Earth Day 2021, climate activism and #blacklivesmatter must not be seen in isolation, insights with Dana R. Fisher

Interesting and timely conversation for Earth Day 2021 with Professor Dana Fisher.

Earth Day 2021, climate activism and #blacklivesmatter, insights with Dana R. Fisher

Dana R. Fisher is a Professor of Sociology and the Director of the Program for Society and the Environment at the University of Maryland. Her research focuses on questions related to democracy, activism, and environmentalism — most recently studying climate activism, protests, and the American Resistance. Her research employs a mixed-methods approach that integrates data collected through open-ended semi-structured interviews and participant observation with various forms of survey data.

Fisher’s work has been published in over 65 peer-reviewed articles and chapters. She is the author of: National Governance and the Global Climate Change Regime (Rowman and Littlefield Press 2004), Activism, Inc. (Stanford University Press 2006), the Practice of Research (with Shamus Khan, Oxford University Press 2013), Urban Environmental Stewardship and Civic Engagement (with Erika S. Svendsen and James Connolly, Routledge Press 2015) and American Resistance (Columbia University Press 2019). She is also a contributing author, Working Group 3, IPCC for its 6th Assessment Report

(For details on this book and links to reviews, go here).  She is the editor, along with Stewart Lockie and David Sonnenfeld, of the Routledege International Handbook of Social and Environmental Change (2013). Fisher also serves as a Series Editor for the Series on Society and the Environment at Columbia University Press along with Lori Peek and Evan Schofer.

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Website: www.drfisher.umd.edu

Blog/American Resistance book site: http://americanresistancebook.com

Twitter: !Fisher_DanaR

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Dana R. Fisher is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland.  Her research explores democracy, civic participation, activism and environmental policymaking.  She has written extensively on activism and protest. American Resistance is her sixth book.  She has also published her work in over 60  articles and book chapters and has presented her work to federal agencies, foundations, and other organizations, including the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine. Fisher currently serves as a Contributing Author for Working Group 3 of the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Review writing about civic activism and citizen engagement.

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