Dr. Roberta M. Hotinski is a geoscientist turned science communicator and manager who worked as a fellow at U.S. News & World Report and the National Science Foundation before coming to Princeton University in 2003. Before joining SOCCOM, Dr. Hotinski was the Information Officer and later science communication consultant for Princeton's Carbon Mitigation Initiative, where she helped to develop the "stabilization wedge" game with Drs. Robert Socolow and Stephen Pacala and presented the wedge concept and game to audiences around the world. Dr. Hotinski earned her B.A. degree in Environmental Geology at Southern Methodist University and her Ph.D. degree in Geosciences at Pennsylvania State University.