
Environmental Equity and Justice
Recognizing the ways that less-privileged communities, frontline communities and communities-of-color have been disproportionately harmed by environmental pollution and granted limited access to environmental goods and services, our projects direct attention to the need for more equitable and just solutions.
The People’s March 2025: Surveying Protesters in Resistance 2.0
CECE Director and SIS Professor, Dr. Dana R. Fisher, along with a research team of 8 AU-affiliated researchers and students, attended the People’s March in Washington, DC on 1/18/2025 to survey participants. The March was organized as a legally permitted peaceful demonstration on the Saturday before the inauguration of Donald Trump. Data were collected as […][Recap] Steven Donziger: From Climate Lawyer to Corporate Political Prisoner
On Wednesday, November 20th CECE and WCL’s Program on Environmental and Energy Law hosted Steven Donziger for a conversation of his life as a human rights lawyer turned corporate political prisoner. The conversation between Steven Donziger and CECE Director, Dr. Dana R. Fisher, began with a short intro video describing his legal battles with Chevron. […]CECE Postdoc, Julie González, Speaks with Telemundo on Extreme Weather Events in the Northeast US
Dr. Julie A. González, Environmental Justice Postdoctoral Fellow at CECE, spoke to Telemundo about the wildfires and droughts impacting New Jersey and New York, their connection to climate change, and the risks these events pose to communities as we face a very dry winter ahead. Click here to watch the full segmentEnvironmental Equity, Latino Communities, and Election 2024 Recap
With Hurricane Milton impacting Florida, closely following Hurricane Helene, it’s clear that extreme weather events devastate entire regions, affecting all residents. However, Latino communities are often disproportionately impacted due to pre-existing environmental vulnerabilities and economic inequalities. These realities underscore the immediate need for environmental justice solutions that prioritize those most at risk. On October 8, […][Research Paper] Making them pay: Comparing how environmental facts matter in two accountability [...]
How do polluters come to pay? In many popular depictions–think the George Clooney film Michael Clayton–the story ends when whistleblowers bring the facts of a powerful entity’s wrongdoing into the public sphere. Exposure and censure, presumably, follow. But even when facts come to light, they do not automatically count. Think of the many revelations about fossil […]With DCist’s closure, the district lost its most prolific source of climate news
When my colleague Aarushi Sahejpal and I began an analysis of local climate coverage in DC last year, it became clear that one outlet was producing way more stories about climate change than any other. WAMU/DCist, a popular local news site, produced 28 out of the 69 articles we analyzed. So when DCist’s owner, local […]Article: Shock and Awe
American University Magazine’s June Issue features a story, written by Sarah C.P. Williams, on CECE Director Dr. Dana R. Fisher’s work around Climate Activism. Full Story here.CECE Holds Training for International Environmental Leaders
On May 29th, 2024, CECE provided a one-day training for environmental professionals from Eastern Europe as part of the Independent Environmental Fellowship Program (IEFP). IEFP is a U.S. government-funded exchange program for environmental professionals from Eastern Europe. Participants in the program represented environmental NGOs working on a range of issues, including recycling, conservation, and environmental education. CECE […]Article: Agroecology beyond the statist quo? Transforming U.S. imperial agricultural policy
In her new paper “Agroecology beyond the statist quo? Transforming U.S. imperial agricultural policy” School of International Service Provost Associate Professor Dr. Garrett Graddy-Lovelace and co-author Antonio Roman-Alcalá discuss agroecology in the US and the possibility of the USDA incorporating more agroecology-based methods into current practices. You can read the full article here.CHCI Issue Summit 2024 – Latinos en La Lucha: Climate Challenges and Green [...]
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) hosted a dynamic two-day Issue Summit on May 7-8, 2024, focusing on critical issues impacting the nation and the Latino community. Held at the Capital Turnaround, the summit provided a platform for high-level discussions on health, technology, workforce, economic empowerment, and leadership, with a special emphasis on the Latino […]Report: Agenda for a Progressive Political Economy of Carbon Removal
The Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal released their most recent report- “Agenda for a Progressive Political Economy of Carbon Removal.” In this report, they “look to the possible versions of a future with carbon removal, imagining its best forms, its worst forms, and its most likely forms.” You can read all of the Institute’s findings […]2024 Nancy Weiser Ignatius Lecture on the Environment Recap
On April 23rd, American University and SIS hosted Peggy Shepard as the speaker for the 2024 Nancy Weiser Ignatius Lecture on the Environment. Co-founder and Executive Director of WEACT (West Harlem Environmental Action), Peggy Shepard gave a historical overview of the founding of the organization and her ongoing involvement in local and national environmental justice […]
Environmental Equity and Justice Experts

