Philip Tschirhart is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Rhetoric (B.A.A. Communication & Political Science, Central Michigan University, 2010; M.A. Communication Studies, Central Michigan University, 2012, Ph.D. Communication Studies, University of Missouri, 2017). His scholarship critically examines global development initiatives and transnational social movements that utilize economic and environmental appeals for solidarity and sustainability. His research uses transnational theory to problematize and expand relations of identity, subjectivity, and agency associated with environmental visions of the future.