Rea Zaimi

Rea Zaimi is a critical urban geographer at the Urban Studies Institute of Georgia State University, holding the academic rank of Researcher. Their work bridges urban geography, critical race studies, and feminist political economy to analyze housing precarity and real estate speculation.

• PhD in Geography and GIS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• MA in Geography and GIS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• BA in Economics, Suffolk University

Rea Zaimi's research focuses on the political economy of housing and real estate markets in US cities, examining how historic property regimes shape contemporary speculative and predatory investment practices. Their methodological approach integrates archival analysis and ethnography, with implications for understanding urban inequality and shelter access.

Rea's 2020 publication in Antipode demonstrates their analytical focus on the intersection of race, property value, and institutional infrastructures in urban contexts. This work reflects broader themes in their scholarship: exposing systemic mechanisms that embed social difference into economic and spatial systems.