Dr. Luis E. Hestres holds a PhD in communication from American University in Washington, DC. He currently works as the digital strategist for the Nuclear Information and Resource Service, an anti-nuclear organization in the Washington, DC area. Before this, he worked for 5 years as an assistant professor of digital communication at the University of Texas at San Antonio. His work has been published in journals such as New Media & Society, International Journal of Communication, Environmental Communication, Environmental Politics, and Social Media + Society, and has been presented at international conferences such as the International Communication Association’s annual gathering.