Dr. McAllister holds a Ph.D. and a M.Sc. in Environmental Studies from the University of Colorado Boulder. She is an Assistant Professor of Sustainability and Environmental Studies at Denison University. Dr. McAllister specializes primarily in climate communication and has published her research in outlets such as Environmental Research Letters, Global Environmental Change, the Health and Human Rights Journal, The Lancet Planetary Health, Sociology of Development, and the Population Reference Bureau.