Rachel Santarsiero is the director of the Archive’s Climate Change Transparency Project. She first joined the Archive in 2022 as a Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow and was one of the first Scoville Fellows to concentrate on climate change as a security issue. She also worked closely with Iraq Documentation Project director Joyce Battle on the DNSA publication Targeting Iraq, Part II: War and Occupation, 2004-2011. Santarsiero holds a Master of Science in International Development from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) where she concentrated on issues related to climate change and migration in North Africa. She also has a dual Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and Professional Writing from WPI, with a minor in International and Global Studies. Prior to joining the Archive, Santarsiero worked as a professional civil engineer on climate resiliency and adaptation projects throughout New England.