Contact Information
Distinguished Visiting Lecturer
Ph.D. University of Chicago
Fields: Climate Science, Meteorology, Climate Change Communication
E-mail: kseitter@holycross.edu
Office: TBA Phone: TBA
Biography
Keith Seitter specializes in meteorology, climate science, and environmental policy. He is Executive Director Emeritus and a Senior Policy Fellow with the American Meteorological Society (AMS), the leading professional and scientific society serving the atmospheric and related sciences in the United States and internationally. Seitter joined the staff of the AMS in 1991 and served as its Executive Director 2004-2022. Before joining the AMS, he was on the faculty at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, teaching in the meteorology major program and doing research in mesoscale meteorology. He earned his B.S degree in meteorology at the Pennsylvania State University and a doctorate in geophysical sciences at the University of Chicago. Seitter is a Fellow of the AMS and Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society.
Research Interests
My current research interests include investigating how the government, private (including NGO), and academic sectors can cooperate and collaborate to better address climate change (and its expression through impactful weather events) toward a society that is more resilient and sustainable. This involves the creation of policy and organizational structures that allow organizations and individuals to see value in collaborative efforts and that allow those in each sector to do what they do best and be rewarded in the “currency” appropriate for that sector.
Courses
- Climate Science
- Introduction to Climate Change
Recent Publications
Seitter, K. L., E. Tipton, and P. A. Higgins, 2024: Providing better support for entrepreneurial activities in the weather, water, and climate community. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0301.1
Seitter, K.L., 2023: Viewing Weather as the Expression of Climate. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0154.1
Seitter, K.L., 2022: The role of the American Meteorological Society in climate science. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Climate Science. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228620.013.927
Tipton, E., K. Seitter, 2022: Actionable Scientific Assessments for the Energy Sector. AMS Policy Program Study. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 22 pp. https://doi.org/10.1175/energy-sector-assessment-2022
Seitter, K., E. Tipton, P.A.T. Higgins, L. White, and A. Miller, 2022: AMS Community Synthesis on Geohealth. AMS Policy Program Study. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 26 pp. https://doi.org/10.1175/community-synthesis-geohealth-2022
Hooke, W., P.A.T. Higgins, K. Seitter, 2021: AMS Community Synthesis on Climate Change Solutions. AMS Policy Program Study. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 50 pp. https://doi.org/10.1175/ams-community-synthesis-on-climate-change-solutions-2021
Myers, T. A., E. W. Maibach, B. W. Placky, K. L. Henry, M. D. Slater, K. L. Seitter, 2020. Impact of the Climate Matters Program on Public Understanding of Climate Change. Wea. Climate and Soc., 12, 863-876. https://doi.org/10.1175/WCAS-D-20-0026.1
Seitter, K.L., J. Nathans, S. Mankins, 2019: American Meteorological Society: 100 Years of Supporting the Scientific Community. A Century of Progress in Atmospheric and Related Sciences: Celebrating the American Meteorological Society Centennial. Meteor. Mono., Amer. Meteor. Soc., 59, 1.1–1.23. https://doi.org/10.1175/AMSMONOGRAPHS-D-18-0005.1
Maibach, E., R. Mazzone, R. Drost, T. Myers, K. Seitter, K. Hayhoe, B. Ryan, J. Witte, N. Gardiner, S. Hassol, J.K. Lazo, B. Placky, S. Sublette, and H. Cullen, 2017: TV weathercasters’ views of climate change appear to be rapidly evolving. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 98, 2061–2064, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00206.1
Perkins, D., E. Maibach, N. Gardiner, J. Witte, B. Ward, B.W. Placky, K. Seitter, and H. Cullen, 2017: Most Americans Want to Learn More about Climate Change. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 98, 1103–1107, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0097.1
Placky, B.W., E. Maibach, J. Witte, B. Ward, K. Seitter, N. Gardiner, D. Herring, and H. Cullen, 2016: Climate Matters: A Comprehensive Educational Resource Program for Broadcast Meteorologists. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 97, 709–712, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00235.1
Stenhouse, N., E. Maibach, S. Cobb, R. Ban, A. Bleistein, P. Croft, E. Bierly, K. Seitter, G. Rasmussen, and A. Leiserowitz, 2014: Meteorologists' Views About Global Warming: A Survey of American Meteorological Society Professional Members. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 95, 1029–1040, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-13-00091.1