Leah Stokes

Leah Stokes
Stokes testifying before the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee in 2021
EducationUniversity of Toronto (BS)
Columbia University (MPA)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsEnergy, climate and environmental politics
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
ThesisPower Politics: Renewable Energy Policy Change in US States (2015)
Doctoral advisorLawrence Susskind

Leah Cardamore Stokes is a Canadian-American political scientist specializing in environmental policy.[1][2] She is the Anton Vonk Associate Professor of Environmental Politics at the University of California, Santa Barbara.[3][4] In addition, Stokes is a senior policy consultant at Evergreen Action and Rewiring America.[5][6] She also hosts the climate change podcast A Matter of Degrees. Her research focuses on political behavior, public opinion, and the politics of energy and environmental policy in the United States.

  1. ^ @leahstokes (January 9, 2020). "I'm Canadian. Thanks" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ @leahstokes (December 17, 2021). "A very happy day for me! After more than a decade living in this country, I'm now an American citizen. Feeling very…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ "Leah Stokes". UCSB Bren School of Environmental Science & Management. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
  4. ^ Stokes, Leah. "About". Leah Stokes.
  5. ^ "Who We Are". Evergreen Action.
  6. ^ "About Us". Rewiring America.