She received her Ph.D. in Environmental Studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 2016, and she taught at SJSU as a lecturer from 2016 to 2018. She specializes in climate change vulnerability, human adaptation, dams, sustainable development, and climate justice. Most of her work takes place in Northeast India, in the states of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, along the banks of the Brahmaputra river. Dr. Rampini has travelled to India on numerous occasions to conduct fieldwork, and has developed extensive relationships with NGOs and research institutes in Assam and New Delhi. Dr. Rampini is excited to be joining the Environmental Studies at SJSU as a full-time faculty, and she is committed to continue working with climate-vulnerable communities in South Asia and the San Francisco Bay Area, to ensure a more just and sustainable future for all people.