Winter 2026: Building Skill and Perspective

Tuesdays 2-3:20pm in OCN 425

Registration is open to graduate students only. All are welcome to attend the seminar.

This schedule is subject to change and confirmation

• January 6: Introductions. Capstones. Understanding the audience – The Message Box, John Meyer, UW College of the Environment Marketing and Communications
• January 13: Communicating common climate and energy topics: Radiation balance and the Greenhouse effect, Tom Ackerman, UW Atmospheric and Climate Sciences (Tentative)
• January 20: Part A. Communicating common climate and energy topics: Understanding and explaining climate models and projections. Kyle Armour, UW Atmospheric and Climate Sciences/Oceanography (Tentative)
  Part B. Goal setting, project design and evaluation, Angela Davis-Unger, UW Office of Educational Assessment. (Tentative)
• January 27: Risk Communication, Tania Busch Isaksen, UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS) and Meredith Li-Vollmer, Senior Communications Strategist, Public Health – Seattle & King County
• February 3: “Climate communication with art, using haiku and watercolors of the IPCC SPM as an example”, Greg Johnson, UW Oceanography.
  February 10: Part A. Progress in climate models over the last 10 years, what’s changed in what we are projecting. A good news story. Kyle Armour, UW Atmospheric and Climate Sciences/Oceanography (Tentative)
  Part B. TBA
• February 17: Madeline Jalbert, Center for an Informed Public
• February 24: “Public health perspectives on the social and economic impacts of climate change on health and well-being”. Jessica Acolin, Affiliate Assistant Professor, Dept of Health Systems and Population Health, School of Public Health
• March 3: Panel Discussion: Building Trusted Relationships (in development)
• March 10: TBD-Student Discussions