Sara Hamideh

Sara Hamideh is an Associate Professor in the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University and an affiliated faculty member in Political Science. An urban planner by training, she specializes in disaster housing recovery, climate hazards adaptation, and community disaster resilience, with an emphasis on advancing equity in resilience. Her interdisciplinary research integrates planning, social science, and engineering to understand how funding, institutions, and policy decisions shape recovery trajectories. She has published widely on post-disaster housing and resilience and lead research projects on these topics funded by the National Science Foundation, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology.