Hi! My name is Michelle Ng and I’m a PhD candidate in Communication at Stanford University.

My research examines how people engage with dynamic risk communication to protect their well-being during extreme weather events, from hurricanes to heat waves. With the goal of supporting residents of climate frontline communities, I leverage intensive longitudinal methods (e.g., experience sampling, mobile sensing) and community partnerships to examine dynamics among individuals’ media use, psychological states, protective behaviors, and well-being over time.

Before coming to Stanford, I spent three years working for the International Water Management Institute, based in Sri Lanka. While conducting fieldwork in Ghana, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, and South Africa, I collaborated with smallholder farmers and fisherpeople – as well as partners from government ministries, UN agencies, and local NGOs – to promote more inclusive water governance. I received my MS in Environment and Resources from Stanford University and BA in Visual and Environmental Studies and Computer Science from Harvard University.

For more info, please see my CV here. Say hello at michelleng@stanford.edu.