Publications

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  1. Burgess, M.G., Van Boven., L.,…Markowitz. E.M.,…Vandenbergh, M.P. (Accepted). Supply, demand, and polarization challenges facing U.S. climate policies. Nature Climate Change.

  2. Marino, E.K., Maxwell, K. Eisenhauer, E., Zycherman, A., Callison, C., Fussell, E., Hendricks, M.D., Jacobs, F.H., Jerolleman, A., Jorgenson, A.K., Markowitz, E.M., Marquart-Pyatt, S.T., Schutten, M., Shwom, R.L., Whyte, K. (2023). Ch. 20. Social systems and justice. In: Fifth National Climate Assessment. Eds. Crimmins, A.R., C.W. Avery, D.R. Easterling, K.E. Kunkel, B.C. Stewart, and T.K. Maycock. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC.

  3. Bao, L., Calice, M. N., Brossard, D., Scheufele, D. A., & Markowitz, E. M. (2023). Are productive scientists more willing to engage with the public? Science Communication.

  4. Syropoulos, S., Mah^, A., & Markowitz, E. (Accepted). Personal legacy: A psychological mechanism for increasing climate action and coping with climate change stressors. Journal of Mental Health and Climate Change.

  5. Syropoulos, S., Shrum, T., Demarest, B. & Markowitz, E.M. (Accepted). A Letter to Future Generations: Examining the Effectiveness of an Intergenerational Framing Intervention. Journal of Environmental Psychology.

  6. Starr, J. Nicolson, C., Ash, M., Markowitz, E.M., Moran, D. (2023). Income-based U.S. household carbon footprints (1990–2019) offer new insights on emissions inequality and climate finance. PLOS Climate, 2(8): e0000190. https://doi. org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000190

  7. Syropoulos, S. & Markowitz, E.M. (2023). Our responsibility to future generations: The case for intergenerational approaches to the study of climate change. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 87, 102006.

  8. Griffin^, L. P., Casselberry^, G. A., Markowitz, E. M., Brownscombe, J. W., Adams, A. J., Horn, B., Cooke, S. J., & Danylchuk, A. J. (2023) Angler and guide perceptions provide insights into the status and threats of the Atlantic tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) fishery. Marine Policy, 151, 105569. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2023.105569.

