Polsky Policy Fellow, Summer 2026

Sadie Darbro is a 4th year at the University of Chicago majoring in Global studies and minoring in Geographic Information Science. She is interested in the intersection of international policy and climate, and energy policy. She’s spent her previous summers traveling in China learning about energy innovation, supporting research on political life in the Philippines, further flood management campaigns in Chicago. Outside of school, she enjoys film criticism, art history, and visiting local coffee shops.

This summer, she’ll be interning with the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources as a Polsky Policy Fellow.