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Chad Raphael (B.A., Harvard; Ph.D., Northwestern) is a Professor of Communication at SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. He consults on communication campaigns for environmental organizations and has chaired the boards of two environmental justice organizations: the and the . He is also a Design Team member of the and a member of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities’ Laudato Si’ Commission. Chad is the co-editor and co-author of (University of California Press - Luminos), which grew out of an earlier he wrote for the Initiative. He has also published a on environmental justice. His prior research on political communication encompasses environmental communication, news and politics, deliberative democracy, and games for civic learning. He has frequently co-authored articles with undergraduate students. Chad has also chaired the Communication Department, as well as committees that designed SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½’s Core Curriculum and that helped draft the University’s Strategic Plan, and he led a task force on greening the International Communication Association.