# Edward Maibach

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Edward Wile Maibach Alma mater Stanford University Ph.D., 1990 University of California, San Diego B.A., 1980 Awards Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communication (2020)[1] NCSE Friend of the Planet Award (2024)[2] Scientific career Fields Communication, psychology, public health, climate change Institutions George Mason University Department of Communication 2007–present

**Edward Wile Maibach** is a professor at [George Mason University](/source/George_Mason_University) who works on [public health](/source/Public_health) and [climate change communication](/source/Climate_communication).

Maibach received a B.A. in social psychology from the [University of California](/source/University_of_California) at San Diego (1980), a M.P.H from [San Diego State University](/source/San_Diego_State_University) (1983) and a Ph.D. in communication research from [Stanford University](/source/Stanford_University) (1990). Before joining the faculty at George Mason, Maibach was the associate director of the [National Cancer Institute](/source/National_Cancer_Institute), Worldwide Director of Social Marketing at [Porter Novelli](/source/Porter_Novelli) and a professor of Public Health at [Emory University](/source/Emory_University).[3]

Since 2010, he has been a Distinguished Professor of Communication at and Director of the Center for Climate Change Communication at GMU.[3]

As of 2018 Maibach had published around 80 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on public health and climate change communication.[3] His edited book (together with Roxanne Parrott) *Designing Health Messages* was published by [SAGE](/source/SAGE_Publications) in 1995.[4] Between 2011 and 2014, Maibach co-chaired the Engagement and Communication Working Group of the [National Climate Assessment](/source/National_Climate_Assessment) Development and Advisory Committee.[3][5]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Edward Maibach and Yale's Anthony Leiserowitz receive 2020 Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communication"](https://chss.gmu.edu/articles/14817). *College of Humanities and Social Sciences*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Friend of Darwin and Friend of the Planet Awards ceremony 2024 | National Center for Science Education"](https://ncse.ngo/friend-darwin-and-friend-planet-awards-ceremony-2024).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-bio3_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-bio3_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-bio3_3-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-bio3_3-3) ["Edward Maibach"](http://communication.gmu.edu/people/emaibach). George Mason University. Retrieved April 19, 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Book_4-0)** Maibach, E; Parrott, R (1995). [*Designing Health Messages: Approaches from Communication Theory and Public Health Practice*](https://archive.org/details/designinghealthm00edwa). Sage.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-bio4_5-0)** ["Edward Maibach Bio"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221824/http://www.ametsoc.org/boardpges/cwce/docs/profiles/MaibachEdwardW/profile.html). American Meteorological Society. Archived from [the original](http://www.ametsoc.org/boardpges/cwce/docs/profiles/MaibachEdwardW/profile.html) on March 3, 2016.

## External links

- Lewandowsky, s.; Ecker, U. K.; Seifert, C. M.; Schwarz, N.; Cook, J. (September 21, 2012). ["Video: Edward Maibach on the Sticky Problem of Misinformation"](http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/video/edward-maibach-on-the-sticky-problem-of-misinformation.html). *Psychological Science in the Public Interest*. **13** (3). Psychological Science: 106–131. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1177/1529100612451018](https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1529100612451018). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [26173286](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26173286). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [42633](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:42633).

- [GMU Faculty page](https://communication.gmu.edu/people/emaibach)

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