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Teniel Rhiney is a Ph.D. student in anthropology and an ELEVATE Fellow at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.Her research investigates social equity in the transition to renewable energy in marginalized communities. She is particularly interested in how residents of environmental justice communities experience and understand the energy transition. Another area of her research focuses on the work of climate justice organizations and how they are advocating to advance the transition to renewable energy.