  9. Burrows^, B., Abellera^, C., Markowitz, E.M. (Accepted). Coronavirus lessons for climate change: Six psychological challenges and corresponding strategies. WIREs Climate Change.
  10. Shrum, T., Platt, N., Syropoulos, S.^, Markowitz, E.M. (Accepted). Effects of parenthood on climate change engagement. WIREs Climate Change. doi.org/10.1002/wcc.818
  11. Nteta, T.M., Rhodes, J., Wall, G., Dixon-Gordon, K.L., La Raja, R., Lickel, B., Mah, A., MacWilliams, M., Markowitz, E.M., Reid, A., Theodoridis, A. (Accepted). Rooted in racism? Race, partisanship, status threat, and public opinion toward statehood for Washington D.C. Political Research Quarterly.
  12. Starr^, J. Nicolson, C., Ash, M., Markowitz, E.M., Moran, D. (Accepted). Income-based U.S. household carbon footprints (1996 – 2019). Ecological Economics.
  13. Huff, E.S., de Oliveira, A.C.M., Markowitz, E.M., Guckian, M., Lomonoco, L.^ (In press). Family forest owner perceptions of wildfire and invasive pest risk: the role of interpersonally-produced risks. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction.
  14. Syropoulos, S.^, & Markowitz, E.M. (2022). Perceived responsibility consistently predicts increased pro-environmental attitudes, behaviors and policy support: Evidence across 23 countries. Journal of Environmental Psychology.
  15. Reid, A.E., Eamiello, M.L., Mah, A.Y.J., Dixon-Gordon, K.L., Lickel, B., Markowitz, E.M., Nteta, T.M., Ginn, J., & Suh, S.M. (2022). Individual-community misalignment in partisan identity predicts distancing from norms during the COVID-19 pandemic. Social Psychological and Personality Science.
  16. Peters, E., Boyd, P.E. Cameron, L.D., Contractor, N., Diefenbach, M.A., Fleszar-Pavlovic, S., Markowitz, E.M., Salas, R.N., & Stephens, K.K. (2022). Evidence-based recommendations for communicating the impacts of climate change on health. Translational Behavioral Medicine. link
  17. Casselberry^, G.A., Markowitz, E.M., Alves, K., Russo, J., Skomal, G.B., Danylchuk­­­, A.J. (2022). When Fishing Bites: Understanding angler responses to shark depredation. Fisheries Research. link
  18. Epanchin-Niell, R.S., Jackson-Smith, D.B., Wilson, R.S., Ashenfarb, M., Dayer, A.A., Hillis, V., Iacona, G.D., Markowitz, E.M., Marquart-Pyatt, S.T., Treakle, T. (2022). Private land conservation decision-making: An integrative social science model. Journal of Environmental Management. link
  19. Syropoulos^, S. & Markowitz, E.M. (2021d). Mechanisms of intergenerational environmental stewardship activated by COVID-19: Gratitude, fairness and legacy motives. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities. link
  20. Syropoulos^, S. & Markowitz, E.M. (2021c). Perceived responsibility towards future generations and environmental concern: Convergent evidence across multiple outcomes in a large, nationally representative sample. Journal of Environmental Psychology. link
  21. Syropoulos^, S. & Markowitz, E.M. (2021b). A grateful eye towards the future? Dispositional gratitude relates to consideration of future consequences. Personality and Individual Differences. link
  22. Schneider, C., Zaval, L., Markowitz, E.M. (2021). Climate change and positive emotions. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. link
  23. Guckian, M. L., Markowitz, E.M., Tucker, C.S., Kiekebushc, E., Klemm, T., Middleton, L., Wootten, A., Staudinger, M.D. (2021). Assessing the impact of an online climate science community: The Early Career Climate Forum. Weather, Climate & Society. doi.org/10.1175/WCAS-D-20-0150.1 link
  24. Quartuch, M., Markowski-Lindsay, M. Catanzaro, P., Markowitz, E.M., Allred, S.B. (2021). Applying the transtheoretical model of change to legacy planning decisions. Small-Scale Forestry. doi.org/10.1007/s11842-021-09476-7 link
  25. Syropoulos, S. & Markowitz, E.M. (2021a). Prosocial responses to COVID-19: Examining the role of gratitude, fairness and legacy motives. Personality and Individual Differences, 171, 110488. link
  26. Syropoulos, S., Watkins, H.M., Shariff, A.F., Hodges, S.D., & Markowitz, E.M. (2020). The role of gratitude in motivating intergenerational environmental stewardship. Journal of Environmental Psychology. link
  27. Brough, A.R., Griskevicius, V., Trudel, R., Donnelly, G., Markowitz, E.M., Raimi, K., Reeck, C., Waldman, K., Winterich, K., Wolske, K. (2020). Understanding how sustainable initiatives fail: A Framework to aid design of effective interventions. Social Marketing Quarterly. link
  28. Mah, A.Y., Chapman, D.A., Markowitz, E.M., Lickel, B. (2020). Coping with climate change: Three insights for research, intervention, and communication to promote adaptive coping to climate change. Journal of Anxiety Disorders. link
