Sara Hodges Email & Phone Number

New York, United States

New York, United States

Lead for project to create an inventory of the laws, policies, and regulations that govern local elections and redistricting in for every county commission, school board, and city council in Georgia.

A comprehensive database and interactive map of all the places where the public can get into and onto the water in the New York - New Jersey Harbor and Hudson Estuary for swimming, boating, and fishing.

Historical research, policy research, spatial analysis, and quantitative analysis of legislative and Congressional redistricting in Georgia for advocacy campaign and real-time fairness assessment of proposed maps.

Quantitative researcher on projects related to housing affordability and education funding / policy. Co-author of report on connections between education and housing segregation and public policy solutions.

I developed the curriculum and taught the first cohort for a 6-month intensive workshop on designing more equitable education funding formulas.

I teach in the School of Information and the Graduate Center for Planning & Environment. Courses include: Advanced GIS and Intro to GIS

I teach in the Parsons, Design Urban Ecologies Graduate Program. Courses include: Methods 1, Data Analysis and Visualization for Public Policy, and Methods 3: Geospatial Technologies.

Jersey City, Nj

Led quantitative analysis, research, and visualization for innovative nonprofit that exhaustively studied education finance issues across the country, redefined systemic education finance problems, modeled their impacts, and created solutions to increase equity.I managed a team of data analysts and web developers that created data-driven stories and visuals that were: • Covered by hundreds of news outlets including CityLab, Essence, NPR, PBS NewsHour, The Atlantic, The New York Times, and The Washington Post. • Used as justification for a $20 billion Title 1 Equity Grant in a proposed US Department of Education FY 2023 budget. • Integral in passing more equitable education funding laws in six states. • Cited in dozens of law review articles, academic journals, and court cases

Jersey City, Nj

New York City & Kabul, Afghanistan

Established the Afghanistan Environmental Data Center, a collaborative environmental data platform for the Afghan National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) that provided spatial data and training for NEPA scientists to inform decision-making and public policy.

Research, design, and full-stack development of CUSP Map, an interactive map that explores the local impacts of climate change in New York City and Pittsburgh.

Environmental analysis and mapping to support commercial scale wind farms. Worked with project managers, wind engineers, civil engineers, construction and operations team to design, build and operate commercial-scale wind farms.

Created spatial data and maps to assist in all stages of wind farm development, including suitability and environmental analysis for permitting and construction.

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Owner of vintage and handmade clothing store.

Spatial and statistical analysis to assess how heat island mitigation strategies - urban forestry, green roofs, and high-albedo surfaces - can help to reduce peak electricity demand in neighborhoods with potential electric distribution constraints.

Spatial data collection and analysis to assess potential NY/NJ/Eastern PA water supply integration strategies to increase resilience during environmental crises.

Analyzed the distribution of and access to open space in New York City.

B.A, Mathematics

M.A, Geography