Knox Hall Department of Sociology Hannah Pullen-Blasnik W 122nd St, New York, NY 10027 H (857) 453 0035 Curriculum Vitae B [email protected] Education 2019-2024 Columbia University, Ph.D. Sociology,NewYork,NY. (expected) Research Areas: Computational Social Science, Science and Technology, Social Movements, Urban Studies 2012-2016 Brown University, Sc.B. Social Analysis and Research, Providence, RI, GPA: 4.0. Thesis: "Policing Gentrification: Exploratory Analysis of Stop-and-Frisk and Income Disparity in Brooklyn" Fellowships, Awards, and Grants 2020 Research Fellow, Columbia Justice Lab. 2020 Workshop Grant: Sociology of Algorithms, Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy. 2020 Research Support Grant, Department of Sociology, Columbia University. 2019 Paul F. Lazarsfeld Fellow, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University. 2016 Alumni Award for Outstanding Sociology Undergraduate Thesis, Brown University. 2016 Sociological Methods Award, Brown University. 2016 Magna Cum Laude, Brown University. 2016 Departmental Honors, Department of Sociology, Brown University. 2014 Peter G. and Paul G. Hanoian Memorial LINK Award for Work in Labor Relations and Social Justice Organizations, Brown University. 2012 John William Ward Public Service Fellow, City of Boston Office of Environment and Energy. Work Experience 2020-Pres Columbia Justice Lab, Research Fellow (Formerly Departmental Research Assistant),NewYork,NY. PI: Dr. Bruce Western { Analyze large scale state-wide administrative data for the Pennsylvania Solitary Study to investigate role of algorithms and bias in the carceral system and to calculate disparities in cumulative risks of solitary confinement first occurrence and duration by demographic characteristics { Provide rapid analysis of survey responses for the Rikers Island Longitudinal Study to investigate the impact of covid-19 and congregate settings for individuals released from Rikers to impact policy in New York 2015, Digitas, Senior Data Scientist (Formerly Data Scientist; Analyst), Boston, MA. 2016-2019 { Implemented statistical and machine learning techniques, data transformation pipelines, and interactive visualizations using R, Python, SQL, and Apache Spark to address client problems { Managed datasets ranging from hundreds of millions to billions of rows in distributed computing environments including AWS and GCP { Initiated first video recording and storage system for team trainings and built team-wide documentation hub { Taught introductory trainings and led and contributed to Research & Development initiatives Data and Research Experience 2017-Pres Data For Black Lives, Volunteer Researcher, Cambridge, MA. { Project manage a team of 15 volunteers across 3 work-streams with over 13 lanes of research { Conduct analyses on algorithmic bias and technological surveillance to inform social policy { Serve as data science resource at partner community organizing meetings and collaboration vetting meetings { Coordinated teams of 60 volunteers during two annual 500-person conferences at MIT 2020-Pres Sociology of Algorithms Workshop, Co-Coordinator, Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy, New York, NY. PI: Dr. Gil Eyal { Interview DNA lab technicians to investigate human decision-making and interpretation of algorithmic results in probabilistic DNA profiling and its representation in court proceedings. In conversation with Legal Aid Society { Organize and moderate interdisciplinary themed panels on the sociocultural, political, and economic impact of the reliance on algorithms and artificial intelligence, especially for BIPOC and low-income communities 2020-Pres Racial Capitalism Working Group, Coordinator, Center for the Study of Social Difference, New York, NY. PI: Dr. Jordan T. Camp and Dr. Christina Heatherton { Organize working group meetings, book workshops, roundtables, and events for interdisciplinary collaboration rooted in a commitment to Black radicalism, historical materialism, feminism, and anti-imperialism 2018-2019 ACLU of Massachusetts, Volunteer Researcher, Boston, MA. { Conducted analyses, advised, and provided data peer review for cases, including for the successful overturn of thousands of tainted drug sentencings in the CPCS v. Attorney General case { Led 8-person team in pro bono project to create interactive RShiny dashboard and repeatable data standardization and geocoding systems for Boston policing and arrest data 2016 Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America, Research Assistant, Providence, RI. PI: Dr. Tricia Rose { Collected, analyzed, and catalogued articles on policing practices from 1975-2016 in the U.S. for the How Structural Racism Works project 2014 Resilient RI Research Team, Research Assistant, Providence, RI. PI: Dr. J. Timmons Roberts { Revised environmental policy proposals and organized panels of environmental activists, politicians, and community leaders as part of Resilient RI Act 2014 TechTarget, Editorial Assistant, Newton, MA. { Wrote articles on trends in business analytics, data management, and health IT { Analyzed thousands of electronic health records to create company’s first interactive visual in D3.js 2013-2014 Brown University Department of Sociology, Research Assistant, Providence, RI. { Jan-May 2014 - PI: Dr. David Lindstrom. Cleaned and analyzed quantitative survey results on gender and educational attainment in Ethiopia { Jan-May 2013 - PI: Dr. Gregory Elliott. Parsed long-form interviews on undergraduate identity formation Selected Publications Mar 2019 Hall, Rahsaan and Nasser Eledroos. "Facts Over Fear: The benefits of declining to prosecute misdemeanor and low-level felony offenses." ACLU of Massachusetts.(DataPeerReviewer) Aug 2014 "BI Data Storytelling Pegged as Key to Driving Executive Action." SearchBusinessAnalytics. Aug 2014 "Who Are the Top EHR Vendors in Your State?" SearchHealthIT. Aug 2014 "Linthicum: Cloud Analytics Apps Need Solid Data Architecture." SearchBusinessAnalytics. Jul 2014 "Data Modeling Techniques Explained: How to Get the Most from Your Data." SearchDataManage- ment. Jun 2014 "Don’t Let Data Visualization Projects Get Lost in Complexity." SearchBusinessAnalytics. Jun 2014 "Self-Service BI Tools Can Aid CRM Efforts, with Some Effort" SearchBusinessAnalytics. Feb 2014 "Protests in Thailand." Brown Political Review.WithRubaAl-EryaniandKatrinaVanLaan. Nov 2013 "Austerity Measures in Portugal." Brown Political Review.WithAlifIbrahim. Nov 2013 "Obamacare and Healthcare.gov." Brown Political Review.WithAlifIbrahim. Nov 2013 "International Spying and the NSA." Brown Political Review.WithAlifIbrahim. Oct 2013 "New Jersey Legalizes Same Sex Marriage." Brown Political Review.WithAlifIbrahim. Oct 2013 "Perspectives On Syria From Christian Syrians In Providence." Brown Political Review.WithAlif Ibrahim, Benjamin Sadkowski, and Shoshana Salzberg. Sep 2013 "U.S. Loses UNESCO Voting Rights." Brown Political Review.WithAlifIbrahim. Sep 2013 "Syrian Conflict." Brown Political Review. With Eugenia Lulo, Maria Paz, Nina Roesner, Benjamin Sadkowski, and Shoshana Salzberg. Sep 2013 "Colombian Village’s Story Inspires Dreams of Sustainable Communities." GreeningRozzie Blog. Skills Programming R, Python, Apache Spark (Pyspark), SQL, Stata, SPSS Technical ArcGIS, QGIS, AWS (S3 and EC2), GCP, Linux, LaTeX, Microsoft Excel, RShiny, Jupyter, Tableau Language Spanish (advanced).