RECENT Books

Fisher, Dana R., Erika S. Svendsen, & James Connolly.  2015. Urban Environmental                    Stewardship and Civic Engagement: How planting trees strengthens the role of                democracy. New York, NY:  Routledge.

Recent Articles

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.

Dexter H. Locke, Kristen L. King, Erika S. Svendsen, Lindsay K. Campbell, Christopher 
          Small, Nancy F. Sonti,  Dana R. Fisher & Jacqueline W. T. Lu. 2014.  "Urban   
          environmental stewardship and changes in vegetative cover and building footprint
          in New York City neighborhoods (2000–2010)" Journal of Environmental Studies and           Sciences, 1-13.

Fisher Dana R., 2013, "Understanding the relationship between subnational and national 
          climate change politics in the United States:  toward a theory of boomerang 
          federalism"  Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 31(5) 769–784 

Fisher, Dana, Philip Leifeld, & Yoko Iwaki, 2013.  "Mapping the ideological networks of 
          American climate politics" Climate Change. 116 (3-4): 523-545

Connolly, James J., Erika S. Svendsen, Dana Fisher and Lindsay Campbell. 
          2013. "Organizing urban ecosystem services through environmental stewardship
          governance in New York City"  Landscaping and Urban Planning. 109 (1): 76-84

Fisher, Dana R., Joseph Waggle and Philip Leifeld. 2012. "Where Does Political   
          Polarization Come From? Locating Polarization Within the U.S. Climate Change
          Debate"  American Behavioral Scientist. 57(1) 70–92

 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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