Founding Members

We'd like to extend a special thank you to our founding members.

During our inaugural year, over 300 people and organizations from 32 different countries became founding members of IECA.

Founding Individual members:

• Lee Ahern, Penn State University (United States)
• Karen Akerlof, George Mason University (United States)
• Celia Alario, People & the Planet (United States)
• Alison Anderson, University of Plymouth (United Kingdom)
• Bernie Ankney, Samford University (United States)
• Liisa Antilla (United States)
• Midori Aoyagi, National Institute for Environmental Studies (Japan)
• I. Arul Aram, Anna University-Chennai (India)
• Stephanie Ariganello, Michigan Sea Grant (United States)
• Justine Asohmbom, Antioch University (United States)
• David Astley (Philippines)
• Martin Atkin, World Wildlife Fund International (Switzerland)
• James Atkins, Vertis Environmental Finance (United Kingdom)
• Katherine Balpataky (Canada)
• Marlia Banning, University of Colorado (United States)
• Roy Bender, Simon Fraser University (Canada)
• Peter Berglez, Örebro University (Sweden)
• Yoseph Berhane, Ethiopian Environmental Journalists Association (Ethiopia)
• Leigh Bernacchi, Texas A&M University (United States)
• Richard Besel, Cal Poly State University (United States)
• Jeffrey Bile, Spaulding University (United States)
• John Blewitt, Aston University (United Kingdom)
• Joanna Boehnert, Ecolabs/University of Brighton (United Kingdom)
• Christopher Bond, Missouri Western State University (United States)
• Maxwell Boykoff, University of Colorado-Boulder (United States)
• Thais S. Brianezi, Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil)
• Garrett Broad, USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism (United States)
• Richard Brown, BI Norwegian Business School (Norway)
• Robert Brulle, Drexel University (United States)
• Peter Bsumek, James Madison University (United States)
• Angi Buettner, Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand)
• Connie Bullis, University of Utah (United States)
• Richard Buttny, Syracuse University (United States)
• Deborah Cox Callister, University of Utah (United States)
• Catherine Candano (Philippines)
• James Cantrill, Northern Michigan University (United States)
• Donal Carbaugh, University of Massachusetts (United States)
• Beth Carruthers (Canada)
• Anabela Carvalho, University of Minho (Portugal)
• Andrea S. Cassin, University of Newcastle (Australia)
• Andrea Catellani, Universita Catholique de Louvain (Belgium)
• Amy Chadwick, Ohio University (United States)
• Terrence Check College of St. Benedict/St. John's University (United States)
• Caron Chess, Rutgers University (United States)
• Anthony Chiaviello, University of Houston-Downtown (United States)
• Joseph Clark, Florida State University (United States)
• Tracy L. Clarke, California State University Channel Islands (United States)
• Sara Cleaves, University of New Hampshire (United States)
• Nicole M. Colston, Oklahoma State University-Environmental Science (United States)
• Rebeccah Cope, Wake County Parks, Recreation and Open Space (United States)
• Jeremiah Couey, University of Delaware (United States)
• Robert Cox, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (United States)
• Brian Cozen, University of Utah (United States)
• Geoffrey Craig, University of Otago (New Zealand)
• Janet Cramer, University of New Mexico (United States)
• Ines Crespo, Joint Research Centre, European Commission, Italy (Portugal)
• Deserai Anderson Crow, University of Colorado Boulder (United States)
• Katherine Cruger, Chatham University (United States)
• Conny Davidsen, University of Calgary (Canada)
• Brian Day (United States)
• Miguel de Alba Gonzalez, Journalist (Mexico)
• Mary Debrett, La Trobe University (Australia)
• Mark DeLaurier, Washington State University (United States)
• Myrian Del Vecchio de Lima, Universidade Federal do Parana (Brazil)
• Marilyn DeLaure, University of San Francisco (United States)
• Kevin DeLuca, University of Utah (United States)
• Jean-Francois Denault (Canada)
• Steve Depoe, University of Cincinnati (United States)
• Elizabeth Dickinson, Salem College (United States)
• Cara DiEnno, Colorado State University (United States)
• Richard Doherty, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (United States)
• Julie Doyle, University of Brighton (United Kingdom)
