Chris Jayko

W. Chris Jayko

Assistant Director, Center for Environment, Community, & Equity

Chris is an Assistant Director at the Center for Environment, Community, & Equity at American University where he works on climate, energy, and disaster related projects focusing on policy analysis and evaluation of workforce development programs. He is a survey and data expert who has analyzed policy networks around climate decisions-making in the US, as well as coordinating research and analysis for the Workforce Development and the 4R’s Project at American University. His published work has appeared in peer-reviewed journals in such as Environmental Research Letters and PLOS One.

Current Projects

• Climate Constituencies Project

• Climate in Our Nation’s Service

W. Chris Jayko's Posts

Climate & Sustainability

CECE at Climate Week NYC 2026  

Climate & Sustainability

CECE Releases New Report on Climate Communication at Climate Week NYC

Environmental Equity, Conflict, & Justice

Assessing Patterns of Changing Media Diets in the US

Climate & Sustainability, Disaster & Resilience

[Report] Visualizing the Loss of the American Climate Corps

Climate & Sustainability, Environmental Equity, Conflict, & Justice

[Article] What’s radical? Comparing how climate activists and the general public perceive social [...]

Climate & Sustainability, Disaster & Resilience

CECE Whitepaper No. 3: Workforce Development and the 4Rs in California and Vermont

Climate & Sustainability, Disaster & Resilience

CECE Whitepaper No. 2: Mobilizing Young People to Help Communities Recover from Disaster–A [...]

Climate & Sustainability, Disaster & Resilience

CECE Research Team Kicks-off Climate Corps Pilot with Visits to Vermont and California 

Climate & Sustainability, Disaster & Resilience

CECE Secures Additional Funding to Expand ‘Climate in Our Nation’s Service’ [...]

Climate & Sustainability

Article: Same Old Story with a Different Ending: Homophily and preferential selection of [...]

Climate & Sustainability, Disaster & Resilience

Developing Research Strategies to Assess the Expanding Work on Climate Adaptation, Resilience, and [...]

Climate & Sustainability, Environmental Equity, Conflict, & Justice

Addressing Climate Change Through Our Nation’s Service Corps