Kathryn (Katy) Janda is an international academic (dual US/UK citizen) with an honorary appointment at the University of Oxford and a senior affiliation with University of Minnesota. Her work has focused primarily on the adoption (and rejection) of sociotechnical energy innovations and practices, as well as the role of expertise and literacy in energy and buildings. Her research explores the role of building professionals in driving “middle-out” change; implications of ownership in the commercial real estate industry (including green leasing); and net zero energy management practices and policies in work locations: universities, offices, stores, churches, theaters, and small businesses. She has served as a AAAS Science and Policy Fellow for the US Environmental Protection Agency, researched energy standards for a US Department of Energy laboratory, been a professor of environmental studies at Oberlin College, and directed energy research at the University of Oxford and University College London. She has also been a visiting scholar in India, Sweden, and Mexico. She holds an MS and PhD in Energy & Resources from UC Berkeley, and undergraduate degrees in electrical engineering and English literature from Brown University.