Grace DiTunno

Sustainability Intern

Office of Sustainability

Grace is from Rocky Hill, Connecticut and is pursuing a double major in Honors Political Science and Applied Data Analysis with a concentration in American Political Representation. She is interested in energy and climate politics and the political systems and people that influence the way we operate as a nation. Grace is a researcher in the Energy and Elections Lab in the political science department, where she analyzes the political implications of renewable energy across the United States.

This past summer, she was a Sustainable CT fellow at the Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments in Waterbury, Connecticut, where she assisted in sustainability initiatives and certification across the region. At UConn, she is the Deputy Chief Justice on USG’s judiciary, is a writer for HerCampus, and runs cross country and track with RunUC. In her free time, she loves to read, paddleboard, and snowboard. In the future, she hopes to attend law school.