Lynne Zummo
Biographic Data
| ID | 5978212 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lynne Zummo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lynne |
| FAMILY NAME | Zummo |
| SIGNATURE | ZUMMO L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education University of Utah Salt Lake City Utah USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1179-1675 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Sliding Doors
Science education efforts that support public understanding of modern climate change are critically needed. However, implementing climate‐related learning experiences can be challenging, as public audiences tend to experience a wide range of understandings of and emotions around the issue. In light of these challenges, many scholars have posed science museums as key places for climate learning, as they are often viewed as trusted public instituti…
Student responses to the climate crisis
Purpose This study explored how undergraduate students familiar with the climate crisis navigate climate-specific challenges in their personal lives, an area where knowledge is extremely inadequate. Design/methodology/approach The authors examined a broad range of adaptive (i.e. helpful) and maladaptive (i.e. unhelpful) strategies that students employ to manage their emotions concerning climate change, as well as resources that could help them ad…
Fostering Hope
Uncovering Emotion in Youth Digital Civic Participation Around Climate Change
Attention to emotion could offer insight into supporting the science‐informed civic participation of young people. We drew on sociocultural views of emotion, civic participation, and science literacies to examine digital civic media about climate change produced by youth during the 2020 U.S. presidential election, investigating intersections of emotional, civic, and scientific practices of making meaning. Using mixed‐methods, we analyzed 82 media…
Climate Change and the Social World
Towards a climate of hope
As trusted public institutions, museums could offer crucial opportunities for climate learning. Yet, empirical research on effective approaches is limited. One potential pathway is through strategic framing, given that much research in climate communication suggests the value of specific frames. We developed an innovative climate exhibit, A Climate of Hope (ACOH), guided by five strategic frames: hope, gain, local, community, and playful. To inve…
Theorizing science‐civic practices
Informed civic engagement has long been a goal of science education. Yet, how youth civically engage using science—what knowledge and practices they draw on, when, how, and for what purposes—remains largely unknown. By examining youth civic digital media production around climate change and COVID‐19, we shed light on this area. We view both scientific and civic engagement through the theoretical lens of social practice, which locates learning, kn…
Complex influences of mechanistic knowledge, worldview, and quantitative reasoning on climate change discourse
Anthropogenic climate change remains divisive in the United States, where skepticism of the scientific consensus is associated with conservative worldviews, resulting in political polarization. This study considers three hypotheses regarding U.S. polarization over climate change that have emerged from social psychology research and applies them to science education by showing how these hypotheses could relate to adolescents' science learning. We …
Youth voice on climate change
A complex issue at the intersection of science, emotion, and politics, climate change is on the minds of young people across the globe, as evidenced through worldwide climate strikes. This manuscript presents an analysis of letters written by 350 young people across the US during the 2016 Presidential election season. These letters, submitted through a digital platform called “Letters to the Next President,” demanded public attention to climate c…
Youth voice on climate change
A complex issue at the intersection of science, emotion, and politics, climate change is on the minds of young people across the globe, as evidenced through worldwide climate strikes. This manuscript presents an analysis of letters written by 350 young people across the US during the 2016 Presidential election season. These letters, submitted through a digital platform called “Letters to the Next President,” demanded public attention to climate c…
Youth voice on climate change
A complex issue at the intersection of science, emotion, and politics, climate change is on the minds of young people across the globe, as evidenced through worldwide climate strikes. This manuscript presents an analysis of letters written by 350 young people across the US during the 2016 Presidential election season. These letters, submitted through a digital platform called “Letters to the Next President,” demanded public attention to climate c…
Complex influences of mechanistic knowledge, worldview, and quantitative reasoning on climate change discourse
Anthropogenic climate change remains divisive in the United States, where skepticism of the scientific consensus is associated with conservative worldviews, resulting in political polarization. This study considers three hypotheses regarding U.S. polarization over climate change that have emerged from social psychology research and applies them to science education by showing how these hypotheses could relate to adolescents' science learning. We …
Theorizing science‐civic practices
Informed civic engagement has long been a goal of science education. Yet, how youth civically engage using science—what knowledge and practices they draw on, when, how, and for what purposes—remains largely unknown. By examining youth civic digital media production around climate change and COVID‐19, we shed light on this area. We view both scientific and civic engagement through the theoretical lens of social practice, which locates learning, kn…
Climate Change and the Social World
Towards a climate of hope
As trusted public institutions, museums could offer crucial opportunities for climate learning. Yet, empirical research on effective approaches is limited. One potential pathway is through strategic framing, given that much research in climate communication suggests the value of specific frames. We developed an innovative climate exhibit, A Climate of Hope (ACOH), guided by five strategic frames: hope, gain, local, community, and playful. To inve…
Student responses to the climate crisis
Purpose This study explored how undergraduate students familiar with the climate crisis navigate climate-specific challenges in their personal lives, an area where knowledge is extremely inadequate. Design/methodology/approach The authors examined a broad range of adaptive (i.e. helpful) and maladaptive (i.e. unhelpful) strategies that students employ to manage their emotions concerning climate change, as well as resources that could help them ad…
Fostering Hope
Uncovering Emotion in Youth Digital Civic Participation Around Climate Change
Attention to emotion could offer insight into supporting the science‐informed civic participation of young people. We drew on sociocultural views of emotion, civic participation, and science literacies to examine digital civic media about climate change produced by youth during the 2020 U.S. presidential election, investigating intersections of emotional, civic, and scientific practices of making meaning. Using mixed‐methods, we analyzed 82 media…
Sliding Doors
Science education efforts that support public understanding of modern climate change are critically needed. However, implementing climate‐related learning experiences can be challenging, as public audiences tend to experience a wide range of understandings of and emotions around the issue. In light of these challenges, many scholars have posed science museums as key places for climate learning, as they are often viewed as trusted public instituti…
Climate Change Communication and Perception (9 works) · Climate change (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Environmental Education and Sustainability (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Ecology (5 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Science education (4 works)