Curriculum Vitae
JOANNA K. HUXSTER
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies Discipline
Eckerd College
www.jhuxster.com
Areas of Expertise
Climate change and environmental communication, Public understanding of climate change, Public understanding of science, Science of science communication, Identity-protective cognition, Scientific literacy
Employment
2017 - Present
Eckerd College
Environmental Studies Discipline
2023 – Present Associate Professor of Environmental Studies (with tenure)
2017 – 2023 Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
St. Petersburg, FL
2015 - 2017
Bucknell University
Dept. of Philosophy
Postdoctoral Research and Teaching Fellow, The Production of Public Understanding of Science Project
Lewisburg, PA
2014 – 2015
St. Joseph’s University
Environmental Science Department
Adjunct Faculty
Philadelphia, PA
2013 - 2015
Drexel University, Dept. of Sociology
Visiting Research Professor
Philadelphia, PA
2008– 2012
University of Delaware
College of Earth Ocean and Environment
Research Assistant, National Science Foundation Grant
Research Assistant, Center for Carbon Free Power
Policy Intern, Gerard J. Mangone Center for Marine Policy
Newark, DE
Education
2013
Ph.D. in Marine Studies with a Concentration in Marine Policy, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Dissertation: Student Understanding of Climate Change: Influences of College Major and Environmental Group Membership on Undergraduate Knowledge and Mental Models
Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Willett Kempton
2008
Bachelor of Arts in Geography, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Minor in Studio Art
Honors and Awards
2021
Climate Changer, iclimatechange.org
2017
Sackler Colloquium on SSCIIII Early Career Researcher Award
2013
Best Student Presentation Award, Eighth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research Student Competition, American Meteorological Society’s 93rd Annual Meeting
2011
Sustainability Fund Award, University of Delaware
Research
Refereed Journal Articles
*Undergraduate student I supervised
Hindsley, Paul, Joanna K. Huxster, Ashton Morgan, and Hilary Flower. (2025) “Concern for and perceived impacts to the Everglades: The role of environmental knowledge and cultural worldviews” Environmental Management. 76(16):1-16.
Slater, Matthew H., Joanna K. Huxster, and Emily Scholfield. (2024) “Public Conceptions of Scientific Consensus” Erkenntnis. 89:1043-1064. First online July 18, 2022
Landrum, Asheley, Brady Davis, Joanna K. Huxster, and Heather Carrasco. (2021) “Influences of Study Design on the Effectiveness of Consensus Messaging: The Case of Medicinal Cannabis” PLoS ONE. 6(11): e0260342
Huxster, Joanna K., Matthew Slater, and Asheley Landrum. (2021) “The Development and Validation of the Social Enterprise of Science Index (SESI): an Instrument to Measure Grasp of the Social-Institutional Aspects of Science” SAGE Open. April-June 2021: 1-14. First Online May 25, 2021
Slater, Matthew H., Joanna K. Huxster, and Julia Bresticker* (2019) “Understanding and Trusting Science” Journal for General Philosophy of Science. 50(2): 241-261. First Online April 9, 2019
Slater, Matthew H., Joanna K. Huxster, Julia Bresticker*, and Victor LoPiccolo* “Denialism as Applied Skepticism” Erkenntnis 85: 871-890. First Online August 20, 2018
Huxster, Joanna K., Matthew Slater, Jason Leddington, Jeffrey Bergman*, Mack Jones*, Victor LoPiccolo*, Caroline McGlynn*, Nicolas Diaz*, Nate Aspinall*, Julia Bresticker*, and Melissa Hopkins* (2017) “Understanding ‘Understanding’ in Public Understanding of Science” Public Understanding of Science. 27(7): 756-771 First Published October 23, 2017
Huxster, Joanna K., Melissa Hopkins*, Julia Bresticker*, Matthew Slater, and Jason Leddington (2017) “Attempts to Prime Intellectual Virtues for Understanding of Science: Failures to Inspire Intellectual Effort” Philosophical Psychology 30:8, 1141-1158. First Online September 4, 2017
Carmichael, Jason, Robert Brulle, and Joanna Huxster (2017) “The great divide: understanding the role of media and other drivers of the partisan divide in public concern over climate change in the USA, 2001–2014” Climatic Change. 141(4): 599-612. First Online: January 31, 2017
Forster, B.M., C. Arango Pinedo, J. Fingerut, C. Fritz, J. Huxster, C. Violin. (2016) “Integration of Graphing Activities in Non-Science Major Environmental Science and Nursing Microbiology Lab Courses.” Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education. 17(3): 501.
