Jennifer Cox
Summer 2006 WAS*IS

Jennifer R Cox has directed the GIS Program at Regional Plan Association since its inception in 2001. She has led multi-scaled build-outs, urban growth and environmental impacts research. Jennifer has co-authored several reports including: What happens when we run out of land? A Build-Out Analysis for Nassau & Suffolk Counties, the New York New Jersey Harbor Needs and Opportunities Report and most recently organized a panel session for the 2006 Regional Assembly called Coastal Hazards: the Next Perfect Storm. Currently, her research focuses on land use policy, vulnerability and climate change.

As a PHd student at the CUNY- Grad Center, Earth and Environmental Sciences Program, Jennifer is investigating land use policy, urban heat island, and future heat waves. Jennifer currently participates on NYC Heat Island Mitigation projects where she has traveled as far a Shanghia to present research findings, and co-authored several articles on UHI.

Jennifer earned an MA in Geography from Hunter College where she investigated the Growth Patterns of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area from 1970-1990. She has a BA from State University of New York at New Paltz. Prior to RPA, she was Asst GIS Manager at the NYS DEC and served as GIS Specialist at the Town of East Fishkill . Jennifer volunteers as acting Coordinator of NYC ARC Users Group, a GIS support group in the New York metropolitan region.