Armita Kar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science at George Mason University. She earned her Ph.D. in Geography from The Ohio State University in 2023 and her Master's in Geography and GIS from the University of Utah in 2019.

Dr. Kar’s research focuses on human mobility, particularly accessibility and travel behavior, as key performance indicators of social equity, urban environments, and health outcomes. A major contribution of her work underlies in the development of socially-sensitive accessibility measures that integrate diverse travel perceptions and experiences of individuals and social groups. Her work also examines mobility and accessibility disparities to essential community services and their environmental and health impacts.

Dr. Kar’s work has been published in several high-impact, peer-reviewed journals, including Annals of the American Association of Geographers (AAG), Transportation Research Part D, Applied Geography, Journal of Transport Geography, Transportation Research Record (TRR), Risk Analysis, and Atmospheric Environment. Her contributions have been recognized with numerous awards, such as the Postdoc Idea Award from the NCH Abigail Wexner Research Institute, the E. Willard and Ruby S. Miller Scholarship from The Ohio State University, the Student Dissertation Award from the Sustainability Institute at The Ohio State University, and the Prime Minister Gold Medal from the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh, among others.