Announcement
CECE Secures Additional Funding to Expand ‘Climate in Our Nation’s Service’ [...]
CECE is delighted to announce it has received additional funding from the AmeriCorps Seniors (ACS) program to expand its work on the ‘Climate in Our Nation’s Service’ research project, which is currently underway as part of the three-year collaborative agreement with AmeriCorps. The additional $1.04 million in funding over two years will help the project […]
CECE Announces William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Grant
CECE is excited to report a generous grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. The grant will support expanded work on the ‘Climate in Our Nation’s Service’ research project. The funds will expand the CECE team’s capacity to pilot a new climate-focused curriculum and build meaningful indicators to quantify the climate-related work being undertaken […]
Call for Proposals CECE Faculty Research Incubator Program
The Center for Environment, Community, & Equity is delighted to announce a Call for Submissions to our 2024-2025 Faculty Research Incubator Program. We are inviting interdisciplinary teams of scholars to submit short proposals for projects to be developed during the academic year (MAXIMUM: 2 pages including references). By the end of the summer, teams are […]
AU Welcomes Nicole Darnall, The Arlene R. and Robert P. Kogod Eminent Scholar Chair in [...]
Nicole Darnall is a distinguished scholar in sustainability who was recently appointed as the Arlene R. and Robert P. Kogod Eminent Scholar Chair in Sustainability at American University. Previously, she served as a Foundation Professor and Associate Dean at Arizona State University’s School of Sustainability. Darnall was also the director of ASU’s Sustainable Purchasing Research […]
Meet CECE’s Environmental Justice Postdoctoral Fellow Julie A. Gonzalez
This spring CECE welcomed our Environmental Justice Postdoctoral Fellow Julie A. Gonzalez. Julie’s position is funded by a grant from the American Institutes for Research Equity Initiative. We are grateful to have Julie join our team and look forward to seeing her great work at CECE. We sat down with Julie this summer to get to know […]
CECE Annual Report 2023-2024
CECE has released its inaugural annual report. The report reflects on the 2023-2024 academic year and sets a vision for the years to come. Please read the full report here:
Meet CECE’s Postdoctoral Fellow Abeer Al-Eryani
This spring CECE welcomed our Postdoctoral Fellow Abeer Al-Eryani. We are grateful to have Abeer join our team and look forward to seeing her great work at CECE. We sat down with Abeer this summer to get to know her a bit better: Where were you before you arrived at AU? I came to […]
CECE Announce AIR Funded Post-Doctoral Fellowship
We are excited to announce that CECE has been awarded funding from the American Institute for Research (AIR) to support a Post-Doctoral Fellow for 18 months. The fellow will leverage the existing expertise within CECE’s four focus areas—Climate and Sustainability; Environment, Equity, and Justice; Food, Agriculture, and Land; and Water, Oceans, and Fisheries—to help broaden our educational […]
Book: Development in Africa’s Informal Settlements: Below the Proletariat
Dr. Angela Pashaya, professor at American University’s School of International Service, launched her new book on February 1st. With over 60% of Africans living in slums, her new book Development in Africa’s Informal Settlements: Below the Proletariat includes ethnography, quantitative and quantitative research centered on the effectiveness of international development programs in African informal settlements […]
Environmentally Focused Food Brand Eat The Change Partners with CECE for Events
Eat The Change believes in breaking down barriers and pushing boundaries, not just in their food and beverage choices but in their beliefs and actions. Eat the Change® is a Bethesda, MD based company created by activist entrepreneur and creator of Honest Tea, Seth Goldman and celebrity chef, Spike Mendelsohn. Their mission is inspired by […]
CECE Announces Inaugural Faculty Research Incubator Grants
This fall, the Center for Environment, Community, and Equity commenced the CECE Faculty Research Incubator Program: a new funding program designed to launch exciting, interdisciplinary work on the environment conducted by faculty teams from programs across campus. By the end of the academic year, teams are expected to have built out their projects, piloted the […]
The Climate Story Gaps Project: Locating Untold Climate Intersections in Washington, D.C.
The first project of the inaugural Faculty Research Incubator Program is entitled “The Climate Story Gaps Project: Locating Untold Climate Intersections in Washington, D.C.”. The research team is made up of professors from both the School of Communication and the School of International Service. Dr. Rosalind Donald (School of Communication), Dr. Malini Ranganathan (SIS), Dr. […]