Research and Scholarship

Published Research by the Climate Institute

Building a Smoke-Resilient Spokane: Guidance from Community Conversations
2025, Building a Smoke-Resilient Spokane: Guidance from Community Conversations, Anna Reed, Hannah McKinley, Dante Jester, Brian G. Henning, and Tania Busch Isaksen
 


Heat, Smoke, and Resilience in East Central Spokane: Community Insights into Climate Adaptation
2025, Heat, Smoke, and Resilience in East Central Spokane: Community Insights on Climate Adaptation, Sarah Bliss Matousek, Amanda Gray, Dante Jester, and Brian G. Henning
 


2024, "Building Community Resilience to Extreme Heat: Lessons Learned from Spokane, WA Community Conversations," Anna Reed, Brian G. Henning, Marina Cortes Espinosa, Hannah McKinley, and Tania Busch Isaksen
 


Picture of thermometer and traffic
2024, "Beat the Heat: Community Perspectives Around Extreme Heat in Spokane, WA, Post-2021 Northwest Heat Dome," Jason J. Lau, Brian G. Henning, Kate Tokareva, Kaitlan Ducken, Faisal S. Malik, and Tania Busch Isaksen
 


In The Hot Seat Report
2023, "In the Hot Seat: Saving Lives from Extreme Heat in Washington State," J. Vogel, J. Hess, Z. Kearl, K. Naismith, K. Bumbaco, Brian G. Henning, R. Cunningham, and N. Bond
 


Spokane Beat the Heat: Correlations of Urban heat with Race and Income
2023, "Spokane Beat the Heat: Correlations of Urban Heat with Race and Income in Spokane, Washington," Brian G. Henning, Kaitlan Ducken, Karli Honebein, Corrina Farho, and Ben Brown
 


2022 Summary Report Spokane Heat Watch
2022 "Heat Watch Spokane," Gonzaga University Climate Institute, CAPA Strategies, and National Integrated Heat Health Information System(pdf)
 
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