Recent Articles

Jasny, Lorien and Dana R. Fisher.  2022. “How Networks of Social Movement Issues Motivate Climate Resistance.”  Social Networks.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socnet.2022.02.002

Aasen, Marianne, John Thøgersen, Arild Vatn, Riley Dunlap, Dana R. Fisher, Ottar Hellevik, and Paul Stern. 2022. “The Limited Influence of Climate Norms on Leisure Air Travel.” Journal of Sustainable Tourism (August 9, 2022): 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2022.2097687.

Fisher, Dana R. 2022.  “AnthroShift in a Warming World.” Climate Action. 1:9.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s44168-022-00011-8 

Arild Vatn, Marianne Aasen, Thøgersen, John, Riley E. Dunlap, Dana R. Fisher, Ottar Hellevik, and Paul Stern.  2022. “What role do climate considerations play in consumption of red meat in Norway?” Global Environmental Change.  73 (102490)

Nasrin, Sohana and Dana R. Fisher.  2021. “Understanding Collective Identity in Virtual Spaces: A Study of the Youth Climate Movement.”  American Behavioral Scientist. November. https://doi.org/10.1177/00027642211056257

Thøgersen, John, Arild Vatn, Marianne Aasen, Riley E. Dunlap, Dana R. Fisher, Ottar Hellevik, and Paul Stern.  2021. “Why do People Continue Driving Conventional Cars Despite Climate Change? Social-Psychological and Institutional Insights from a Survey of Norwegian Commuters” Energy Research & Social Science. Vol. 79, September. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2021.102168

Fisher, Dana R. and Sohana Nasrin. 2021.  “Strategic Coalition Building within the Youth Climate Movement in the US.”  Politics & Governance. Volume 9, Issue 2. https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v9i2.3801 
 
Fisher, Dana R. and Sohana Nasrin.  2020. “Climate Activism as Civic Engagement.”  WIREs Climate Change. 2020;e683. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.683  

Fisher, Dana R. and Andrew Jorgenson. 2019. “Ending the Stalemate:  Toward a Theory of Anthro-Shift.”  Sociological Theory. Vol. 37(4) 342–362 https://doi.org/10.1177/0735275119888247

Jasny, Lorien and Dana R. Fisher. 2019. “Echo Chambers in Climate Science.” Environmental Research Communication. https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7620/ab491c

Fisher, Dana R and Philip Leifeld. 2019.  “The Polycentricity of Climate Policy Blockage.”  Climatic Change. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-019-02481-y
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Fisher, Dana R. 2019. “Commentary: The broader importance of #FridaysForFuture.” Nature Climate Change. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-019-0484-y   

Jasny, Lorien, Amanda M. Dewey, Anya Galli Robertson, William Yagatich, Ann H. Dubin, Joseph McCartney Waggle, and Dana R. Fisher. (2018).  Shifting Echo Chambers in US Climate Policy Networks. PLOS ONE.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203463

​Fisher-Maltese, Carley, Dana R. Fisher, and Rashawn Ray.  2018. “Can learning in informal settings mitigate disadvantage and promote urban sustainability? A study of school gardens in Washington, DC.”  International Review of Education. June, Volume 64, Issue 3: 295-312 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11159-017-9663-0

Yagatich, William, Anya M. Galli Robertson, and Dana R. Fisher. (2018). How local   environmental stewardship diversifies democracy. Local Environment, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2018.1428187

Ray, Rashawn, Dana R. Fisher, and Carley Fisher-Maltese. 2016. "School Gardens in the    
City: Does Environmental Equity Help Close the Achievement Gap?" Du Bois    
            Review, 13(2), 379-395.

Close, Sarah L., Dana R. Fisher, William Yagatich, Anya Galli. 2016. "Evaluating the
environmental effectiveness of grassroots environmental stewardship             organizations in Maryland, USA." Watershed Science Bulletin, May 2016, 1-8. 

Galli, Anya M. and Dana R. Fisher. 2016. "Hybrid Arrangements as a Form of Ecological    
             Modernization: The Case of the US Energy Efficiency Conservation Block        
             Grants." Sustainability, 8 (1), 88.  

Jasny, Lorien, Joseph Waggle, and Dana R. Fisher.  2015. “An empirical examination of echo    
             chambers in US climate policy networks.”  Nature Climate Change.          
             doi:10.1038/nclimate2666.

 PSE White Papers

"Under the Green Umbrella: A Census of Civic Environmental Stewardship Organizations in the City of Philadelphia." Dana R. Fisher, Erika S. Svendsen, Joseph Waggle, Anya M. Galli, and Sarah C. Low. 

WSA Whitepapers: #1 "Who Engages in Environmental Stewardship? Participation in the Maryland Watershed Stewards Academies," #2 "Who Engages in Environmental Stewardship? Volunteer Participation in the Maryland Watershed Stewards Academies," and #3 "'A Voice for the River, a Voice for the Stream:' Organizational Perspectives on Environmental Stewardship and the Maryland Watershed Stewards Academies." Dana R. Fisher, William Yagatich, and Anya M. Galli

"Digging Together: Why people volunteer to help plant one million trees in New York City," Dana R. Fisher, James J. Connolly, Erika S. Svendsen, and Lindsay K. Campbell

"Mapping the Ideological Networks of American Climate Politics,"
Dana R. Fisher, Philip Leifeld, and Yoko Iwaki

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