Joseph Womble is the Research Manager at Transportation for America. In this role, he leads the data analysis for T4America’s transportation priorities and conceptualizes ideas for new research. As a member of the Policy team, Joseph also helps advance T4America’s policy priorities at federal, state, and local levels.

Most recently, Joseph completed a Master’s degree in City and Regional Planning at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he developed expertise in transportation planning and climate resilience. Joseph’s graduate degree culminated in a master’s thesis analyzing disparities in fatalities and serious injuries on state- and locally-owned roads. This project reaffirmed his passion for data-driven transportation research.

Before graduate school, Joseph worked as a Research Analyst on World Resources Institute’s U.S. Clean Energy team, where he developed research products and facilitated peer-learning cohorts for local governments.

Joseph is a double Tar Heel, also having a Bachelor’s Degree in Public Policy and Environmental Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.