Dr. Friedman received her Doctorate from the Graduate Center, the City University of New York in Earth and Environmental Sciences (Geography concentration), 2021.

Her Research Experience includes a contribution to: 

• NOAA Regional Integrated and Sciences Assessment (RISA) funded Consortium for Climate Risk in the Urban Northeast (CCRUN):
• Urban Climate Change Research Network (UCCRN):
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

Her dissertation research was on Constructing the Adaptation Economy in Antigua, West Indies: A Grounded Analysis of Framing Climate-Resilient development within a Post-Colonial Political Economy.