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Sarah Gonzalez Coffin
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Director of Research & Advocacy at First Nations Development Institute 🌎 Environmental decision making | Policy support | Climate change communication | Technology adoption | Native American & Tribal economic justice
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
September 17, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Don’t miss out on #APA2025 programming from Division 34: Society for Environmental Population & Conservation Psychology 🌎

Itinerary information below!

#APA2025 #APA #Div34
August 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Attending #APA2025 and interested in learning about how preferences for naturalness shape support of climate change solutions?

Join me on Saturday, August 9, from 8-9am for our session "Strategies for Enhancing Public Support and Behavioral Change in Climate Action and Sustainability" 🌎

#Div34
August 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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
July 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
🎓 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
July 3, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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...
June 18, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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
May 17, 2025 at 10:58 PM
🌎 Interested in organizing the 2026 SPSP Sustainability Psychology Pre-conference? We are recruiting organizing committee members & chair(s)!

Email Sarah Gonzalez Coffin ([email protected])& Danielle Goldwert ([email protected]). Organizers must be SPSP members.

@spspnews.bsky.social
May 14, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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
May 6, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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
April 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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
February 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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
February 19, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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
February 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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
January 18, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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
January 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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...
December 10, 2024 at 4:09 PM
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
October 17, 2024 at 12:17 PM
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....
October 14, 2024 at 12:07 PM
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
April 9, 2024 at 6:35 AM
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
February 11, 2024 at 9:04 PM
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
January 31, 2024 at 10:43 PM
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.
November 10, 2023 at 2:01 PM
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
October 26, 2023 at 1:46 PM