twelve “HPS Orientation Sessions” during Welcome Week for Lyman Briggs College. August 25-26, 2005. Approximately 400 students in attendance. Ran one HPS Orientation Session on August 25. 32 students in attendance. Ran one HPS Orientation Session on August 26. 24 students in attendance.

Delivered presentation titled “Affirmative Action” for the Holmes Hall Hot Topics Series. March 1, 2005. 14 students in attendance.

Participated in a panel discussion about H.G. Wells’ The Island of Dr. Moreau at the Lyman Briggs College Class Book Debate. October 13, 2004. 56 students in attendance.

COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT

Delivered a presentation on “The Value(s) of Cautionary Tales” at a Sharper Focus/Wider Lens forum.

October 22, 2018. 67 people in attendance. Delivered a presentation on “Climate Change in Our Polarized Society” at the 2017 Michigan State

University Science Festival. April 20, 2017. 34 people in attendance. Facilitated an interactive presentation on “You or Them?: Who Should Your Autonomous Vehicle Decide

to Endanger and Why” at the 2017 Michigan State University Science Festival. April 8, 2017. 57 people in attendance.

Served as a panel member on the Climate Change Panel at the 2013 Michigan State University Science Festival. April 19, 2013. 47 people in attendance.

Served on a faculty-student panel on residential colleges at Michigan State University’s “Counselor’s Day for high school guidance counselors. April 24, 2009. 14 counselors in attendance.

Served as a panel member at a “Focus the Nation” Community Forum on climate change. January 31, 2008. 96 people in attendance. Broadcast on WKAR public television.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Member of Organizing Committee for Knowledge from the Margins Conference. East Lansing, MI. August

18-19, 2015. Co-Organizer of 2014 Annual Conference for the Association for Integrative Studies. East Lansing, MI.

October 15-18, 2014. Member of Peer Review Panel for proposals received in response to the ROSES 12 solicitation on

developing climate indicators to support the National Climate Assessments. Potomac, MD. April 2-4, 2013.

Organizer of two Regular Sessions on Environmental Sociology at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Denver, CO.

Co-Organizer of Conference on Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center at Michigan State University. May 13-16, 2012.

Co-Convener (with Francesca Grifo and Benjamin L. Gutman) of session titled “Shapers of the Debate: What Happens to Science in the Hands of Stakeholders” at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union. San Francisco, CA.

Member of External Advisory Panel for the Great Lakes Climate Change Science and Education Systemic Network (GLCCSESN), a project funded by the National Science Foundation’s Climate Change Education Partnership (CCEP) Program. 2010-2012.

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Co-Leader (with Riley E. Dunlap and Kari Norgaard) of Didactic Seminar on Climate Change Denial at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Las Vegas, NV.

Contributor to the American Sociological Association Task Force on Sociology and Global Climate Change. 2010-2015. Co-Author of two chapters in the Task Force report.

Presider for paper session titled “Environmental Opinions and Behaviors” for the Section on Environment and Technology at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. San Francisco, CA.

Co-Organizer of “Globalization, Environmental Justice, and Environment Ethics” International Conference at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center at Michigan State University. August 24-28, 2006.

Co-Editor of Critical Mass Bulletin, the official newsletter of the Section on Collective Behavior and Social Movements in the American Sociological Association. Co-edited 30(1) to 33(1). 2005-2008.

Organizer of a Research Committee 03 session titled “Ecology and Community” at the 2006 International Sociological Association World Congress of Sociology. Durban, South Africa. 2005-2006.

Co-organizer of “Community and Ecology” Mini-Conference, co-sponsored by Research Committee 24 and Research Committee 03 of the International Sociological Association. San Francisco, CA. August 13, 2004.

Served on Membership Committee of the Section on Environment and Technology of the American Sociological Association. 2001-2005.

Co-editor of States, Power, and Societies, the official newsletter of the Section on Political Sociology of the American Sociological Association. Fall 2001-Fall 2003.

Co-webmaster of official website of the Section on Political Sociology of the American Sociological Association. Winter 2001-Summer 2003.

