Meet the Team

Dr. Sarah Kelly is the co-founder of the Energy Justice Clinic. She is an applied social scientist, with a Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Arizona. Sarah specializes in community-based participatory research methodologies on energy and water. For the last eight years she has conducted research with ancestral leaders and Mapuche-Williche communities in southern Chile on energy conflicts and intercultural water studies. Her work has been published in Geforum, Energy Policy, Energy Research and Social Science, and Environment and Planning E among other journals. At Dartmouth she teaches Energy Justice.

Professor Maron Greenleaf is an anthropologist, political ecologist, and legal scholar. She is co-founder of the Energy Justice Clinic and currently serves as the Faculty Advisory. She studies the politics of climate change, forests, energy, and green economies in Brazil and elsewhere. Maron holds a PhD in Anthropology from Stanford University, a JD from New York University, and a BA in Political Science from Yale University. She is an Assistant Professor in Dartmouth College’s Department of Anthropology.

Ali Bauer is a '25 from outside of Philadelphia, PA majoring in Environmental Studies and Geography. Ali took Dr. Geenleaf and Dr. Kelly's 'Environmental Justice' and 'Energy Justice' courses as her introduction to the clinic. Ali is now a research assistant, specifically interested in minimizing barriers causing disproportionate access to energy services through making energy more affordable and accessible. Ali seeks to support individuals and communities emotionally as well as physically in addressing their energy needs!

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Nadine Lorini Formiga is a '25 from Porto Alegre, Brazil. Currently studying Geography, Environmental Studies, and Latin American & Latinx Studies, Nadine's educational journey is fueled by her commitment to promoting just energy transitions, particularly for marginalized Indigenous communities in Latin America. Embracing a multidisciplinary approach, she embarked on her path by joining the Clinic in December 2021, and later by receiving the Presidential and Stamps Scholarships. Her research delves into the establishment of energy landscapes, where she navigates the interconnected legacies of extractivist colonialism and contemporary trends in large-scale energy developments

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Sydney Wuu is a ‘24 from Pasadena, California who is studying Economics and Environmental Studies with a minor in Public Policy. She is interested in environmental law and clean energy on a global scale having grown up around the world in cities like Manila, Gibraltar, Pasadena, and Claremont. Sydney joined the Clinic because energy is something we often take for granted, especially here in the United States, and she would like to make a difference in the inequitable distribution of these resources.

Solange Acosta-Rodríguez is a ’24 from Miami, Florida studying Geography, Environmental Studies, and Latin American & Latinx Studies. She is passionate about the environmental justice aspects of water conflicts, as well as community-based research methods. Solange joined the Clinic because of the urgent need to include oppressed and underrepresented groups in the transition to green energy, and she would like to investigate how that can happen both at home and abroad.

Reed Cole is a member of the Class of 2024 from Marblehead, MA majoring in Environmental Studies and minoring in Anthropology. Besides the Energy Justice Clinic, on campus she is on the Varsity Women’s Lacrosse Team, Women in Business, Dartmouth Sustainability Office, and Backcountry Ski Club. Through my studies at the Clinic, she has gained a great interest in the intersection between the environment and social governance, which has led her to explore energy structures and their adaptability to become more sustainable and equitable.

Adriana Fajardo is a MALS student of Globalization Studies at the Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies at Dartmouth College. Adriana joined the Clinic for the opportunity to explore the intersections between green energy politics and indigenous territorial claims in Latin America. Adriana holds a MA in Development Studies from the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom and a BA in Economics from Universidad de Los Andes in Colombia.

Arne Grette is a '25 from Issaquah, WA who studies environmental and international economics. He is excited to work with the clinic on the Chile case helping translate case documents from Norway and analyze the complex dynamics of large international actors in the energy sector. He has previously traveled with the Irving Institute on its Energy Immersion Trip to the Gulf Coast to learn about America's energy infrastructure and energy justice issues, and the trip sparked his interest in joining the clinic.

Gideon Gruel is a ‘26 who grew up around DC. He is studying Philosophy, Classical Languages & Literature, and Political Theory at Dartmouth. He is interested in the many philosophical and legal questions that the Energy Justice Clinic treats through its scholarship, especially international and foreign laws and how such laws are positioned towards Indigenous communities.

Isabel Squier is a ’25 from Seattle, WA. She is majoring in Environmental Studies and Geography with a minor in Spanish. Isabel joined the clinic in the Spring of 2023 after taking Dr. Kelly’s course on Energy Justice. As part of the clinic, she has focused on researching the Chilean aquaculture industry in support of Dr. Kelly’s research in Chile. Isabel is interested in natural resource management and regulation and how legal and political frameworks play into energy inequities.

Adamari Benavidez is a ‘25 from Los Angeles, California, studying Anthropology and Geography, interested in applied legal anthropology and environmental law. She came into the clinic after taking Dr. Kelly’s Energy Justice course and has focused on supporting the Chile case. She is enthusiastic about continuing to establish connections and learning from transnational collaborative research.

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