  29. Shrum, T., van Boven, L., Gregory, R., Markowitz, E.M., Buck, H., van der Linden, S., Attari, S. (2020). A framework for understanding consumers’ risk and value assessments of carbon dioxide removal technologies. Interface Focus. link
  30. Orlove, B., Shwom, R., Markowitz, R.M., Cheong, S. (2020). Climate decision-making. Annual Review of Environment and Resources. link
  31. Feygina, I., Chapman, D., & Markowitz, E.M. (2020). Climate change: A challenge to human rights, justice, equality and human well-being. Cambridge Handbook of Psychology and Human Rights. doi.org/10.1017/9781108348607 link
  32. Guckian, M., Markowitz, E.M., Lickel, B., & Chapman, D. (2020). From absolution to action: Examining Americans’ reactions to high-profile corporate scandals. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, https://doi.org/10.1111/asap.12196 link
  33. Rose, K., Markowitz, E.M., Brossard, D. (2020). The landscape of public engagement with science: Insights from 64 land grant universities. Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1916740117 link
  34. Howe, L., MacInnis, B., Krosnick, J.A., Markowitz, E.M., & Socolow, R. (2019). Acknowledging uncertainty impacts public acceptance of climate scientists’ predictions. Nature Climate Change, doi.org/10.1038/s41558-019-0587-5 link
  35. Markowski-Lindsay, M., Catanzaro, P., Zimmerer, R., Kittredge, D., Markowitz, E.M., Chapman, D.A. (2020). Northeastern family forest owner gender differences in land-based estate planning and the role of self-efficacy. Journal of Forestry, 118, 59-69. link
  36. Chapman, D., Gagne, T., Ovitz, K.L., Griffin, L.P., Danylchuk, A.J., Markowitz, E.M. (2018). Modeling intentions to sanction among anglers in a catch-and-release recreational fishery for golden dorado (Salminus brasiliensis) in Salta, Argentina. Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 4, 391-398.link
  37. Markowski-Lindsay, M., Bell., K., Catanzaro, P., Kittredge, D., Leahy, J., Butler, B., Markowitz, E.M., Milman, A., Allred, S., & Sisock, M. (2018). In-forest & in-tact: Designating future use of FFO land. Journal of Forestry, 116, 357-366. link
  38. Guckian, M., Danylchuk, A., & Cooke, S., Markowitz, E.M. (2018). Assessing anglers’ intentions to communicate best practices in a catch-and-release fishery for steelhead in British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Environmental Management, 219, 252-259. link
  39. Markowitz, E.M. & Guckian, M. (2018). Climate change communication: Challenges, insights and opportunities. In S. Clayton & C. Manning (Eds.), Psychology and climate change. San Diego, CA: Elsevier. link
  40. Wang, S., Chapman, D., Corner, A. & Markowitz, E.M. (2018). Public engagement with climate change imagery in a changing digital landscape. WIREs Climate Change, 9, e509. link
  41. Guckian, M., Chapman, D. Lickel, B. & Markowitz, E.M. (2018). “A few bad apples” or “rotten to the core”: Perceptions of corporate culture drive brand engagement after corporate scandal. Journal of Consumer Behavior, 17, e29-41. link
  42. Sokoloski, R., Markowitz, E.M., & Bidwell, D. (2018). Public estimates of support for offshore wind energy: False consensus, pluralistic ignorance and partisan effects. Energy Policy, 112, 44-55. link
  43. Nisbet M.C., Ho, S., Markowitz, E., O’Neill, S., Schafer, M., Thaker, J.T. (Eds) (2017). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Climate Change Communication. New York: Oxford University Press. link
  44. Schneider, C., Zaval, L., Weber, E.U. & Markowitz, E.M. (2017). The influence of anticipated pride and guilt on pro-environmental decision making. PLOS ONE link
  45. Chapman*, D., Lickel*, B. & Markowitz*, E.M. (2017). Reassessing emotion in climate change communication. Nature Climate Change, 7, 850-852. (Shared first authorship). link
  46. Hopkins, D. & Markowitz, E.M. (2017). Geographies of climate change belief. In M.C. Nisbet et al. (Eds.) The Oxford Encyclopedia for Climate Change Communication. New York: Oxford University Press. link
  47. Markowitz, E.M., Chapman, D.A., Guckian, M.L. & Lickel, B. (2017). A corporate scandal that hits close to home: Examining owners’ responses to the Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal. Environmental Communication, 6, 740-755. link
  48. Markowski-Lindsay, M., Catanzaro, P., Bell, K., Kittredge, D., Leahy, J., Butler, B., Markowitz, E.M., Milman, A., Zimmerer, R., Allred, S., & Sisock, M. (2017). Estate planning as forest stewardship tool. Forest Policy and Economics, 83, 36-44. link
  49. Markowitz, E.M., Danylchuk, A.J., Nisbet, M.C., Engelbourg, S.I. (2017). What’s that buzzing noise? Public opinion on the use of drones for conservation science. BioScience. 67, 382-385. link
