Debanjana Dey

Dr. Debanjana Dey is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Finance and Accounting at Saunders College of Business, RIT. She joined in Fall 2023, specializing in real estate finance, urban economics, and hospitality analytics. Her work bridges computational finance with housing market dynamics.

• Education: B.Sc. (Statistics) from University of Calcutta; M.S. (Mathematics) Florida State University; Ph.D. (Finance) University of Central Florida

Research focuses on housing market dynamics, including walkability's impact on property values and hospitality real estate trends. Recent studies explore Airbnb's market interactions and pandemic effects. She teaches courses in financial analytics and hospitality real estate development.

Notable contributions include work on neighborhood walkability's ethnic correlates (2025) and third-party management in vacation rentals (2023). She contributed to RIT's new Hospitality Real Estate minor launched Fall 2023, integrating real estate principles with hospitality management practices.