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Chad Raphael (B.A., Harvard; Ph.D., Northwestern) is a Professor of Communication at 91¶ÌÊÓƵ. He consults on communication campaigns for environmental organizations and has chaired the boards of two environmental justice organizations: the and the . He is also a Design Team member of the and a member of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities’ Laudato Si’ Commission. Chad is the co-editor and co-author of (University of California Press - Luminos), which grew out of an earlier he wrote for the Initiative. He has also published a on environmental justice. His prior research on political communication encompasses environmental communication, news and politics, deliberative democracy, and games for civic learning. He has frequently co-authored articles with undergraduate students. Chad has also chaired the Communication Department, as well as committees that designed Santa Clara’s Core Curriculum and that helped draft the University’s Strategic Plan, and he led a task force on greening the International Communication Association.