• Sharon Dunwoody, University of Wisconsin-Madison (United States)
• Kristen Dwyer, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (United States)
• Danielle Endres, University of Utah (United States)
• Mikkel Fugl Eskjaer, University of Copenhagen (Denmark)
• Sara Espinoza, National Environmental Education Foundation (United States)
• Carmen Farrugia, Victoria University (Australia)
• Darlene Farris-LaBar (United States)
• Andrea Feldpausch-Parker, SUNY-ESF (United States)
• Jaime Manuel Flores, Ateneo de Manila University (Philippines)
• Crystal Fonseca, (United States)
• Deanna Ford (Canada)
• Judy Ford, University of Amsterdam (United States)
• Carrie Freeman, Georgia State University (United States)
• Ian Fry, Australian National University (Australia)
• Neil Gavin, University of Liverpool (United Kingdom)
• Christos Giannoulis, University of the Aegean (Greece)
• Rodney Giblett, Edith Cowan University (Australia)
• Jennifer Good, Brock University (Canada)
• Joye Gordon, Kansas State University (United States)
• Oliver Graf (Switzerland)
• Susan Grantham, University of Hartford (United States)
• Jonathan Gray, Southern Illinois University (United States)
• Dustin Greenwalt, The University of Georgia (United States)
• Amanda Gunn, Denison University (United States)
• Shane Gunster, Simon Fraser University (Canada)
• Gabriele Hadl, Kwansei Gakuin University (Japan)
• Lars Hallgren, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Sweden)
• Jennifer Hamilton, Marian University (United States)
• Anders Hansen, University of Leicester (United Kingdom)
• Fadia Hasan, University of Massachusetts (United States)
• Jim Hasenauer, California State University-Northridge (United States)
• Cassandra Hemphill, University of Montana (United States)
• Alison Henderson, University of Waikato (New Zealand)
• Judith Hendry, University of New Mexico (United States)
• Brandon Hollingshead, Florida Gulf Coast University (United States)
• Diane Hope, Rochester Institute of Technology (United States)
• Jill Hopke, University of Wisconsin-Madison (United States)
• Ana Horta, Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal)
• Kathleen Hunt, University of Utah (United States)
• Oyvind Ihlen, University of Oslo (Norway)
• Adrian Ivakhiv, University of Vermont (United States)
• Ann Jabro, Robert Morris University (United States)
• Jocelyn Jackson, California Inst. of Integral Studies (United States)
• Mathieu Jahnich, Sircome (France)
• Marine Johnson, University of Montana (United States)
• Delight Justice (United States)
• Esa Pietari Kaapa, University of Nottingham-Gingbo China (Finland)
• Florian Kaefer, University of Waikato (New Zealand)
• Leeann Kahlor, University of Texas (United States)
• Brenda Kahn (United States)
• Jennifer Kane, USDA Forest Service (United States)
• Oumar Kane, Université du Québec à Montréal (Canada)
• Bill Karis, Clarkson University (United States)
• Merav Katz-Kimchi, University of California-Berkeley (United States)
• Patricia Kennedy, East Stroudsburg University (United States)
• Omneya Noureddin Khalifa, University of Modern Science and Arts (Egypt)
• Nelya Koteyko, University of Leicester (United Kingdom)
• Alicia Kowsky (United States)
• Roy Gunnar Krøvel, Oslo University College (Norway)
• Elizabeth Kryder, University of California at Santa Barbara (United States)
• Nicolle Kuna, ConverseConserve (Australia)
• Karen Langbehn, University of South Florida (United States)
• Leah LeFebvre (United States)
• Robert Leo, California State University San Bernadino (United States)
• Lisa Leombruni, Cal State University-Santa Barbara (United States)
• Libby Lester, University of Tasmania (Australia)
• Roberto Lestinge, Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil)
• Alain Letourneau, Université de Sherbrooke (Canada)
• Pat Letizia, Alberta Ecotrust Foundation (Canada)
• Lois Levitan, Cornell University  (United States)
• Li Ji, Wuhan University (China)
• Xinghua Li, Babson College (United States)
• Laura Lindenfeld, University of Maine (United States)
• Magnus Ljung, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Sweden)
• Sonia Aguiar Lopes, Universidade Federal de Sergipe (Brazil)
• Soenke Lorenzen, Greenpeace International (Netherlands)
• Jari Lyytimäki, Finnish Environment Institute (Finland)
• Emma MacKenzie, Montana Tech University (United States)