Editorial Board Member Global Environmental Change, 2016-2018 Environmental Politics, 2015-Present Energy Research and Social Science, 2013-Present

Reviewer of Book Proposals and Manuscripts, 2002-Present Addison-Wesley Publishing Bentham Science Publishers Oxford University Press Polity Press Prentice Hall Routledge Press Roxbury Publishing SAGE Publishing

Reviewer of Grant Proposals, 2002-Present Environmental Protection Agency

Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Program Michigan State University’s Competitive Discretionary Funding Program National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Development and Testing of Potential Indicators for the National Climate Assessment National Science Foundation

Decision, Risk, and Management Sciences Program Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems Program Science, Technology, and Society Program Sociology Program

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Reviewer of Manuscripts, 2002-Present

American Journal of Political Science American Journal of Public Health American Journal of Sociology American Psychologist American Sociological Review Bioscience Canadian Journal of Sociology Climatic Change Conservation Letters

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Contexts Critical Sociology Current Anthropology Ecological Economics Ecology and Society Energy Research and Social Science Environment and Behavior Environmental Politics Global Environmental Change Global Environmental Politics Human Communication Research Human Ecology Review Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change International Journal of Climatology International Journal of Public Opinion Research Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition Journal of Environmental Psychology Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences Journal of Legislative Studies Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Journal of Risk Research Journal of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Mobilization Nature Climate Change Nature Energy Organization and Environment Party Politics Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A PLOS ONE Policy Sciences Policy Studies Journal Political Behavior Population and Environment Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Public Opinion Quarterly Public Understanding of Science Qualitative Sociology Review of Policy Research Risk Analysis Rural Sociology Science Science Communication Social Forces Social Problems Social Science Quarterly Social Science Research Society and Natural Resources Sociological Forum Sociological Inquiry The Sociological Quarterly The Solutions Journal Theory, Culture, and Society Worldviews

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PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS

American Sociological Association Section on Environmental Sociology Section on Science, Knowledge, and Technology Section on Collective Behavior and Social Movements Section on Teaching and Learning

American Association for the Advancement of Science Section on Social, Economic, and Political Sciences Section on History and Philosophy of Science Section on Societal Impacts of Science and Engineering

AWARDS AND HONORS

RESEARCH

McCright, Dentzman, Charters, and Dietz (2013) “The Influence of Political Ideology on Trust in Science” (Environmental Research Letters 8:044029) selected by the journal editors (on the basis of referee endorsement, novelty, scientific impact, & broadness of appeal) for inclusion in the exclusive “Highlights of 2013” collection

Scholars Strategy Network (SSN) Scholar of Environment and Energy, 2013-present Recipient of the Midwest Sociological Society’s The Sociological Quarterly Distinguished Contribution to

Scholarship Award, 2013 Selected as an Environmental and Natural Resource Governance Fellow at Michigan State University, 2011

(declined) Selected as a Kavli Frontiers Fellow in the National Academy of Sciences, 2007

TEACHING

Recipient of the Larry T. Reynolds Award for Outstanding Teaching of Sociology from the Michigan

Sociological Association, 2014 Recipient of Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award from the Department of Sociology at Michigan State

University, 2010 Recipient of Curricular Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Award from Michigan State University,

2009 Recipient of Teacher-Scholar Award at Michigan State University, 2009 Selected as Lilly Teaching Fellow at Michigan State University, 2008-2009 Recipient of Honorary Faculty Certificate from the Lyman Briggs College Graduating Class of 2008 for

dedication to the enrichment of the Briggs experience, May 3, 2008; May 9, 2009

OTHER

Recipient of Dutton Fellowship in Science and Technology Studies from Lyman Briggs College at Michigan State University, 2004-2006

Member of American Sociological Association Honors Program, 1999 Recipient of Summer Travel Grant from Washington State University Graduate School, 1999 Recipient of Alice O. Rice Graduate Fellowship from Thomas S. Foley Institute at Washington State

University, 1998 Recipient of Purple and Old Gold Scholarship in Sociology at University of Northern Iowa, 1996 Recipient of the Transfer Scholarship at University of Northern Iowa, 1994-1995 Inducted as Member of Alpha Kappa Delta Sociological Honor Society, 1994 Recipient of the Iowa Falls Rotary Club Scholastic Achievement Award, 1994