Abeer Y Al-Eryani
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Environment, Community, & Equity

Robert Albro
Research Associate Professor, Center for Latin American and Latino Studies

Michael Alonzo
Assistant Professor, Environmental Science

Valentina Aquila
Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Science

David Bartlett
Senior Professorial Lecturer, Department of Management

Kristine Beran
Professorial Lecturer, Department of Environmental Science

Robin Broad
Research Professor, Department of Environment, Development, and Health

Jenn Brown
Program Manager, Institute for Carbon Removal Law and Policy

Lauren Carruth
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Environment, Development & Health

Ernesto Castañeda
Director, Center for Latin American and Latino Studies

C. Anne Claus
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology

Ken Conca
Professor, Department of Environment, Development, and Health

Nicole Darnall
Arlene R. and Robert P. Kogod Eminent Scholar Chair in Sustainability

Rosalind Donald
Assistant Professor, Public Communication

Todd Eisenstadt
Research Director, Center for Environmental Policy

Larry Engel
Associate Director Center for Environmental Filmmaking

Dana R. Fisher
Director, Center for Environment, Community, & Equity

Scott Freeman
Senior Lecturer, Department of Environment, Development, and Health

Julie A. Gonzalez
Environmental Justice Postdoctoral Fellow, CECE

Garrett Graddy-Lovelace
Provost Associate Professor, Department of Environment, Development, and Health

Edward Guetti
Professorial Lecturer, Department of Philosophy and Religion

David Hunter
Professor of Law, WCL Program on Environmental and Energy Law

Sarah Iverson
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology

Kyra Jones
Operations Manager

Victoria Kiechel
Senior Professorial Lecturer, Department of Environment, Development, and Health

Chelsea Koch
Assistant Professor, Arctic Ecogeochemistry Lab/Department of Environmental Science Assistant Professor, Arctic Ecogeochemistry Lab/Department of Environmental Science

Maya Livio
Assistant Professor, Climate, Environmental Justice, Media and Communication

Marquise McGraw
Professorial Lecturer, Department of Public Administration and Policy

Magnolia Mead
CECE Fellow & Research Assistant

Simon Nicholson
Co-Director of the Institute for Carbon Removal Law and Policy

Jennifer Oetzel
Research Professor, Department of Management

Marcos A. Orellana
Director, Global Toxics and Human Rights Project

Angela Pashayan
Professorial Lecturer, Department of Environment, Development, and Health

Claudia Persico
Associate Professor, Public Administration and Policy

Natalia Piland
CECE Collaborating Researcher, Interdisciplinary Scientist

Malini Ranganathan
Associate Professor, Department of Environment, Development, and Health

Jesse Ribot
Professor, Department of Environment, Development, and Health

Ezra Rosser
Professor of Law, WCL Program on Environmental and Energy Law

Thurka Sangaramoorthy
Professor, Department of Anthropology

William John Snape, III
Professor and Director, WCL Program on Environmental and Energy Law

Maggie B. Stogner
Executive Director, Center For Environmental Filmmaking

David J. Vázquez
Associate Professor, Critical Race, Gender, and Culture Studies

Paul Yoo
Assistant Professor, Finance