Annie Harper, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Dr. Harper is interested in energy justice, particularly as it relates to home energy efficiency, debt and health in the United States. She has studied and written on poverty, finances and health, with a focus on marginalized communities and debt, including utility arrears and related financial stress. She previously ran the Yale Community Carbon Fund, seeking to improve home energy efficiency in low-income communities in New Haven, and has written on and advocated for funding to mitigate health and safety barriers. As a board member of a local credit union, she is interested in financial systems reform to create more equitable financing options that redress racial wealth injustice.