Mentor: Elizabeth Chatterjee, Assistant Professor, History
Elena Tiedens is a fourth year in the College studying History with a concentration in Environmental History, and a minor in Russian and Eastern European Studies. She is particularly interested in energy history and so is excited to work for Professor Elizabeth Chatterjee on her project on the 1970s oil shocks. Elena has also held internships in domestic and international environmental policy and law at the Wilderness Society and the Earth Law Center. Following her time at UChicago, Elena has been selected as a Gates Cambridge scholar to study the environmental and energy history of the Arctic.