Mariah Caballero is a Graduate Research Fellow at the Clean Energy Transition Institute and a fifth-year Doctoral Candidate in Vanderbilt University’s Community Research and Action (CRA) program. At Vanderbilt, Mariah is a Graduate Research Fellow forVanderbilt Law School’s Energy, Environment & Land Use (EELU) Program and contributes research to the Drinking Water Justice Lab.

Prior to her time at Vanderbilt, Mariah received bachelor’s degrees in biology and geography from Vassar College. Having grown up in rural Eastern Washington, Mariah’s research interests include equitable water and energy systems for rural and Tribal communities, energy justice, and effective policy implementation. She enjoys multi-methods research approaches, data visualization, and highly interdisciplinary collaborations. Mariah provides research and analyses to support CETI’s Community-Defined Decarbonization project and the Northwest Clean Energy Atlas.