26 Facts About Katharine Hayhoe

Katharine Anne Scott Hayhoe was born on 1972 and is a Canadian atmospheric scientist.

Katharine Hayhoe is a Paul Whitfield Horn Distinguished Professor and an Endowed Chair in Public Policy and Public Law at the Texas Tech University Department of Political Science.

In 2021, Hayhoe joined the Nature Conservancy as Chief Scientist.

Katharine Hayhoe was born on April 15,1972, in Toronto, Ontario.

Katharine Hayhoe's father, Doug Hayhoe, was a science educator and missionary.

When Katharine Hayhoe was nine, her family moved to Cali, Colombia, where her parents served as missionaries and educators.

Katharine Hayhoe received her Bachelor of Science degree in physics and astronomy from the University of Toronto in 1994.

Katharine Hayhoe began her college career studying astrophysics, but upon taking a course on climate science to fulfill a course requirement, she shifted her focus to atmospheric science, which she ultimately specialized in at graduate school.

Katharine Hayhoe attended graduate school at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she received her Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy.

Katharine Hayhoe, who is an evangelical Christian, is the daughter of missionaries.

Katharine Hayhoe has stated that admitting her life as a Christian and a scientist is "like coming out of the closet".

Katharine Hayhoe's father, Doug Hayhoe, is a former science and technology coordinator for the Toronto District School Board, and emeritus professor of education at Tyndale University College and Seminary in Toronto.

Katharine Hayhoe met her husband, Andrew Farley, while doing graduate studies at the University of Illinois.

In 2014, Katharine Hayhoe was named one of TIME's 100 Most Influential People.

Katharine Hayhoe has been named to Foreign Policy's list of 100 Leading Global Thinkers twice, in 2014 and 2019.

Also in 2019, Katharine Hayhoe was named one of the United Nations Champions of the Earth in the science and innovation category.

Katharine Hayhoe has received honorary doctorates from Colgate University, Victoria University at the University of Toronto, Wycliffe College at the University of Toronto, and Trinity College.

Katharine Hayhoe has received the American Geophysical Union's Climate Communication and Ambassador Awards, and is a fellow of the American Geophysical Union, the American Scientific Affiliation, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and an honorary fellow of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society.

In 2023 Katharine Hayhoe was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

The book resulted in word-of-mouth referrals across various Christian communities, who began to invite Katharine Hayhoe to speak at Christian colleges, churches, and other conservative groups.

Notably, when Katharine Hayhoe first met her husband and co-author, he was skeptical of global warming, but shifted his views.

Katharine Hayhoe has recognized that those debates with her husband sharpened her skills as a communicator engaging audiences skeptical of climate science.

Katharine Hayhoe delivers lectures that are rooted in scripture and focus on the benefits of collective action to mitigate the effects of climate change.

Katharine Hayhoe was featured in the first episode of the series, meeting with actor Don Cheadle to discuss why she believed her Christian faith and her belief in the need to act on climate were not at odds, as well as the fourth episode.

Katharine Hayhoe hosted and produced a digital series with PBS called Global Weirding: Climate, Politics, and Religion, which launched September 2016 and ran through March 2019.

Katharine Hayhoe wrote a chapter of a book by Newt Gingrich about climate change in 2009, and, in 2011, was told by Gingrich's co-author, Terry Maple, that it had been accepted.