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Tony Reames

Assistant Professor
Environmental Justice
Sustainable Systems
Climate + Energy
Cities + Mobility + Built Environment
treames@umich.edu
(734) 647-3916
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2538 Dana
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About

As a multidisciplinary scholar, with degrees in engineering and social science, Assistant Professor Reames' research agenda seeks to connect the areas of technological advancement, the policy process, and social equity. His research extends the environmental justice scholarship to focus on energy justice. He is currently exploring disparities in residential energy generation, consumption, and affordability- focusing on the production and persistence of inequality by race, class, and place.

Publications

  • Reames, T. G., Reiner, M. A., and Stacey, M. B. 2018. “An incandescent truth: Disparities in energy-efficient lighting availability and prices in an urban U.S. county.” Applied Energy, 218:95-103.

  • Stacey, M.B. and Reames, T.G. 2017. “Social Equity in State Energy Policy: Indicators for Michigan’s Energy Efficiency Programs.” Urban Energy Justice Lab: Ann Arbor, MI.

  • Bednar, D.J., Reames, T.G., and Keoleian, G. 2017. “The Intersection of Energy and Justice: Modeling the Spatial, Racial/Ethnic and Socioeconomic Patterns of Urban Residential Heating Consumption and Efficiency in Detroit, Michigan.” Energy and Buildings, 143:25-34.

  • Reames, T. G. (2016). Targeting energy justice: Exploring spatial, racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in urban residential heating energy efficiency. Energy Policy, 97, 549-558.
  • Reames, T.G. 2016. A Community-based approach to low-income residential energy efficiency participation barriers. Local Environment. DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2015.1136995. 
  • Daley, D. and Reames, T. 2015. Public participation and environmental justice: Access to federal decision-making. In editor Konisky, David, Failed Promises: Evaluating the Federal Government’s Response to Environmental Justice. MIT Press.
  • Pierce, J.; Lovrich, N.; Johnson, B.; Reames, T.; Budd, W. 2014. "Social capital and longitudinal change in sustainability plans and policies: U.S. cities from 2000 to 2010." Sustainability 6, no. 1: 136-157. 
  • Eckerd, A. and Reames, T. 2012. Urban renaissance or invasion: Planning the development of a simulation model of gentrification. In editor Desai, Anand, Simulations for Policy Inquiry. New York: Springer. 83-100.
  • Read more publications here.

Education

PhD, University of Kansas (public administration)

MS, Kansas State University (engineering management)

BS, North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University (civil engineering)

In the News
SEAS Projects Chosen for Carbon Neutrality Acceleration Program Awards in First Round
February 18, 2021

SEAS Projects Chosen for U-M Carbon Neutrality Acceleration Program Awards in First Round

Five SEAS faculty members and one postdoctoral researcher are the recipients of Carbon Neutrality Acceleration Program (CNAP) awards from the Graham Sustainability...

Tony Reames and John Petoskey
February 1, 2021

SEAS Members to Advise Michigan Healthy Climate Plan

A panel of climate and environmental justice experts—including SEAS Professor Tony Reames and alumnus John Petoskey (MS/JD '20)—was named today to develop a justice and...

A call for authentic Black engagement in the academy and beyond
November 11, 2020

A call for authentic Black engagement in the academy and beyond

Efforts to eliminate anti-Black racism in academia must go far beyond superficial ticking of boxes. The academic community must create conditions for authentic, not tokenistic, Black engagement, argues Tony Reames.

Dr. Dominic Bednar
May 23, 2020

Recognition of and response to energy poverty in the United States

Abstract A household is energy poor when they cannot meet energy needs. Despite its prevalence, the US has not formally recognized energy poverty as a problem distinct...

Lansing, MI photo by Dave Brenner
January 1, 2020

Two SEAS Faculty Members, two SEAS alums, and one SEAS Student Selected to Serve on State’s First Environmental Justice Advisory Council

Twenty-one Michiganders Selected for the State’s First Environmental Justice Advisory Council LANSING, Mich. – Twenty-one Michiganders have been selected to the state’s...

In the Media
02/19/2021
Texas’ blackouts may come at a steep cost (The Verge)
02/16/2021
Out in the cold: Pandemic leaves more people in need of energy assistance, but also harder to reach. (Sahan Journal)
07/31/2020
This prof is shedding light on energy injustice — and how to fix it (The Grist)
07/08/2020
Clean energy programs can help address some racial disparities, advocates say (Energy News Network)
11/01/2018
Energy access is not created equal. This Ann Arbor organization is trying to change that.
05/01/2018
An Incandecent Truth: Disparities in Energy-Efficient Lighting Availability and Prices in an Urban U.S. County
05/01/2018
Energy-Efficient Light Bulbs Harder to Find, More Expensive in High-Poverty Neighborhoods
12/01/2017
In Michigan, study shows utility energy savings mostly benefit wealthier customers
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