• Pieter Maeseele, University of Antwerp (Belgium)
• Edward Maibach, George Mason University (United States)
• Marie-Eve Maille, Université du Québec à Montréal (Canada)
• Tracy Marafiote, SUNY-Fredonia (United States)
• Jenifer Martin, University of Colorado-Boulder (United States)
• Sheree Martin, Samford University (United States)
• Camille Martinez, University of Massachusetts Amherst (United States)
• Marie Mater, Houston Baptist University (United States)
• Katherine McComas, Cornell University (United States)
• Kerri McDermid, Green Mountain College (United States)
• Heather McGovern, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey (United States)
• James McGuffey, Indiana University (United States)
• Brenda McNally, Dublin City University (Ireland)
• Christina Medved, Stroud Water Research Center (United States)
• Molly Mehling, Chatham College (United States)
• Mark Meisner, International Environmental Communication Association (United States)
• Lisa Mighton (Canada)
• Anuschka Miller, Scottish Association for Marine Science (United Kingdom)
• Marianne Milligan, Macalester College (United States)
• Tema Milstein, University of New Mexico (United States)
• Ramli Mohamed, Universiti Sains Malaysia (Malaysia)
• Salma Monani, Gettysburg College (United States)
• Sharon Moran, SUNY-ESF (United States)
• Susanne Moser, Moser Research & Consulting, and Stanford University (United States)
• Bernardo Motta, Bridgewater College (United States)
• CSHN Murthy, Tezpur University (India)
• Saudia Muwwakkil (United States)
• Madalyn Myers, The College of Wooster (United States)
• Juan Pablo Mojica Navarro, Corporacion Universitaria Minuto de Dios (Colombia)
• Ana Claudia Nepote (Mexico)
• Gisele Neuls (Brazil)
• Sonia Nila (United Kingdom)
• Amanda Niode, Climate Project Indonesia (Indonesia)
• Sebastian Nisi, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (Germany)
• Todd Norton, Washington State University (United States)
• Mary Nucci, Rutgers University (United States)
• Peter Oehlkers, Salem State University (United States)
• Ulrika Olausson, Oreboro University (Sweden)
• Andrew Opel, Florida State University (United States)
• Sushi Oswal, University of Washington (United States)
• Brian Ourien, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (South Africa)
• Nicholas Paliewicz, University of Utah (United States)
• Isabelle Pare, Université Laval (Canada)
• Mark Pedelty, University of Minnesota (United States)
• Jennifer Peeples, Utah State University (United States)
• M. Nils Peterson, North Carolina State University (United States)
• Tarla Rai Peterson, Texas A&M University (United States)
• Phaedra Pezzullo, Indiana University (United States)
• Daniel Philippon, University of Minnesota (United States)
• Aaron Phillips, University of Utah (United States)
• Joy Piazza, St. Mary's College (United States)
• Mairi Pileggi, Dominican University of California (United States)
• Juliet Pinto, Florida International University (United States)
• Jessica Plassman, University of Cincinnati (United States)
• Emily Plec, Western Oregon University (United States)
• Annie Porter, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (United States)
• Helen Price-Bowie, University of Queensland (Australia)
• Chara Ragland, Texas A&M University (United States)
• Charles Raphael, Santa Clara University (United States)
• Wendy Reed, Common Good Communications (United States)
• Mathieu Régnier, Université de Montréal (Canada)
• Grace Reid, University of Alberta (Canada)
• Raul Reis, California State University-Long Beach (United States)
• Ann Reisner, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (United States)
• Daniel Riffe, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (United States)
• Jennifer Robinson, Indiana University (United States)
• Richard Rogers, Northern Arizona University (United States)
• Juliet Roper, University of Waikato (New Zealand)
• Connie Roser-Renouf, George Mason University (United States)
• Edgar Rudberg, University of Minnesota (United States)
• Chris Russill, Carleton University (Canada)
• Miriah Russo (United States)
• Jamieson Saab, York University (Canada)
• Johanne Saint-Charles, Université du Québec à Montréal (Canada)
• Radoslaw Sajna, Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz (Poland)
• Mario Salomone, Universita de Bergamo (Italy)