Huxster, Joanna K., Ximena Uribe-Zarain and Willett Kempton (2015) “Undergraduate Understanding of Climate Change: Influences of college major and environmental group membership on survey knowledge scores” The Journal of Environmental Education. 463(3): 149-165
Huxster, Joanna K., Jason Carmichael and Robert Brulle. (2014) “A macro political examination of the partisan and ideological divide in aggregate public concern over climate change in the U.S., 2001-2013” Environmental Management and Sustainable Development. 4(1):1-10
Refereed Book Chapters
Huxster, Joanna K. (2022) “Influence of Environmental Movements on Public Opinion and Attitudes: People’s movements moving the people?” Routledge Handbook on Environmental Movements. Eds. Maria Grasso and Marco Giugni. Routledge. 472-487
Invited Book Reviews
Huxster, Joanna K. (2025). Reviewed book: “Science with Impact: How to Engage People, Change Practice, and Influence policy” JCOM 24(4), R01. https://doi.org/10.22323/167920250604093541
Non-Refereed Publications
Hindsley, Paul., Joanna K. Huxster, Ashton Morgan, and Hilary Flower (2023). “Floridians’ Concern for the Everglades: the influence of environmental knowledge and cultural worldview on concern and perception of impact from various environmental threats” Preprint Research Square https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2869654/v1
Slater, Matthew. H., Joanna K. Huxster, and Emily Scholfield. (2021). “Public Conceptions of Scientific Consensus” OSF Preprint https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/yehsp
Landrum, Asheley R. and Joanna K. Huxster. (2021) “Mask Messaging for COVID-19: Examining the effectiveness of a scientific consensus message versus an explanatory infographic.” RAPID Preliminary Report 2. San Francisco, CA: KQED.org http://www.kqed.com/about/16011/mask-messaging-for-covid19
Huxster, Joanna K. (2021) “Can infographics or messages about scientific consensus increase public acceptance of mask wearing and concern about COVID-19?” Cracking the Code, RAPID Response Research. KQED.org https://www.kqed.org/about/16011/mask-messaging-for-covid19
Huxster, Joanna K., Matthew Slater, and Asheley Landrum. (2020) “Understanding the Scientific Enterprise: Development and Validation of an Instrument to Measure Grasp of the Social Structure of Science” (March 6, 2020). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=3549988
Conference Papers and Presentations
*Undergraduate student I supervised
Robinson, Kathleen, Joanna Huxster, Denise Flaherty, Lisa Bonner, and Alexis Ramsey-Tobienne (April 2025) “From Start to Teach: A Review of Team Teaching – A Model of Equity and Engagement” AAC&U’s inaugural 2025 Conference on Learning and Student Success
Robinson, Kathleen, Joanna Huxster, Denise Flaherty, Lisa Bonner, and Alexis Ramsey - Tobienne (May 2023) “From Start to Teach: A Review of Team Teaching – A Model of Equity and Engagement” Sunshine State Teaching and Learning Conference, Orlando, FL
Slater, Matthew and Joanna Huxster. (November 2018) “The Public’s Interpretation of Scientific Consensus” Paper and panel presentation at the Fiftieth Anniversary of the First Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association, Seattle, WA
Huxster, Joanna and Matthew Slater. (February 2018) “Understanding and Responding to Climate Change Denial” Panel presentation at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science, Austin, TX.
Huxster, Joanna, Matthew Slater, Julia Bresticker*, and Victor LoPiccolo*. (February 2017) “Scientific Literacy & Trusting the Scientific Enterprise” Panel presentation at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science, Boston, MA.
Bresticker, Julia*, Victor LoPiccolo*, Joanna Huxster, and Matthew Slater. (February 2017) “The Effectiveness of Different Skeptical Challenges for Modifying Belief” Poster presented at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science, Boston MA.
Slater, Matthew, Joanna Huxster, and Julia Bresticker*. (November 2016) “Understanding and Trusting Science” Paper and panel presentation at the Twenty-Fifth Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association, Atlanta, GA.
Hopkins, Melissa*, Julia Bresticker*, Nicolas Diaz*, Nate Aspinall*, Jeff Bergman*, Victor LoPiccolo*, Caroline McGlynn*, Mack Jones* and Joanna Huxster. (February 2016) “Can You Succeed in Science Without Knowing You’re Trying? The Effect of Priming Intellectual Virtues on Individual Effort and Understanding” Poster presented at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science, Washington D.C.
