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 isa 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

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