Brandi J. Robinson

Brandi Robinson is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering at Penn State University. Her background is in geography with an emphasis on local scale solutions to climate challenges.

She teaches in the fully online Energy and Sustainability Policy bachelor’s program, working with returning adult learners. Brandi co-directs Penn State’s Local Climate Action Program which partners students with local governments to conduct greenhouse gas emissions and draft climate action plans.

Brandi has served as the Chair of her region’s Technical Advisory Group which supported the development and now implementation of a regional climate action and adaptation plan.

While her teaching is largely for online students studying from a distance, she works to provide these students with engaged scholarship experiences to support immersive learning and professional networking in their current communities through both the LCAP program and the ESP capstone course.