Genevieve Guenther
Genevieve Juliette Guenther | |
|---|---|
| Education | Columbia University University of California, Berkeley (PhD) |
| Organization(s) | End Climate Silence The New School |
| Website | https://www.genevieveguenther.com/ |
Genevieve Juliette Guenther is an American climate change activist, consultant, author, and speaker. She is the founding director of the media watchdog organization End Climate Silence.[8] She is currently affiliate faculty at the Tishman Environment and Design Center at The New School.[9]
Early life and education
Guenther received her bachelor's degree from Columbia University[10] and her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2004, in Renaissance literature.[2]
Guenther's mother was actress Greta Thyssen.
Career
Literature
Guenther started her career as a tenure-track English professor at the University of Rochester.[2] Her book on English Literature, Magical Imaginations: Instrumental Aesthetics in the English Renaissance, analyzes works by Spenser, Marlowe, and Shakespeare.[2]
Climate-related work
Guenther writes scholarly and popular articles about climate change and politics.
She is the founding director of the volunteer organization End Climate Silence, which advocates for increased coverage of climate change in news media,[2][1][4][3][5][6][7][11] The group's advisory board is Brad Johnson, Michael Mann, Peter Kalmus, and Margaret Klein Salamon.[12]
Guenther has been noted for her media activism[2] and for her book, The Language of Climate Politics: Fossil Fuel Propaganda and How to Fight It.
Guenther was an Expert Reviewer of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report Working Group III.[10]
Media appearances
In 2018 she appeared on the CNN show Reliable Sources.[13] In 2019 she was interviewed by Brian Lehrer on "The Brian Lehrer Show," on WNYC public radio.[14] In October 2020 her work was profiled in The New Yorker.[2] In 2021 Guenther was interviewed on a climate-focused episode of The New York Times podcast, "The Argument."[15]
Bibliography
Books
- The Language of Climate Politics: Fossil-Fuel Propaganda and How to Fight It (2024) ISBN 0197642233
- Magical Imaginations: Instrumental Aesthetics in the English Renaissance (2012) ISBN 978-1442642416
Essays
- — (December 11, 2020). Claude Henry; Johan Rockström; Sir Nicholas Stern (eds.). "Communicating the Climate Emergency: Imagination, Emotion, Action". Standing up for a Sustainable World. Edward Elgar: 401–408. doi:10.4337/9781800371781.00071. ISBN 978-1-80037-178-1. S2CID 234932267. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
References
- ^ a b "EndClimateSilence.org". EndClimateSilence.org. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g "How Should the Media Talk About Climate Change?". The New Yorker. October 17, 2020. Archived from the original on August 11, 2022. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
- ^ a b "'It's now or never': UN climate report's 4 urgent takeaways". National Geographic. April 4, 2022. Archived from the original on April 5, 2022. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
- ^ a b Michael E. Mann (January 12, 2021). The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet. PublicAffairs. p. 67. ISBN 978-1-5417-5822-3.
- ^ a b "Don't Just Watch: Team Behind 'Don't Look Up' Urges Climate Action". The New York Times. January 11, 2022. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
- ^ a b David Wallace-Wells (February 16, 2019). "Time to Panic: The planet is getting warmer in catastrophic ways. And fear may be the only thing that saves us". The New York Times. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
- ^ a b "Universities must reject fossil fuel cash for climate research, say academics". The Guardian. March 21, 2022.
- ^ [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
- ^ "[Cross-Post] "Our House is on Fire": Faculty at The New School on our Climate Emergency". tishmancenter.org. September 24, 2019. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
- ^ a b "Interview: Five Questions With Genevieve Guenther on Climate Communication". amasia.vc. Archived from the original on December 23, 2022. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
- ^ Margaret Klein Salamon; Molly Gagedate (April 21, 2020). Facing the Climate Emergency. New Society Publishers. ISBN 978-0-86571-941-5.
- ^ "About". End Climate Silence.
- ^ "How media can improve climate change coverage". cnn.com. October 14, 2018. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
- ^ "How Can the Media Cover Climate Change Better?". wnyc.org. September 19, 2019. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
- ^ "Got Climate Doom? Here's What You Can Do to Actually Make a Difference". The New York Times. November 10, 2021. Retrieved December 19, 2022.