Assistant Professor in Human Geography and Spatial Planning. Dea has worked in academic, private, and public sector settings on topics such as travel satisfaction, Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) planning, transit service planning, cycling cities, micromobilities, paratransit and universal accessibility. She is interested in understanding how planners and policy makers can improve the mobility experiences of all transit users, cyclists, micromobility users and pedestrians, regardless of their age, income or mobility needs.