Victor LoPiccolo*, Jeff Bergman*, Mack Jones*, Caroline McGlynn*, Nicolas Diaz*, Nate Aspinall*, Julia Bresticker*, Melissa Hopkins*, and Joanna Huxster. (February 2016) “The Use and Abuse of “Understanding” in Public Understanding of Science” Poster presented at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of the Advancement of Science, Washington D.C.
Huxster, Joanna K. (November 2013) “Undergraduate Cultural Models of Climate Change: A mixed methods analysis” Panelist presentation for session The Future of Research on Cultural Models at the 112th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Chicago, IL.
Huxster, Joanna K., and Ximena Uribe-Zarain (April 2013) “Undergraduate Understanding of Climate Change: Influences of Major and Environmental Group Membership on Knowledge Scores” Stand Alone Paper and Oral Presentation at the Annual Conference of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, San Jose, Puerto Rico.
Huxster, Joanna K., and Ximena Uribe-Zarain (January 2013) “Student Understanding of Climate Change: Undergraduate Survey Knowledge Scores and Environmental Issue Confusion” Oral Presentation at the 93rd Annual Conference of the American Meteorological Society, Austin, TX.
Lectures, Symposia, and Workshops
2023
Panelist for the Poynter Institute “An Evening with Denis Phillips” The Straz, Tampa, FL
2023
Panel Moderator for Planet Forward Summit “Advocating your Story,” Washington, DC
2023
Workshop leader for Planet Forward Summit “Cli-Fi: Communicating Climate Futures through Climate Change Fiction and Film” Washington, DC
2022
Panelist for NSF US & Japan Smart and Connected Communities virtual summit on COVID-19
2022
Symposium Moderator “The Philosophy of Science Journalism” Symposium at the Twenty-eighth Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association, Pittsburgh, PA
2021
Presenter with Dan Xie at the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education’s Global Conference on Sustainability in Higher Education, virtual, October 2021
2020
Panelist for Planet Forward Summit, “How Media Frames the Climate Emergency,” Washington, DC, 2020 Cancelled due to COVID19
2019
Keynote Speaker for Sea Level Rise Up: Realities and Opportunities Conference by SPC Institute for Strategic Policy Solutions, Seminole, FL, 2019
2019
Panelist for Planet Forward: Climate Change in the Sunshine State, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL, 2019
2019
Invited Speaker for the West Central Florida Chapter of the American Meteorological Society, Dale Mabry Campus of Hillsborough Community College, Tampa, FL, 2019
2018
Keynote Speaker at the Sustainable Communities Workshop, Sarasota County Government, Sarasota, FL, 2018
2018
Invited Speaker at the Climate Action 2018 Florida State Conference, Citizen’s Climate Lobby, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
2018
Invited Speaker at the Unitarian Universalists Church of Sarasota
2018
Invited Speaker for Florida Veterans for Common Sense, Sarasota, FL
2017
Workshop Panelist for Union of Concerned Scientists Climate Change Communication Workshop, Bradenton, FL
2016
Workshop Instructor for “Talking Beyond the Choir”, Susquehanna Valley Climate Action Network (SVCAN), Lewisburg, PA
Conference and Professional Meeting Posters
*Undergraduate student I supervised
Landrum, Asheley, Joanna K. Huxster, Ch’Ree Essary, and Matthew Slater (August 2025) “Explaining isn’t persuading: Biased and heuristic processing of scientific messages” Poster presentation at the AEJMC 2025 Conference in San Francisco, CA
Scholfield, Emily, Joanna Huxster, and Matthew Slater (January 2021) “Public Rationale for Mask Wearing Behavior for COVID-19 Prevention” Poster presented at the 2021 Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Virtual.
Holloman, Laurel*, and Joanna Huxster. (June 2020) “The Climate’s Last Hope: Testing Effective Frames and Messengers For Communicating Climate Change” Poster accepted for the 2020 AESS Environmental Advocacy Symposium, New York, NY. Cancelled due to COVID-19.
Bresticker, Julia*, Victor LoPiccolo*, Joanna Huxster, and Matthew Slater. (February 2017) “The Effectiveness of Different Skeptical Challenges for Modifying Belief” Poster presented at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Boston MA.
