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Jordan Ayala
Assistant Professor of Data Analytics and Geography
Primary Academic Program: Computational Science
Academic Program Affiliation(s): Environmental Studies
Jordan Ayala is an educator and multidisciplinary researcher whose work bridges geography, planning, data science, and economics. His scholarship and teaching center on questions of spatial and environmental justice, integrating data science with critical analysis of social and spatial processes. Ayala's research examines how economics, planning practice, and data infrastructures shape disparities in housing, infrastructure, and environmental quality—and how communities respond to them. He is an assistant professor of data analytics and geography at Bard College.