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title: "Professor, Director; Center for Climate Change Communication"
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# Edward Maibach
**Professor, Director; Center for Climate Change Communication**

Edward Maibach is a University Professor at George Mason University, and Director of Mason’s Center for Climate Change Communication. Ed’s research – funded by NSF, NASA and private foundations – focuses on public engagement in climate change. Ed co-chaired the Engagement & Communication Working Group for the 3rd National Climate Assessment. He earned his PhD in communication science at Stanford University and his MPH at San Diego State University, and has previously served as Associate Director of the National Cancer Institute, Worldwide Director of Social Marketing at Porter Novelli, and Chairman of the Board for Kidsave International.

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