Karin Hodgin Jones is an artist, urban planner and researcher whose work spans multiple fields of practice. She received her BFA in Intermedia Art from the University of Utah in 2004 and her Master of Fine Art from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2008. She has exhibited kinetic sculptural work and performances in a wide range of venues including: Links Hall, Chicago, IL; Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO; Gallery Rajatila, Tampere, Finland; Bring to Light Festival, Brooklyn, NY; Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT; and she co-designed and hosted a multi-venue symposium Rounder / Kieriteliaja, Lauttta Klatch. The event was held floating on a raft in the center of Lake Parila, in a sauna in the forest of Haukijärvi, Finland, and in a gallery in Tampere, Finland.

Since 2014, her research in the Regional Planning field has focused on rural and urban e-waste management policies and practices in India, the United States and the European Union. In 2016, she completed a Master of Urban Planning degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and delivered the analysis and policy proposal Estimating E-scrap in Illinois Counties for Improved Collection Strategies for the State [PDF] to the Illinois Counties Solid Waste Management Association. She lectures and advises on best-practices for developing sustainable institutional electronics and e-waste management policies in museums, libraries, and archives.

She is currently lecturer in the School of Art and Design Studio Program and in the College of Fine and Applied Arts Sustainable Design Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.