Casey Dawkins

Casey J. Dawkins is Professor of Urban Studies and Planning at the University of Maryland's School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, with affiliations at the National Center for Smart Growth. His research addresses housing policy, residential segregation, and urban land markets.

Education: PhD in City and Regional Planning (Georgia Tech).

Research explores housing affordability, land use regulations, and spatial inequality. Recent work examines tax policy impacts on homeownership, eviction patterns, and equitable regional planning. Methodological approaches combine spatial analysis with institutional economics.

Articles demonstrate sustained focus on housing justice, with recurring analysis of policy interventions in metropolitan housing markets. Contemporary studies address homelessness, gentrification, and tax expenditure distribution.

Teaching includes quantitative methods and US housing policy courses. Previously directed Virginia Tech's Metropolitan Institute and edited Housing Policy Debate journal.