Roopali Phadke is Professor of Environmental Studies at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Her teaching and research focus on water, energy and climate policy, citizen science, and community based research. She is currently leading a multiyear US National Science Foundation study titled “Mining Futures”. She also directed a NOAA funded project on diversity and deliberation in urban climate adaptation called Ready & Resilient, which received a 2016 award from the Climate Adaptation Partnership and a 2018 Minnesota Campus Compact Presidents’ Award. Dr. Phadke was also one of co-organizers of the U.S. portion of WorldWide Views on Climate and Energy project, sponsored by the Danish Board of Technology to provide citizen input into the UN Climate Summit.