Hannah Aronson

Hannah is a Master in City Planning student and Research Assistant for the Resilient Communities Lab at MIT. Her interests center on community-driven approaches to environmental planning, including coastal resilience and public health. She has held graduate intern positions with the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, Pūrangakura Kaupapa Māori Research Centre, and NYC Health + Hospitals.

Hannah grew up in the D.C. area and graduated from Davidson College with a BA in Sociology (just like Steph Curry!). While an undergraduate, Hannah was awarded a Freeman Fellowship to work in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, with Recollectiv (former Liberty Shared). She then spent a semester abroad in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where she studied social movements and human rights. Before coming to DUSP, she was most recently working in New York City with the Department of Homeless Services. She has also been a teacher in Richmond, VA; Nagasaki, Japan; and Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia.