Dana R. Fisher ’93

Professor of Sociology and Director, Program for Society and the Environment, University of Maryland-College Park.

Fisher is a professor of sociology and director of the Program for Society and the Environment at the University of Maryland. Her research focuses on the relationship between environmentalism and democracy and, most recently, on activism and American climate politics. She has published six books and numerous peer-reviewed articles. She graduated from Princeton with a bachelor’s degree in East Asian studies and a certificate in environmental studies.