Lucy McAllister
Assistant Professor
Degree(s)
BA (summa cum laude); MSc; PhD
Learning & Teaching
Courses
- SES 100 Introduction to Sustainability & Environmental Studies
- SES 200 Environmental Analysis
- SES301 Sustainability Practicum
- SES 401 Senior Project
- SES 276 Environmental Justice
- SES 217 Sustainable Development Goals
Academic Positions
- 2020-2022, Postdoctoral Researcher, Center for Energy Markets, Technical University of Munich
- 2020-2023 Environmental Studies Associate, University of Colorado Boulder
- 2018-2020 Visiting Assistant Professor & Lewis Institute Fellow in Environmental Studies, Babson College
- 2017-2018 Visiting Assistant Professor & Core Renewal Fellow in Environmental Studies, Boston College
Works
Publications
Selected Publications:
- McAllister, L., Daly, M., Vedula, S. (2026). How Do U.S. Politicians Communicate About Climate Change on “X”? Examining Discourses of Delay and Action. Climatic Change, 179(3), 43. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10584-026-04118-3.
- McAllister, L., Vedula, S., Pu, W., & Boykoff, M. (2024). Vulnerable voices: using topic modeling to analyze newspaper coverage of climate change in 26 non-Annex I countries (2010-2020). Environmental Research Letters, 19(2), 024046 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ad22b7.
- Boykoff, M., Daly, M., & McAllister, L. (2021). The Beat Goes On? Print Media Coverage of Anthropogenic Climate Change Over the Past Three Decades. Global Environmental Change. 102412.
- McAllister, L., Daly, M., Chandler, P., McNatt, M., Benham, A., Boykoff, M. (2021). Balance as Bias, Resolute on the Retreat? Updates & Analyses of Newspaper Coverage in the US, UK, New Zealand, Australia, and Canada (2005-2019). Environ. Res. Lett. 16 094008
- Pearman, O., Boykoff, M., Osborne-Gowey, J., …McAllister, L. … & Andreas Ytterstad. (2021). World Media Coverage of COVID-19 Decreasing Despite Deepening Crisis. The Lancet Planetary Health, 5,1, E6-E7.
- Hale, B., & McAllister, L. (2019) “From Treasure to Trash: The Lingering Value of Technological Artifacts.” Science and Engineering Ethics, 1-22.
- Campbell, N., McAllister, L., & Downey, L. (2016). Invisible While in Plain Sight: The World Bank in the New York Times. Sociology of Development, 2, 4, 413-437.
- McAllister, L., Magee, A., & Hale, B. (2014). Women, E-Waste, and Technological Solutions to Climate Change. Health and Human Rights, 16, 1, 166-178.
Other
Honors & Awards
- Fulbright Teaching Assistantship, Hamburg, Germany 2009-2010