Dillon Mahmoudi

Dillon Mahmoudi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography & Environmental Systems at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). He holds affiliate faculty positions in the School of Public Policy and the Department of Economics, and is a Faculty Fellow at the Hilltop Institute. For AY 2024-2025, he is a Visiting Professor (Professeur invité) at the Centre Urbanisation Culture Société at the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS) in Montréal.

His education includes a Ph.D. in Urban Studies and Planning from Portland State University, a Graduate Certificate in GIScience from the same institution, and a B.S. in Computer Science from Georgia Institute of Technology. His research focuses on the intersections of economic geography, digital capitalism, urban inequality, and critical GIS, emphasizing how technology and spatial processes reproduce systemic inequities.

Key research interests include algorithmic bias in urban planning, the material impacts of digital infrastructure, and the political ecology of housing and land use. He employs mixed-methods approaches, combining advanced quantitative GIS with qualitative analysis to interrogate spatial injustices.

Recent work includes analyzing the 'Market Value Analysis' algorithm's role in perpetuating racialized disinvestment, examining Amazon's warehouse labor dynamics, and studying ground rent systems in Baltimore that disproportionately affect Black communities. His work has been featured in Political Geography, Annals of the American Association of Geographers, and Environment and Planning D.

Dr. Mahmoudi teaches courses on economic geography, spatial data analysis, and GIS applications. He actively seeks graduate advisees interested in critical urban studies, digital geographies, and political economy approaches. His research has contributed to policy debates on equitable urban development and the ethical use of geospatial technologies.