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Will Payne
Assistant Professor at Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Will Payne is an Assistant Professor of Geographic Information Science at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University.14 He joined the Bloustein School in September 2020 after completing his PhD in Geography from the University of California, Berkeley.1
Research and Expertise
Dr. Payne's research focuses on:
- Urban geography
- Spatial data science
- Critical and feminist GIS
- Food studies
- Gentrification studies12
His work examines the relationship between geospatial technologies and urban inequality, particularly how location-based services (LBS) interact with processes of racialized and class-based segregation in American cities.1
Current Projects
Dr. Payne is working on a book project that explores how different urban residents use "urban information systems" like Zagat Survey, Yelp, Foursquare, and Google Local to organize their consumption experiences in cities. He also studies how technologists and real estate developers use the resulting data to transform marginal neighborhoods into upscale consumption spaces.1
Academic Background
- PhD in Geography from the University of California, Berkeley
- Affiliations during his time at Berkeley included:
- Berkeley Center for New Media
- Berkeley Food Institute
- UC Berkeley Global Urban Humanities Initiative1
Teaching
At Rutgers, Dr. Payne teaches courses in:
Dr. Payne has published articles in several academic journals, including the Annals of the American Association of Geographers, Urban Geography, Computational Culture, and Environment and Planning A.1 He also develops open-source tools for spatial data visualization and computational research.1