Hopkins, Melissa*, Julia Bresticker*, Nicolas Diaz*, Nate Aspinall*, Jeff Bergman*, Victor LoPiccolo*, Caroline McGlynn*, Mack Jones* and Joanna Huxster. (February 2016) “Can You Succeed in Science Without Knowing You’re Trying? The Effect of Priming Intellectual Virtues on Individual Effort and Understanding” Poster presented at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington D.C.
Victor LoPiccolo*, Jeff Bergman*, Mack Jones*, Caroline McGlynn*, Nicolas Diaz*, Nate Aspinall*, Julia Bresticker*, Melissa Hopkins*, and Joanna Huxster. (February 2016) “The Use and Abuse of “Understanding” in Public Understanding of Science” Poster presented at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Association of the Advancement of Science, Washington D.C.
Teaching
Courses
ES 172 Introduction to Environmental Studies, 2017-2025, Eckerd College
ES 375 Environmental Communication, 2017-2025, Eckerd College
ES 475 Climate Change Communication, 2018-2025, Eckerd College
HP201 Science Communication and Public Engagement (Honors), 2023-2025, Eckerd College
WT 2/8/1E Climate Futures in Fiction and Film, 2019-2025, Eckerd College
AT14 Is there a “War on Science?”, 2021, Eckerd College
FD 181/182 Human Experience (Gen Ed), 2021-22, Eckerd College
FD 410 Imagining Justice (Gen Ed), 2024, Eckerd College
ES 490 Independent Studies: Applied Environmental Communication in Sri Lanka, 2020, Applied Anthropological Communication: Environment and Culture of the Salish Sea, 2021, Eckerd College
WT 4E Environmental Internship Course, 2020, Eckerd College
UNIV 200 Climate Change Science and Society, 2017, Bucknell University
ENST 100 Introduction to Environmental Studies, 2016, Bucknell University
ENV106L Exploring the Earth, 2014-2015, St. Joseph’s University
BIO165L Exploring the Living World, 2015, St. Joseph’s University
Additional Professional Training
2020
Anti-racism in Teaching Workshop, Eckerd College
2020
Block Teaching Workshop, Eckerd College
2016
Course Design and Pedagogy Workshop, Teaching and Learning Center, Bucknell University
2016
Integrated Perspectives Course Design Workshop, Teaching and Learning Center, Bucknell University
Professional Service
Service to College and Department
2024– 2026 Faculty Observer to the Board of Trustees
2023 Resiliency Planning Committee
2022– 2023 Environmental Studies Discipline Coordinator
2022 – 2023 Music Faculty Search Committee
2021- Present Campus Comprehensive Planning Committee
2021 – 2022 Spanish Faculty Search Committee
2021 – 2022 Marine Science Faculty Search Committee
2021 – 2022 Environmental Studies Faculty Search Committee
2020 – Present Environmental Justice Plenary Lecture, Imagining Justice
2020 – 2022 Co-Chair, Environmental Affairs Committee
2019 Environmental Affairs Committee Member
2017 – 2018 Environmental Studies Faculty Search Committee
Media Coverage, Quotes, and Appearances
2025 February 7
Shellphone: A Breach the Surface Podcast
Climate Fiction and Futures with Prof. Jo Huxster
2023 July 11
ABC Action News – Tampa Bay
Heavy rainfall, symptom of climate change in Florida
2022 November 10
WEDU PBS
Public Square: Climate Change
2022 April 22
Tampa Bay Times
Climate change also affects mental health. Call it eco-anxiety
2022 April 20
Customer Engagement Lab Podcast
Fix your communication for better results: Learning from and environmentalist
2020 October 1
The Planet Forward Podcast
How to we find hope?
2019 September
Laphram’s Quarterly
Out of Time: Listening to the climate’s clock
2017 November 6
NPR Science Blog
What’s your (Epistemic) Relationship to Science?
2017 October 21
SoulPancake – Earth Your While
COW BURPS! And How Vegans Save the Environment
2017 May 2
WissenshaftsKommunikation.DE
What’s the relationship between understanding science and trusting it?
