I’m planning on writing about the presence of climate change deniers and how that ideology has been developed. I grew up in an area where it was difficult to witness the amount of people who depend on the land for their livelihoods but refuse to acknowledge that policy change and effort is required to protect their way of life. To accomplish this, I plan to meet with Dr. Bardon, who teaches a class on the psychology of denial, and interview various members of the Wake Forest community to explore their personal relationship to the severity of climate change. The reason I want to study politics and journalism is that I am very interested in what motivates people to vote the way they do, and I believe exploring this topic will provide both personal and collective insight with regards to that question.