  50. Yoeli, E., Budescu, D., Carrico, A., Delmas, M., DeShazo, J., Ferraro, P., Forester, H., Kunreuther, H., Larrick, R. Lubell, M., Markowitz, E.M., Ronn, B., Vandenbergh, M., Weber, E.U. (2017). Behavioral science tools for energy and environmental policy. Behavioral Science & Policy Journal, 3, 69-80. link
  51. Chapman, D., Wilson, R., Corner, A., & Markowitz, E.M. (2016). Climate Visuals: A mixed methods investigation of public perceptions of climate images in three countries. Global Environmental Change, 41, 172-182. link
  52. Milfont, T.L. & Markowitz, E.M. (2016). Sustainable consumer behavior: A multilevel perspective. Current Opinion in Psychology, 10, 112-117. link
  53. Markowitz, E.M., Grasso, M., Jamieson, D. (2015). Climate ethics at a multidisciplinary crossroads: Four directions for future scholarship. Climatic Change, 130, 465-474. link
  54. Grasso, M. & Markowitz, E.M. (2015). The moral complexity of climate change and the need for a multidisciplinary perspective on climate ethics. Climatic Change. link
  55. Zaval, L.*, Markowitz, E.M.*, Weber, E.U. (2015). How will I be remembered? Conserving the environment for legacy’s sake. Psychological Science, 26, 231-236. (Shared first authorship). link
  56. Nisbet, M.C. & Markowitz, E.M. (2015). Expertise in an age of polarization: Evaluating scientists’ political awareness and communication behaviors. ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 658, 136-154. link
  57. Center for Research on Environmental Decisions* and ecoAmerica. (2014). Connecting on climate: A guide to effective climate change communication. New York and Washington, D.C. (Lead author for project). link
  58. Nisbet, M.C. & Markowitz, E.M. (2014). Understanding public preferences and judgments in policy debates over biomedical research: Looking beyond partisanship to focus on beliefs about science and society. PLoS ONE. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088473 link
  59. Corner, A., Markowitz, E.M., Pidgeon, N. (2014). Public engagement with climate change. The role of human values. WIREs Climate Change, 5, 411-422. link
  60. Markowitz, E.M., Slovic, P., Vastfjall, D., & Hodges, S.D. (2013). Compassion fade and the challenge of environmental conservation. Judgment & Decision-Making, 8, 397-406. link
  61. Howe, P.D., Markowitz, E.M., Lee, T., Ko, C. & Leiserowitz, A. (2013). Global perceptions of local temperature change. Nature Climate Change, 3, 352-356. link
  62. Bowerman, T. & Markowitz, E.M. (2012). The attitude-action gap: Toward a better understanding of “how much is enough.” Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 12, 230-238. link
  63. Markowitz, E.M. (2012). Is climate change an ethical issue? Exploring young adults’ beliefs about climate and morality. Climatic Change, 114, 479-495. link
  64. Markowitz, E.M. & Bowerman, T. (2012). How much is too much? Examining the public’s beliefs about consumption. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 12, 167-189. link
  65. Nisbet, M.C., Markowitz, E.M., Kotcher, J.E. (2012). Winning the climate change conversation: Framing and moral messaging in public campaigns. In L. Ahern & D.S. Bortree (Eds.), Talking green: Exploring contemporary issues in environmental communications. New York: Peter Lang. link
  66. Yang, Y. & Markowitz, E.M. (2012). Direct and indirect effects of parental attitudes on children’s active school travel: Evidence from a community sample. Transportation Research Record, No. 2318. link
  67. Markowitz, E.M., Goldberg, L.R., Ashton, M.C. & Lee, K. (2012). Profiling the ‘pro-environmental individual’: A personality perspective. Journal of Personality, 80, 81-111. link
  68. Markowitz, E.M. & Malle, B.F. (2012). Did you just see that? Making sense of environmentally relevant behavior. Ecopsychology, 4, 37-50. link
  69. Markowitz, E.M. & Shariff, A.F. (2012). Climate change and moral judgment. Nature Climate Change, 2, 243-247. link
  70. Swim, J., Markowitz, E.M., & Bloodhart, B. (2012). Psychology and global climate change. In S. Clayton (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Environmental Psychology. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. link
  71. Trumbetta, S.T., Markowitz, E.M., Gottesman, I.I.  (2007).  Marriage and genetic variation across the lifespan:  Not a steady relationship?  Behavior Genetics, 37, 362-375. link
  72. Markowitz, E.M., Willemsen, G., Trumbetta, S.L., van Beijsterveldt, T.C.E.M., Boomsma, D.I. (2005). The etiology of mathematical and reading (dis)ability covariation in a sample of Dutch twins.  Twin Research and Human Genetics, 8, 585-593. link