Sarah Gonzalez Coffin, PhD
@sgonzalezcoffin
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Arizona 🏜️Environmental decision making | Policy support | Climate change communication | Technology adoption | GIS | Adaptation
New paper, available now in Energy Research & Social Science! doi.org/10.1016/j.er...
Check out our latest article, published in Communications Earth & Environment: doi.org/10.1038/s432...
I’m excited to kick off the Sustainability on Tap series tomorrow, hosted by the University of Colorado Boulder Sustainability Research Initiative! 🌎 Join us at Rayback Collective from 6-8pm MT on January 21, 2026. “Trees Good, Machines Bad? The Psychology of Sustainability Technology Judgments”
2026 reading list for people who work on climate change 🌎 #climatechange #readinglist #humandimensions #climatesolutions
I am excited to announce that I have defended my dissertation and completed my PhD in Social Psychology at the University of Colorado Boulder 🎓🎉 Thank you to my wonderful mentor, Leaf Van Boven, and committee members for investing in my training these past 5 years. Now, to celebrate! 😄
Thank you to @spspnews.bsky.social for selecting me as a recipient of this year's Jenessa Shapiro Graduate Research Award. I’m so honored! The funding will be applied to further my research on what drives public support/opposition to technological solutions to address climate change. #SPSP #Award
I’ve really appreciated the interdisciplinary community of SCB SSWG over the last few years. This is a great service opportunity for folks interested in expanding community in conservation social science! scbsocialscience.org #ServicePosition #Volunteer #SocialScience #ConservationScience
🎓 Undergraduates and future graduate students: free memberships are available today from the American Psychological Association! Available to the first 500 applicants. sso.apa.org/apasso/idm/a... #APA #ProfessionalSociety #FreeMembership #GraduateSchool #Psychology
What a great certificate program on machine learning by Harvard University! I'm excited apply these new skills to advance my research on climate change decision making and technology adoption. For anyone else interested in certificate programs by @harvard.edu: pll.harvard.edu/subject/data...
Want to jazz up your scientific posters? Check out this 15-minute tutorial I made about how to create scientific posters using Canva design software! 🌟 You can access this video and other resources here on my website: lnkd.in/gvJqC24V #ScienceCommunication #Tutorial #Poster
🌎 Interested in organizing the 2026 SPSP Sustainability Psychology Pre-conference? We are recruiting organizing committee members & chair(s)! Email Sarah Gonzalez Coffin (S.GonzalezCoffin@colorado.edu)& Danielle Goldwert (dag591@nyu.edu). Organizers must be SPSP members. @spspnews.bsky.social
The first book on my summer reading list has arrived! 📚💡Looking forward to learning from @kelseabest.bsky.social and colleagues about the latest research on how climate change interacts with population dynamics. #Research #ReadingList
Want to learn more about research-informed communication methods for novel carbon dioxide removal and low-carbon energy technologies? Don't miss my session at #APA2025 on August 9th from 4:30-5:30pm MT. Register today to join me! convention.apa.org #TechnologyAdoption #Research
What a great #SPSP2025! I’m honored to have co-chaired the 🌎 Sustainability Psychology 🌍pre-conference with @dgoldwert.bsky.social as we featured 58 outstanding speakers, and hosted a networking happy hour. Thank you to our wonderful organizing committee for your service. Cya next year! #SP32025
We can’t wait to welcome everyone to Denver for the SPSP Sustainability Psychology pre-conference! 🌎 Join us this Thursday for breakfast, followed by a great morning of talks, then an evening networking happy hour. See you there! ❄️ 🏔️ #SP32025 #SPSP2025 @spspnews.bsky.social
CU Boulder Colleagues: join us next week for this special speaker event that I am co-hosting in partnership with the Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies & STEM Routes. Open to all! RSVP here: bit.ly/STEMRoutesFeb19 #CUBoulder #IndigenousKnowledge #ClimateChange
I’m excited to share that a new article I wrote with Pamela Buckley, Charleen Gust, Sheba Aikawa, Christine Steeger, and Fred Pampel has been published in Prevention Science! Read our open-access paper here: rdcu.be/d6ybQ #PreventionScience #Preregistration #HealthPsychology #HealthEquity
Scholarships for Native Students in STEM fields are available through AISES! Applications are due April 30, 2025. Learn more here: aises.org/scholarships/ #Scholarships #STEM #CollegeScholarships #AISES #NativeAmerican #AlaskanNative #AmericanIndian #StudentScholarships
Registration is open for the 2025 SPSP Sustainability Pre-conference 🌎 Our theme this year is “Building a Sustainable Future: Infrastructure, Behavior Change, and Environmental Justice”. Join us in Denver on Feb 20, 2025 to hear from an amazing lineup of speakers. Register: bit.ly/RegisterSP32...
Final call! ⏰ Today is the last day to submit your abstract to the Sustainability Preconference with the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP). Apply here by 11:59pm PT 10/17: spsp.wufoo.com/forms/2025-p... #SPSP #SP3 #SustainabilityPsychology
There are just a few days left to submit to the #SPSP Sustainability Preconference on Feb. 20, 2025, in Denver, CO. Join us as we highlight insights in environmental justice, sustainable policy, infrastructure, and behavior change. Abstracts due Oct 17, 2024. Submit here: bit.ly/Sustainabili....
I’m honored to have been selected as a 2024 Linda Latham Scholar with the ACEEE Summer Study program. This generous award will allow me to learn from climate leaders about tools to equitably decarbonize the building sector. (1/2) #scholarship #decarbonization #climatechange
What an honor to chair my first conference session with such incredible speakers! Many thanks to Danielle Goldwert, Jacob Rode, and David Sherman for your outstanding talks & important work on understanding paths forward to address climate change. #SPSP2024 #climatechange #environmentalpsychology
This year I am excited to be chairing my first symposium, "Psychology, Politics, and Solutions for Climate Change", at this year’s Society for Personality and Social Psychology convention. Join us as we discuss individual, social, and structural barriers & solutions to climate change. #SPSP2024
It was such an honor for Elora Williams and I to represent Psychology & Neuroscience @CUBoulder at this year’s ARCS Foundation Luncheon. Thank you to the generous donors at the ARCS Foundation for renewing our scholarships for a second year and for supporting our doctoral research in psychology.
It was an absolute pleasure to be invited to present our work on climate change adaptation at this year’s Initiative on Climate Change Adaptation Research and Understanding through the Social Sciences (ICARUS) conference. Thank you to our hosts at the University of Michigan! #ICARUSVI #climatechange