Molly is a Ph.D. student in the Earth and Planetary Science department at Johns Hopkins University. She collaborates with the SPIEE lab as well as with Dr. Darryn Waugh on research initiatives through the  Baltimore Social-Environmental Collaborative. Molly’s research areas include science communication, climate science, science education, and community engagement. She currently works as an assistant teaching professor of communication at Loyola University Maryland where she teaches communication courses as well as a meteorology course. Prior to her faculty position, Molly served as the assistant director of communication where she handled media relations for the university. Molly followed her dreams to become an on-air meteorologist by attending the Pennsylvania State University where she earned a B.A. in broadcast journalism. While starting her career at AccuWeather in State College, Molly earned her M.S. in Applied Meteorology from Mississippi State University. She went on to work as a meteorologist/reporter at WJLA in Washington, D.C. and currently freelances at WJZ in Baltimore. In addition, she writes a weekly weather discussion for The Washington Post’s Capital Weather Gang.

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