Shalanda Baker
Professor of Law, Public Policy, and Urban Affairs
College of Social Sciences and Humanities, School of Law
Professor Baker is an affiliate faculty member in Northeastern’s Global Resilience Institute, and she teaches courses at the law school and in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities. Baker was awarded a 2016-17 Fulbright-García Robles grant, which she utilized to explore Mexico’s energy reform, climate change and indigenous rights. Before joining Northeastern’s faculty, Professor Baker spent three years as an associate professor of law at the William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawai’i, where she was the founding director of the Energy Justice Program. Prior to that, she served on the faculty at University of San Francisco School of Law. In 2021, Professor Baker was appointed by the Biden Administration as the the Deputy Director for Energy Justice in the Office of Economic Inclusion and Diversity.
Professor Shalanda Baker is on a professional leave of absence to serve in the Biden-Harris Administration as the Deputy Director for Energy Justice in the Office of Economic Impact and Diversity at the Department of Energy (DOE).
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Education
LLM, University of Wisconsin School of Law;
JD, Northeastern University
BS, United States Air Force Academy -
Contact
617.373.3307 s.baker@northeastern.edu School of Law Faculty Profile -
Address
36 Cargill Hall,
360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115 -
Office Hours
On Professional Leave of Absence
Renewable Energy Development in the Global South
PPUA 5390
This course explores the social justice dimensions of the renewable energy transition in the Global South. The first half of the course includes an exploration of the theoretical and legal backdrop of renewable energy development, including law and development theory, climate change governance, energy justice theory, and indigenous rights. The second half of the course explores structural approaches to renewable energy development in the Global South, including energy market liberalization, development finance, and community energy development. The course highlights selected case studies in Latin America and Africa and, through project work, students develop country-specific energy development expertise.
