Publications
Publications
Rollins, Oliver, Julien Larregue, and Hannah Pullen-Blasnik. Forthcoming. “Technologies of Criminalization.” Annual Review of Law and Social Science 21.
Habr, Katy* and Hannah Pullen-Blasnik* (*Equal Authorship). 2025. “A Convergence of Crises: Sudden Employment Loss and Black Lives Matter Protest Attendance During the Covid-19 Pandemic.” Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World 11: 1-18.
– Winner, American Sociological Association Mayer N. Zald Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Student Paper Award (2023)
Pullen-Blasnik, Hannah, Gil Eyal, and Amy Weissenbach. 2024. “‘Is Your Accuser Me, or Is It the Software?’: Ambiguity and Contested Expertise in Probabilistic DNA Profiling.” Social Studies of Science 54(1): 30-58.
– Finalist, American Sociological Association Hacker-Mullins Graduate Student Paper Award (2023)
Pruss, Dasha, Hannah Pullen-Blasnik, Nikki Stevens, et al. 2024. “Prediction and Punishment: Critical Report on Carceral AI.” November 1. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5017321. (Public Report)
– Downloaded over 300 times in first month
Pullen-Blasnik, Hannah, Jessica T. Simes and Bruce Western. 2021. “The Population Prevalence of Solitary Confinement.” Science Advances 7(48): 1-9.
– Press coverage in New Scientist, Daily Mail, & The Appeal. Cited in supreme court case Hope v Harris (2022). 25 academic citations in first 2 years.
Pullen-Blasnik, Hannah. 2016. “Policing Gentrification: An Exploratory Analysis of Stop and Frisk and Income Disparity in Brooklyn, NYC.” Sociology Theses and Dissertations, Brown Digital Repository. Available at SSRN. (Preprint)
– Winner, Alumni Award for Outstanding Sociology Undergraduate Thesis (2016) and Sociological Methods Award (2016)
Pullen-Blasnik, Hannah. R&R. “To Protect and Serve Capital: Policing, Real Estate Development, and the Regulation of Wealthy Spaces in New York City.”
“Development Permitting, Regulation, and Landlord Power in NYC.”
“Expertise and Legal Contestation in Carceral Technologies: Comparisons in Probabilistic DNA Profiling and Facial Recognition Technology.”
"Access vs. Use: Urban Spatial Inequality in Financial Institutions." With Taylor Alarcon and Mario Small.
“Predictive Accuracy or Causal Impact? Carceral Risk Score Assignment and Impacts on Reentry.”
Western Queens Public Safety Research Team (including Hannah Pullen-Blasnik). Forthcoming. "Small Businesses and Relationships to Policing and Public Safety.” Offices of Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani and Councilmember Tiffany Cabán. (Public Report)
Pullen-Blasnik, Hannah. 2021. "Calls to Police in Assembly District 36: An Interactive Visualization." https://hpullenblasnik.shinyapps.io/ad36-policing/
Hall, Rahsaan and Nasser Eledroos. 2019. "Facts Over Fear: The benefits of declining to prosecute misdemeanor and low-level felony offenses." ACLU of Massachusetts. (Data Peer Reviewer: Hannah Pullen-Blasnik).
Journalism for TechTarget:
"Who Are the Top EHR Vendors in Your State?" 2014. searchHealthIT.
"Don’t Let Data Visualization Projects Get Lost in Complexity." 2014. searchBusinessAnalytics.
"Data Modeling Techniques Explained: How to Get the Most from Your Data." 2014. searchDataManagement.
"Self-Service BI Tools Can Aid CRM Efforts, with Some Effort." 2014. searchBusinessAnalytics.
"BI Data Storytelling Pegged as Key to Driving Executive Action." 2014. searchBusinessAnalytics.
"Linthicum: Cloud Analytics Apps Need Solid Data Architecture." 2014. searchBusinessAnalytics.
Journalism for Brown Political Review:
"Protests in Thailand." with Ruba Al-Eryani and Katrina Van Laan. 2014.
"Perspectives On Syria From Christian Syrians In Providence." with Alif Ibrahim, Benjamin Sadkowski, and Shoshana Salzberg. 2013.
"Austerity Measures in Portugal." with Alif Ibrahim. 2013.
"Obamacare and Healthcare.gov." with Alif Ibrahim. 2013.
"International Spying and the NSA." with Alif Ibrahim. 2013.
"New Jersey Legalizes Same Sex Marriage." with Alif Ibrahim. 2013.
"U.S. Loses UNESCO Voting Rights." with Alif Ibrahim. 2013.
"Colombian Village's Story Inspires Dreams of Sustainable Communities." 2013. GreeningRozzie.