2017 April 25
The Academic Minute
Partisan Impact on Climate Change Perception
JOANNA K. HUXSTER
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies Discipline
Eckerd College
www.jhuxster.com
Areas of Expertise
Climate change and environmental communication, Public understanding of climate change, Public understanding of science, Science of science communication, Identity-protective cognition, Scientific literacy
Employment
2017 - Present
Eckerd College
Environmental Studies Discipline
2023 – Present Associate Professor of Environmental Studies (with tenure)
2017 – 2023 Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
St. Petersburg, FL
2015 - 2017
Bucknell University
Dept. of Philosophy
Postdoctoral Research and Teaching Fellow, The Production of Public Understanding of Science Project
Lewisburg, PA
2014 – 2015
St. Joseph’s University
Environmental Science Department
Adjunct Faculty
Philadelphia, PA
2013 - 2015
Drexel University, Dept. of Sociology
Visiting Research Professor
Philadelphia, PA
2008– 2012
University of Delaware
College of Earth Ocean and Environment
Research Assistant, National Science Foundation Grant
Research Assistant, Center for Carbon Free Power
Policy Intern, Gerard J. Mangone Center for Marine Policy
Newark, DE
Education
2013
Ph.D. in Marine Studies with a Concentration in Marine Policy, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Dissertation: Student Understanding of Climate Change: Influences of College Major and Environmental Group Membership on Undergraduate Knowledge and Mental Models
Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Willett Kempton
2008
Bachelor of Arts in Geography, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Minor in Studio Art
Honors and Awards
2021
Climate Changer, iclimatechange.org
2017
Sackler Colloquium on SSCIIII Early Career Researcher Award
2013
Best Student Presentation Award, Eighth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research Student Competition, American Meteorological Society’s 93rd Annual Meeting
2011
Sustainability Fund Award, University of Delaware
Research
Refereed Journal Articles
*Undergraduate student I supervised
Hindsley, Paul, Joanna K. Huxster, Ashton Morgan, and Hilary Flower. (2025) “Concern for and perceived impacts to the Everglades: The role of environmental knowledge and cultural worldviews” Environmental Management. 76(16):1-16.
Slater, Matthew H., Joanna K. Huxster, and Emily Scholfield. (2024) “Public Conceptions of Scientific Consensus” Erkenntnis. 89:1043-1064. First online July 18, 2022
Landrum, Asheley, Brady Davis, Joanna K. Huxster, and Heather Carrasco. (2021) “Influences of Study Design on the Effectiveness of Consensus Messaging: The Case of Medicinal Cannabis” PLoS ONE. 6(11): e0260342
Huxster, Joanna K., Matthew Slater, and Asheley Landrum. (2021) “The Development and Validation of the Social Enterprise of Science Index (SESI): an Instrument to Measure Grasp of the Social-Institutional Aspects of Science” SAGE Open. April-June 2021: 1-14. First Online May 25, 2021
Slater, Matthew H., Joanna K. Huxster, and Julia Bresticker* (2019) “Understanding and Trusting Science” Journal for General Philosophy of Science. 50(2): 241-261. First Online April 9, 2019
Slater, Matthew H., Joanna K. Huxster, Julia Bresticker*, and Victor LoPiccolo* “Denialism as Applied Skepticism” Erkenntnis 85: 871-890. First Online August 20, 2018
Huxster, Joanna K., Matthew Slater, Jason Leddington, Jeffrey Bergman*, Mack Jones*, Victor LoPiccolo*, Caroline McGlynn*, Nicolas Diaz*, Nate Aspinall*, Julia Bresticker*, and Melissa Hopkins* (2017) “Understanding ‘Understanding’ in Public Understanding of Science” Public Understanding of Science. 27(7): 756-771 First Published October 23, 2017
Huxster, Joanna K., Melissa Hopkins*, Julia Bresticker*, Matthew Slater, and Jason Leddington (2017) “Attempts to Prime Intellectual Virtues for Understanding of Science: Failures to Inspire Intellectual Effort” Philosophical Psychology 30:8, 1141-1158. First Online September 4, 2017
Carmichael, Jason, Robert Brulle, and Joanna Huxster (2017) “The great divide: understanding the role of media and other drivers of the partisan divide in public concern over climate change in the USA, 2001–2014” Climatic Change. 141(4): 599-612. First Online: January 31, 2017
Forster, B.M., C. Arango Pinedo, J. Fingerut, C. Fritz, J. Huxster, C. Violin. (2016) “Integration of Graphing Activities in Non-Science Major Environmental Science and Nursing Microbiology Lab Courses.” Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education. 17(3): 501.
