Mason 4C Postdoctoral Fellow Doran Tucker knows a thing or two about communicating climate risk. An undergraduate degree in international affairs at Penn State sparked his interest in how investments in military infrastructure (for example, remote sensing) can become tools we use in everyday life (GPS). From this inquiry, he went on to explore in his masters and doctoral work on the nexus of identity, policy, and the environment with a particular emphasis on effective climate change communication in Appalachia and in military contexts. We talk about the effectiveness of communicating climate risk through a national security lens, including a very personal example from conversations with an important member of his own family.
Doran completed his PhD at George Mason University in the Department of Communication in 2025. As an avid hunter and crafter of medieval armor, Doran routinely intermeshes his hobbies and academic inquiry.