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Research Interests
My research stands at the intersection of science, health, and environmental communication, with a central focus on the environment. Because all three interest areas are deeply and materially intertwined, my work aims to help scholars and activists better understand and apply pressure to the tensions in societal structures that currently lead to power imbalances and further exploitation of knowledge, people, and the more-than-human world.
Teaching Experience
COMX 240: Introduction to Rhetorical Theory
COMX 347: Rhetoric of Nature and the Environment
COMX 391: Science Communication
COMX 491: Visual Rhetoric
COMX 491: Rhetoric of Health & Medicine
Education/Academic qualification
Master, Communication Studies, University of Montana
Doctorate, Communication Studies, University of Utah
Bachelor, Rhetoric & Media Studies, Willamette University
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production -
SDG 13 Climate Action
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Union Carbide’s “Hand in Things to Come”: Narrative Formations of a Culture of Toxification
Cullinan, M. E., Parks, M. M., Krall, M. A. & Jensen, R. E., Mar 20 2026, In: Environmental Communication.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Indirect audiences and conflicting narratives about oral contraception: Emergent coverage of “the pill” in The New York Times, 1951–1965
Jensen, R. E., Krall, M. A., Cullinan, M. E. & Almuaili, G., Nov 2025, In: Public Understanding of Science. 34, 8, p. 1028-1045 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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“There are no natural disasters”: Latent climate change tensions in non-sustainability organizations
Rice, R. M. & Cullinan, M. E., 2025, In: Communication Monographs. 92, 4, p. 837-858 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Alternative health groups on social media, misinformation, and the (de)stabilization of ontological security
Zimdars, M., Cullinan, M. E. & Na, K., Oct 2024, In: New Media and Society. 26, 10, p. 6059-6076 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Their Truth is Out There: Scientific (Dis)trust and Alternative Epistemology in Online Health Groups
Cullinan, M. E., Zimdars, M. & Na, K., Jul 1 2024, In: Social Media and Society. 10, 3Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access8 Scopus citations