Author: CECE
SHORT FILM: Workforce Development & the 4Rs in Washington State
This Spring, our research team at CECE partnered with the Center for Environmental Filmmaking to document and highlight the work the research team does and who they study. In April 2026, two graduate film students joined the research team on their site visit to the Washington Conservation Corps (WCC) in La Conner, WA. This film […]
[Article] Are Cherry Blossoms DC’s Polar Bears? Investigating the Links Between Local Seasonal [...]
Dr. Rosalind Donald (SOC), Dr. Malini Ranganathan (SIS), and Aarushi Sahejpal (KSB) recently published a new study of DC’s local climate reporting asking how journalists cover climate change and to what extent they reflect the realities of those most exposed to its effects. This work was supported in part by their CECE Faculty Research Incubator […]
SHORT FILM: “When Communities Need Us Most: Empowering AmeriCorps Partners to Lead in Times [...]
On May 27th and 28th, CECE hosted AmeriCorps and its partners from across the US for a two-day Learning Opportunity focused on what it means to lead effectively when communities face their greatest challenges. During the event, a team of graduate student filmmakers from the Center for Environmental Filmmaking sat down with program leaders, state commission […]
Apocalyptic Optimist: 1.6 million parents are fighting back!
How does Mom’s Clean Air Force connect with 1.6 million parents and keep them engaged during these challenging political times? In this episode of The Apocalyptic Optimist podcast, Dana R Fisher sits down with Moms Clean Air Force Director and Co-Founder Dominique Browning for a conversation on how caregivers across the country are turning protective love and […]
Second Year of DataCorps Fellowship Concludes with Final Reports
The Workforce Development & the 4Rs project wrapped up its second summer of the DataCorps Fellowship Program. At the beginning of the summer, the DataCorps fellows identified individual topics they would like to research. Each fellow then designed one to two questions on their topics to be included in the project’s service corps member survey. In May and […]
Apocalyptic Optimist: This Meteorologist was Fired for Communicating Climate
When meteorologist Chris Gloninger linked extreme weather to climate change, he didn’t expect death threats—or orders to censor his science. Choosing integrity over the camera, Chris walked away from a 17-year television career. In this episode of The Apocalyptic Optimist, host Dr. Dana Fisher explores Chris’s journey from a silenced newsroom to the front lines […]
DataCorps Fellowship Wraps Up with Trip to Austin
Last week, the CECE research team and DataCorps fellows visited Austin, Texas, where we studied corpsmembers working for the Texas Conservation Corps (TXCC). The TXCC is housed under American YouthWorks (AYW), a nonprofit focused on workforce development, disaster response, and environmental restoration. The TXCC employs young people aged 16-35 to conserve natural landscapes and recreational […]
Event Recap: When Communities Need Us Most: Empowering AmeriCorps and Its Partners to Lead in Times [...]
On May 27th and 28th, CECE hosted AmeriCorps and its partners from across the country for a two-day Learning Opportunity focused on what it means to lead effectively when communities face their greatest challenges. This event brought together various AmeriCorps programs, local emergency management offices, and non-profits for cross-sector knowledge exchange and resource sharing, with […]
Apocalyptic Optimist: The Most Overlooked Climate Solution Isn’t Technological
In the latest episode of The Apocalyptic Optimist Podcast, best-selling climate writer and strategist, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson, joins host Dana R. Fisher to unpack a critical, yet largely ignored, crisis in our advocacy networks: mass burnout and a loss of talent. Listen to the conversation and join us as we navigate the shift from climate […]
DataCorps Fellowship Continues with Visits to Several Sites in Los Angeles
Earlier this June, the DataCorps fellows and Workforce Development & the 4Rs research team visited Los Angeles. The first stop on our Los Angeles trip was the LA Works office, located in the Los Angeles River Center and Gardens, a beautiful green space in an otherwise bustling urban area. While there, our research team conducted […]
[Article] Surveying a Crowd: A Field Experiment Comparing Data Collection Techniques at Protest [...]
In a new peer-reviewed article published in Sociological Methodology, three CECE researchers study the effectiveness of digital techniques to collect survey data in crowds. While protest surveys have traditionally been gathered by interviewing protesters using a paper and clipboard or asking them to self-administer the surveys, these methods are often time-consuming and tedious for both […]
Apocalyptic Optimist: How to Break Through Big Oil’s Disinformation
Outarguing climate deniers with numbers and facts won’t work. Exposing the corporate puppet masters will. In the latest episode of The Apocalyptic Optimist, Harvard historian and legendary myth-buster Naomi Oreskes joins host Dana R. Fisher to discuss how we shatter corporate climate propaganda. The path forward does not live in arguing facts with bad-faith actors. […]