Huxster, Joanna K., Ximena Uribe-Zarain and Willett Kempton (2015) “Undergraduate Understanding of Climate Change: Influences of college major and environmental group membership on survey knowledge scores” The Journal of Environmental Education. 463(3): 149-165
Huxster, Joanna K., Jason Carmichael and Robert Brulle. (2014) “A macro political examination of the partisan and ideological divide in aggregate public concern over climate change in the U.S., 2001-2013” Environmental Management and Sustainable Development. 4(1):1-10
Refereed Book Chapters
Huxster, Joanna K. (2022) “Influence of Environmental Movements on Public Opinion and Attitudes: People’s movements moving the people?” Routledge Handbook on Environmental Movements. Eds. Maria Grasso and Marco Giugni. Routledge. 472-487
Invited Book Reviews
Huxster, Joanna K. (2025). Reviewed book: “Science with Impact: How to Engage People, Change Practice, and Influence policy” JCOM 24(4), R01. https://doi.org/10.22323/167920250604093541
Non-Refereed Publications
Hindsley, Paul., Joanna K. Huxster, Ashton Morgan, and Hilary Flower (2023). “Floridians’ Concern for the Everglades: the influence of environmental knowledge and cultural worldview on concern and perception of impact from various environmental threats” Preprint Research Square https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2869654/v1
Slater, Matthew. H., Joanna K. Huxster, and Emily Scholfield. (2021). “Public Conceptions of Scientific Consensus” OSF Preprint https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/yehsp
Landrum, Asheley R. and Joanna K. Huxster. (2021) “Mask Messaging for COVID-19: Examining the effectiveness of a scientific consensus message versus an explanatory infographic.” RAPID Preliminary Report 2. San Francisco, CA: KQED.org http://www.kqed.com/about/16011/mask-messaging-for-covid19
Huxster, Joanna K. (2021) “Can infographics or messages about scientific consensus increase public acceptance of mask wearing and concern about COVID-19?” Cracking the Code, RAPID Response Research. KQED.org https://www.kqed.org/about/16011/mask-messaging-for-covid19
Huxster, Joanna K., Matthew Slater, and Asheley Landrum. (2020) “Understanding the Scientific Enterprise: Development and Validation of an Instrument to Measure Grasp of the Social Structure of Science” (March 6, 2020). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=3549988
Conference Papers and Presentations
*Undergraduate student I supervised
Robinson, Kathleen, Joanna Huxster, Denise Flaherty, Lisa Bonner, and Alexis Ramsey-Tobienne (April 2025) “From Start to Teach: A Review of Team Teaching – A Model of Equity and Engagement” AAC&U’s inaugural 2025 Conference on Learning and Student Success
Robinson, Kathleen, Joanna Huxster, Denise Flaherty, Lisa Bonner, and Alexis Ramsey - Tobienne (May 2023) “From Start to Teach: A Review of Team Teaching – A Model of Equity and Engagement” Sunshine State Teaching and Learning Conference, Orlando, FL
Slater, Matthew and Joanna Huxster. (November 2018) “The Public’s Interpretation of Scientific Consensus” Paper and panel presentation at the Fiftieth Anniversary of the First Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association, Seattle, WA
Huxster, Joanna and Matthew Slater. (February 2018) “Understanding and Responding to Climate Change Denial” Panel presentation at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science, Austin, TX.
Huxster, Joanna, Matthew Slater, Julia Bresticker*, and Victor LoPiccolo*. (February 2017) “Scientific Literacy & Trusting the Scientific Enterprise” Panel presentation at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science, Boston, MA.
Bresticker, Julia*, Victor LoPiccolo*, Joanna Huxster, and Matthew Slater. (February 2017) “The Effectiveness of Different Skeptical Challenges for Modifying Belief” Poster presented at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science, Boston MA.
Slater, Matthew, Joanna Huxster, and Julia Bresticker*. (November 2016) “Understanding and Trusting Science” Paper and panel presentation at the Twenty-Fifth Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association, Atlanta, GA.
Hopkins, Melissa*, Julia Bresticker*, Nicolas Diaz*, Nate Aspinall*, Jeff Bergman*, Victor LoPiccolo*, Caroline McGlynn*, Mack Jones* and Joanna Huxster. (February 2016) “Can You Succeed in Science Without Knowing You’re Trying? The Effect of Priming Intellectual Virtues on Individual Effort and Understanding” Poster presented at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science, Washington D.C.
