Tony Reames

Tony Reames is the Tishman Professor of Environmental Justice and an Associate Professor of Environment and Sustainability. He was recently a presidential appointee in the Biden-Harris Administration serving as Deputy Director for Energy Justice and later Principal Deputy Director for State and Community Energy Programs at the U.S. Department of Energy. He established the first-ever Office of Energy Justice Policy and Analysis in the Office of Energy Justice and Equity. Reames’ research investigates the fair and equitable access to affordable, reliable, clean energy, and explores the production and persistence of energy disparities across race, class, and place. He founded the Urban Energy Justice Lab and the Energy Equity Project. He is the Director of the U-M Sustainability Clinic in Detroit, Michigan.