Gisele Souza Neuls
Bio
Gisele Neuls is a Ph.D. student and teaching assistant in the Journalism department. She has been an instructor of record of environmental reporting and environmental advocacy since the Summer of 2023. Before that, she was a research assistant in the NSF-funded project "GCR: Convergence for Innovative Energy Solutions - empowering off-grid communities with sustainable energy technologies". Her professional and scholarly work is focused on environmental communication, indigenous media, and participatory methods.
Before joining Michigan State, she completed her master's in Communication and Information at the Rio Grande do Sul Federal University in Brazil. She has 20 years of experience as an environmental journalist and communications expert, closely following issues such as climate change and sustainable development for rural and forest communities.
Publications:
- Mourão, R. R., Neuls, G. S., & Ninni, K. (2022). Hydropower in the News: How Journalists Do (not) Cover the Environmental and Socioeconomic Costs of Dams in Brazil. Environmental Communication, 16:6, 822-835. https://doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2022.2115095
- Girardi, I., Moraes, C. H. de, Loose, E. B., Neuls, G., Massierer, C., Camana, Â., & Gertz, L. (2016). O olhar do jornalismo sobre a Economia Verde: Estudo a partir da cobertura da Rio+20 pelos portais G1, UOL e Terra. LÍBERO, 0(32), 71–80.
- Girardi, I. M. T., Massierer, C., Moraes, C. H. de, Loose, E. B., Neuls, G., Schwaab, R., Camana, Â., & Gertz, L. (2013). Discursos e vozes na cobertura jornalística das COP15 e 16. Em Questão, 19(2), 176–194.
