PCSSM Research Day 2026 - Alyssa (Allie) Sinclair Talk

This was recorded on March 31, 2026 as a part of PCSSM Research Day 2026. This is Dr. Allie Sinclair's talk titled "Affective Framing of Environmental News Influences Engagement, Donations, and Memory". About the event: The Penn Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media (PCSSM) is excited to host its second PCSSM Research Day. Hear from PCSSM researchers and students on their latest work in communication science on climate, health, energy justice, climate action, agency & motivation, and more. There were talks, a poster session, and a networking opportunity at the end of the day. Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2026 Time: 10:00am-3:00pm Location: The Agora Room, Annenberg Public Policy Center About Dr. Sinclair: Alyssa (Allie) Sinclair was the Joan Bossert Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at PCSSM and APPC. She collaborates with Emily Falk and others at Penn to develop interventions to change beliefs and behaviors pertaining to climate change and health. Allie draws on her expertise in learning, memory, and motivation to design interventions that are informed by cognitive neuroscience. Her research interests include knowledge and belief updating, learning from error, risk communication, information seeking and sharing, and misinformation correction. To conduct this interdisciplinary research, Allie uses a combination of in-lab and online behavioral studies, functional neuroimaging, and large-scale online field studies. Prior to joining PCSSM, Allie completed a PhD in Psychology & Neuroscience at Duke University and an Honours BSc in Experimental Psychology at the University of Toronto. Allie is currently an Assistant Professor at Rice University.