Kristin Timm

Dr. Kristin Timm is University Director of the Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center (AK CASC) and a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. She provides leadership on interdisciplinary, decision-relevant research to support climate change adaptation across Alaska. Her research focuses on science communication as a central component of generating actionable science, with particular attention to the people, relationships, and institutional processes at the interface of science and society that shape how knowledge is produced, communicated, and used in policy, management, and community contexts.

Dr. Timm holds a PhD in Communication from George Mason University, where she worked with the Center for Climate Change Communication and focused her dissertation on communication related to the Fourth National Climate Assessment. She earned her bachelor’s degree in rural development and natural resource management and her master’s degree in science communication from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and brings more than a decade of experience as a science and environmental communication practitioner.

In addition to her roles at AK CASC and UAF, Dr. Timm provides national leadership on science–society engagement and science communication, including service with the American Geophysical Union’s Science and Society section and contributions to National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine studies. She also leads and supports interdisciplinary initiatives at the university and statewide levels focused on adapting to climate impacts.