• Michael Salvador, Washington State University (United States)
• Rebecca Sappenfield (United States)
• Michael Schanne (Switzerland)
• Jen Schneider, Colorado School of Mines (United States)
• Elizabeth Schwarz, University of California, Riverside (United States)
• Steve Schwarze, University of Montana (United States)
• Samantha Senda-Cook, Creighton University (United States)
• Sangita Shrestha, University of Surrey (United Kingdom)
• Natalie E. Shubert, Ohio University (United States)
• Rick Sikorski, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (Canada)
• Ross Singer, Southern Illinois University (United States)
• Annika Egan Sjölander, Umeå University  (Sweden)
• Hollie Smith, University of Maine (United States)
• Liz Smith (United States)
• Vivian Paes B. Smith, Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil)
• Maria Torres Soler, Universidad Externato de Colombia (Colombia)
• Susan Soltero-Carpenter, Univsion Puerto Rico (United States)
• Stacey Sowards, University of Texas at El Paso (United States)
• Philippa Spoel, Laurentian University (Canada)
• Leah Sprain, Colorado State University (United States)
• Nadarajah Sriskandarajah, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Sweden)
• Thomas S. Stanton, National Regulatory Research Institute (United States)
• Kurt Stavenhagen, Syracuse University (United States)
• Molly Steinwald, Phipps Conservatory (United States)
• David Sumares, Aviero University (Portugal)
• Michael Svoboda, George Washington University (United States)
• Husnul Azan Tajarudin, Universiti Sains Malaysia (United Kingdom)
• Geo Takach, University of Calgary (Canada)
• Bruno Takahashi, SUNY-ESF (United States)
• Chui-Ling Tam, University of Calgary (Canada)
• Joo Seng Tan, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)
• Anna Maria Jönsson Tapper, Södertörn University (Sweden)
• Carlos Tarin, University of Utah (United States)
• Valerie Thatcher, University of Texas (United States)
• Robert Thomas, Loyola University-New Orleans (United States)
• Kimiharu To, Aomori University (Japan)
• Anne Marie Todd, San Jose State University (United States)
• Alexandra Toland, Technische Universität Berlin (Germany)
• Rebecca Townsend, Manchester Community College (United States)
• Janey Trowbridge, George Mason University (United States)
• Elizabeth Typhina, Washington State University (United States)
• Ben Tyson, Central Connecticut State University (United States)
• Matthew Van Dyke, Virginia Tech University (United States)
• Kitty Van Vuuren, University of Queensland (Australia)
• Laura Vernon, Utah State University (United States)
• Miguel Vicente-Mariño, Universidad de Valladolid (Spain)
• Micheal Vickery, Alma College (United States)
• Lisa Volkening, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh (United States)
• Ian Vorster, Green Mountain College (United States)
• Travis Wagner, University of Southern Maine (United States)
• Gregg Walker, Oregon State University (United States)
• Mark Wamsley, The Trustees of Reservations (United States)
• Heather Ward (United States)
• Susan Ward, Southern Cross University (Australia)
• Brendan Watson, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (United States)
• Eleonore Wesserle, Line Break Media (United States)
• Lauren Wheeler, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (United States)
• Barb Willard, DePaul University (United States)
• Dylan Wolfe, Clemson University (United States)
• Wayne Woodward (United States)
• Sijia Yang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (United States)
• Yee Chee Leong, University of Malaya (Malaysia)
• Sara Yeo, University of Wisconsin-Madison (United States)
• And 4 anonymous founding members

Founding Organization members:

• Biodiversity Project (United States)
• Center for Environmental Communication, Loyola University-New Orleans (United States)
• Center for Western Cross Timbers Studies (United States)
• Department of Communication and Journalism, University of Maine (United States)
• Department of Communication & Rhetorical Studies, College of Visual & Performing Arts, Syracuse University (United States)
• Environmental Communication Unit, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences-Uppsala (Sweden)
• School of Communication and Culture, Royal Roads University (Canada)
• School of Communication, Universiti Sains Malaysia (Malaysia)