--- title: Dana R. Fisher | TIME description: Dana R. Fisher is the director of the Center for Environment, Community, and Equity and a professor in the School of International Service at American University. She is the author of a number of books, most recently Saving Ourselves: From Climate Shocks to Climate Action. canonical: https://time.com/author/dana-r-fisher/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/dana-r-fisher/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Dana Fisher ## Dana Fisher Dana R. Fisher is the director of the Center for Environment, Community, and Equity and a professor in the School of International Service at American University. She is the author of a number of books, most recently [_Saving Ourselves: From Climate Shocks to Climate Action_](https://cup.columbia.edu/book/saving-ourselves/9780231557870). ## Dana Fisher *  Jan 24, 2024 ### [The Case for Climate Apocalyptic Optimism](https://time.com/6565499/apocalyptic-optimism-climate-change/) If we embrace the reality that things will get worse before they get better, we will be equipped to ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 24, 2022 ### [How the Universal Language of Music Can Help Us Solve Our Planetary Problem](https://time.com/6190551/climate-change-concerts-activism/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 12, 2019 ### [Protests in the Trump Era Have Been Mostly Peaceful. Here's How the 2020 Election Could Change That](https://time.com/5748971/trump-resistance-protests/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/dana-r-fisher/","name":"Dana Fisher"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/dana-r-fisher/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/dana-r-fisher/"},"name":"Dana Fisher","jobTitle":null,"description":"Dana R. Fisher is the director of the Center for Environment, Community, and Equity and a professor in the School of International Service at American University. She is the author of a number of books, most recently Saving Ourselves: From Climate Shocks to Climate Action.","url":"https://time.com/author/dana-r-fisher/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```