Aaron C Sparks
Biographic Data
| ID | 1616214 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aaron C Sparks |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aaron C |
| FAMILY NAME | Sparks |
| SIGNATURE | SPARKS A C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Elon University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7969-2817 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Social capital and adaptation to wildfire in southern Greece
Wildfires are exacerbated by climate change and are a growing concern globally. Adaptation to climate change impacts including increased wildfires requires action at individual, community, and government levels. In this paper, we use the concept of social capital, or the norms and networks that enable collective action, as a lens to understand wildfire adaptation. Specifically, we assess the roles of different types of social capital in fire risk…
Show and tell advocacy
Show and tell advocacy is the lobbying tactic that many advocates use to promote their interests and build relationships with policymakers. This tactic has a long history, for example John Muir took President Roosevelt on a camping trip to lobby for the president's support in improving management of Yosemite. Many organizations engage in similar practices today. However, it has not been well-described in the literature. In this paper, we highligh…
I'm Not a Scientist, I Just Know What I See
Objective Although severe weather events are becoming more frequent and more severe, for many citizens, climate change and its consequences are still a distant concern. In the United States, Republicans, in particular, have expressed skepticism about the threat posed by climate change. Is this skepticism reduced by direct experience with severe weather events? Methods Using two surveys of registered voters in North Carolina, we test whether the t…
Climate Change in Your Backyard
Scientific warnings about climate change continue as climate disasters strike all around the world. There is increasing public support for climate mitigation policies, and major mass protests shed light on the issue. How does climate change impact increase climate activism? I build on a conventional understanding of activism by adding the insight of construal level theory. When climate change is experienced more directly, people are more likely t…
The incoherence of sustainability literacy assessed with the Sulitest
Measuring Environmental Values and Identity
Scholars who study environmental problems across the social sciences often require a measure of the lens through which people filter information. Many scales have been created to serve in this analytical role, including the New Ecological Paradigm, the Connectedness to Nature Scale, environmentalist identity and environmental movement identity, and the cultural cognition scales. To our knowledge, no study compares them in a single sample. We used…
Opening up the black box
Support for environmental protection
The divergent roles of education in predicting environmental support among liberals, conservatives, and moderates in the United States are explained by integrating ideological-consistency and information-deficit models. Increased political polarization among elites has led to divergent environmental positions advocated by liberal and conservative political and media leaders; it was predicted that education would increase public attention to these…
Support for environmental protection
The divergent roles of education in predicting environmental support among liberals, conservatives, and moderates in the United States are explained by integrating ideological-consistency and information-deficit models. Increased political polarization among elites has led to divergent environmental positions advocated by liberal and conservative political and media leaders; it was predicted that education would increase public attention to these…
Opening up the black box
Measuring Environmental Values and Identity
Scholars who study environmental problems across the social sciences often require a measure of the lens through which people filter information. Many scales have been created to serve in this analytical role, including the New Ecological Paradigm, the Connectedness to Nature Scale, environmentalist identity and environmental movement identity, and the cultural cognition scales. To our knowledge, no study compares them in a single sample. We used…
Social capital and adaptation to wildfire in southern Greece
Wildfires are exacerbated by climate change and are a growing concern globally. Adaptation to climate change impacts including increased wildfires requires action at individual, community, and government levels. In this paper, we use the concept of social capital, or the norms and networks that enable collective action, as a lens to understand wildfire adaptation. Specifically, we assess the roles of different types of social capital in fire risk…
Climate Change in Your Backyard
Scientific warnings about climate change continue as climate disasters strike all around the world. There is increasing public support for climate mitigation policies, and major mass protests shed light on the issue. How does climate change impact increase climate activism? I build on a conventional understanding of activism by adding the insight of construal level theory. When climate change is experienced more directly, people are more likely t…
Opening up the black box
Support for environmental protection
The divergent roles of education in predicting environmental support among liberals, conservatives, and moderates in the United States are explained by integrating ideological-consistency and information-deficit models. Increased political polarization among elites has led to divergent environmental positions advocated by liberal and conservative political and media leaders; it was predicted that education would increase public attention to these…
Measuring Environmental Values and Identity
Scholars who study environmental problems across the social sciences often require a measure of the lens through which people filter information. Many scales have been created to serve in this analytical role, including the New Ecological Paradigm, the Connectedness to Nature Scale, environmentalist identity and environmental movement identity, and the cultural cognition scales. To our knowledge, no study compares them in a single sample. We used…
Climate Change in Your Backyard
Scientific warnings about climate change continue as climate disasters strike all around the world. There is increasing public support for climate mitigation policies, and major mass protests shed light on the issue. How does climate change impact increase climate activism? I build on a conventional understanding of activism by adding the insight of construal level theory. When climate change is experienced more directly, people are more likely t…
The incoherence of sustainability literacy assessed with the Sulitest
I'm Not a Scientist, I Just Know What I See
Objective Although severe weather events are becoming more frequent and more severe, for many citizens, climate change and its consequences are still a distant concern. In the United States, Republicans, in particular, have expressed skepticism about the threat posed by climate change. Is this skepticism reduced by direct experience with severe weather events? Methods Using two surveys of registered voters in North Carolina, we test whether the t…
Show and tell advocacy
Show and tell advocacy is the lobbying tactic that many advocates use to promote their interests and build relationships with policymakers. This tactic has a long history, for example John Muir took President Roosevelt on a camping trip to lobby for the president's support in improving management of Yosemite. Many organizations engage in similar practices today. However, it has not been well-described in the literature. In this paper, we highligh…
Social capital and adaptation to wildfire in southern Greece
Wildfires are exacerbated by climate change and are a growing concern globally. Adaptation to climate change impacts including increased wildfires requires action at individual, community, and government levels. In this paper, we use the concept of social capital, or the norms and networks that enable collective action, as a lens to understand wildfire adaptation. Specifically, we assess the roles of different types of social capital in fire risk…
Political science (7 works) · Environmental Education and Sustainability (5 works) · Climate Change Communication and Perception (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Climate change (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works)