Victor LoPiccolo*, Jeff Bergman*, Mack Jones*, Caroline McGlynn*, Nicolas Diaz*, Nate Aspinall*, Julia Bresticker*, Melissa Hopkins*, and Joanna Huxster. (February 2016) “The Use and Abuse of “Understanding” in Public Understanding of Science” Poster presented at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of the Advancement of Science, Washington D.C.
Huxster, Joanna K. (November 2013) “Undergraduate Cultural Models of Climate Change: A mixed methods analysis” Panelist presentation for session The Future of Research on Cultural Models at the 112th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Chicago, IL.
Huxster, Joanna K., and Ximena Uribe-Zarain (April 2013) “Undergraduate Understanding of Climate Change: Influences of Major and Environmental Group Membership on Knowledge Scores” Stand Alone Paper and Oral Presentation at the Annual Conference of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, San Jose, Puerto Rico.
Huxster, Joanna K., and Ximena Uribe-Zarain (January 2013) “Student Understanding of Climate Change: Undergraduate Survey Knowledge Scores and Environmental Issue Confusion” Oral Presentation at the 93rd Annual Conference of the American Meteorological Society, Austin, TX.
Lectures, Symposia, and Workshops
2023
Panelist for the Poynter Institute “An Evening with Denis Phillips” The Straz, Tampa, FL
2023
Panel Moderator for Planet Forward Summit “Advocating your Story,” Washington, DC
2023
Workshop leader for Planet Forward Summit “Cli-Fi: Communicating Climate Futures through Climate Change Fiction and Film” Washington, DC
2022
Panelist for NSF US & Japan Smart and Connected Communities virtual summit on COVID-19
2022
Symposium Moderator “The Philosophy of Science Journalism” Symposium at the Twenty-eighth Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association, Pittsburgh, PA
2021
Presenter with Dan Xie at the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education’s Global Conference on Sustainability in Higher Education, virtual, October 2021
2020
Panelist for Planet Forward Summit, “How Media Frames the Climate Emergency,” Washington, DC, 2020 Cancelled due to COVID19
2019
Keynote Speaker for Sea Level Rise Up: Realities and Opportunities Conference by SPC Institute for Strategic Policy Solutions, Seminole, FL, 2019
2019
Panelist for Planet Forward: Climate Change in the Sunshine State, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL, 2019
2019
Invited Speaker for the West Central Florida Chapter of the American Meteorological Society, Dale Mabry Campus of Hillsborough Community College, Tampa, FL, 2019
2018
Keynote Speaker at the Sustainable Communities Workshop, Sarasota County Government, Sarasota, FL, 2018
2018
Invited Speaker at the Climate Action 2018 Florida State Conference, Citizen’s Climate Lobby, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
2018
Invited Speaker at the Unitarian Universalists Church of Sarasota
2018
Invited Speaker for Florida Veterans for Common Sense, Sarasota, FL
2017
Workshop Panelist for Union of Concerned Scientists Climate Change Communication Workshop, Bradenton, FL
2016
Workshop Instructor for “Talking Beyond the Choir”, Susquehanna Valley Climate Action Network (SVCAN), Lewisburg, PA
Conference and Professional Meeting Posters
*Undergraduate student I supervised
Landrum, Asheley, Joanna K. Huxster, Ch’Ree Essary, and Matthew Slater (August 2025) “Explaining isn’t persuading: Biased and heuristic processing of scientific messages” Poster presentation at the AEJMC 2025 Conference in San Francisco, CA
Scholfield, Emily, Joanna Huxster, and Matthew Slater (January 2021) “Public Rationale for Mask Wearing Behavior for COVID-19 Prevention” Poster presented at the 2021 Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Virtual.
Holloman, Laurel*, and Joanna Huxster. (June 2020) “The Climate’s Last Hope: Testing Effective Frames and Messengers For Communicating Climate Change” Poster accepted for the 2020 AESS Environmental Advocacy Symposium, New York, NY. Cancelled due to COVID-19.
Bresticker, Julia*, Victor LoPiccolo*, Joanna Huxster, and Matthew Slater. (February 2017) “The Effectiveness of Different Skeptical Challenges for Modifying Belief” Poster presented at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Boston MA.
Hopkins, Melissa*, Julia Bresticker*, Nicolas Diaz*, Nate Aspinall*, Jeff Bergman*, Victor LoPiccolo*, Caroline McGlynn*, Mack Jones* and Joanna Huxster. (February 2016) “Can You Succeed in Science Without Knowing You’re Trying? The Effect of Priming Intellectual Virtues on Individual Effort and Understanding” Poster presented at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington D.C.
