Chad Raphael
B.A., Harvard University
Ph.D., Northwestern University
A scholar of political and environmental communication, Chad co-edited and co-wrote (University of California Press - Luminos), based on a and an he recently published on this topic. Previously, he co-authored (Cambridge University Press) and wrote (University of Illinois Press), which won three awards for best book of the year in his field. He has published in journals such as Political Communication, Environmental Communication, New Media and Society, Politics and Society, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, Communication Law and Policy, Computers in Human Behavior, and Journal of Public Deliberation. He integrates his research and teaching by regularly co-publishing articles with undergraduate students.
At 91¶ÌÊÓƵ, Chad is the Faculty Associate for Sustainability across the Curriculum and Co-Coordinator of the university’s Environmental Justice and the Common Good Initiative. He has chaired the Communication Department, as well as committees that designed the university’s Core Curriculum and that helped draft Santa Clara’s Strategic Plan.
Chad also helps to steer several environmental justice organizations, serving on the board of the (which he previously chaired) and as a Design Team member of the . Previously, he chaired the board of the and led a task force on greening the . He has consulted on designing communication campaigns for environmental organizations.
- Media and Technology Studies (COMM 50)
- Dialogue and Deliberation (COMM 153)
- Environmental Communication (COMM 157)
- Community Organizing (COMM 158)
- News and Democracy (COMM 166)