Victor LoPiccolo*, Jeff Bergman*, Mack Jones*, Caroline McGlynn*, Nicolas Diaz*, Nate Aspinall*, Julia Bresticker*, Melissa Hopkins*, and Joanna Huxster. (February 2016) “The Use and Abuse of “Understanding” in Public Understanding of Science” Poster presented at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Association of the Advancement of Science, Washington D.C.
Teaching
Courses
ES 172 Introduction to Environmental Studies, 2017-2025, Eckerd College
ES 375 Environmental Communication, 2017-2025, Eckerd College
ES 475 Climate Change Communication, 2018-2025, Eckerd College
HP201 Science Communication and Public Engagement (Honors), 2023-2025, Eckerd College
WT 2/8/1E Climate Futures in Fiction and Film, 2019-2025, Eckerd College
AT14 Is there a “War on Science?”, 2021, Eckerd College
FD 181/182 Human Experience (Gen Ed), 2021-22, Eckerd College
FD 410 Imagining Justice (Gen Ed), 2024, Eckerd College
ES 490 Independent Studies: Applied Environmental Communication in Sri Lanka, 2020, Applied Anthropological Communication: Environment and Culture of the Salish Sea, 2021, Eckerd College
WT 4E Environmental Internship Course, 2020, Eckerd College
UNIV 200 Climate Change Science and Society, 2017, Bucknell University
ENST 100 Introduction to Environmental Studies, 2016, Bucknell University
ENV106L Exploring the Earth, 2014-2015, St. Joseph’s University
BIO165L Exploring the Living World, 2015, St. Joseph’s University
Additional Professional Training
2020
Anti-racism in Teaching Workshop, Eckerd College
2020
Block Teaching Workshop, Eckerd College
2016
Course Design and Pedagogy Workshop, Teaching and Learning Center, Bucknell University
2016
Integrated Perspectives Course Design Workshop, Teaching and Learning Center, Bucknell University
Professional Service
- Guest Editor, Science Communication Desk, Frontiers in Communication
- Ad-hoc Reviewing: Journals
- Environmental Education Research, Risk Analysis, Environmental Studies and Sciences, Environmental Politics Journal, Public Understanding of Science, SAGEopen, Nature Climate Change, Sociological Forum, International Journal of Public Opinion Research, Science Communication, Frontiers in Communication, Journal of Elections, Public Opinions, and Parties
- Ad-hoc Reviewing: Grants
- National Science Foundation
Service to College and Department
2024– 2026 Faculty Observer to the Board of Trustees
2023 Resiliency Planning Committee
2022– 2023 Environmental Studies Discipline Coordinator
2022 – 2023 Music Faculty Search Committee
2021- Present Campus Comprehensive Planning Committee
2021 – 2022 Spanish Faculty Search Committee
2021 – 2022 Marine Science Faculty Search Committee
2021 – 2022 Environmental Studies Faculty Search Committee
2020 – Present Environmental Justice Plenary Lecture, Imagining Justice
2020 – 2022 Co-Chair, Environmental Affairs Committee
2019 Environmental Affairs Committee Member
2017 – 2018 Environmental Studies Faculty Search Committee
Media Coverage, Quotes, and Appearances
2025 February 7
Shellphone: A Breach the Surface Podcast
Climate Fiction and Futures with Prof. Jo Huxster
2023 July 11
ABC Action News – Tampa Bay
Heavy rainfall, symptom of climate change in Florida
2022 November 10
WEDU PBS
Public Square: Climate Change
2022 April 22
Tampa Bay Times
Climate change also affects mental health. Call it eco-anxiety
2022 April 20
Customer Engagement Lab Podcast
Fix your communication for better results: Learning from and environmentalist
2020 October 1
The Planet Forward Podcast
How to we find hope?
2019 September
Laphram’s Quarterly
Out of Time: Listening to the climate’s clock
2017 November 6
NPR Science Blog
What’s your (Epistemic) Relationship to Science?
2017 October 21
SoulPancake – Earth Your While
COW BURPS! And How Vegans Save the Environment
2017 May 2
WissenshaftsKommunikation.DE
What’s the relationship between understanding science and trusting it?
2017 April 25
The Academic Minute
Partisan Impact on Climate Change Perception
