Education
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, 2002.
Selected Bibliography
Cities of Knowledge: Cold War Science and the Search for the Next Silicon Valley . Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2005.
“Land Use Change and Regional Planning in Bangalore and the Pearl River Delta,” with Karen C. Seto, in Megacities: Action Models and Strategic Solutions, ed. Frauke Kraas, Günter Dill, Günther Mertins and Ulrich Nitschke. Forthcoming 2008.
“The Geography of Knowledge Work,” Places: A Forum for Design in the Public Realm, Spring 2007.
“Cold War Politics and Scientific Communities: The Case of Silicon Valley,” Interdisciplinary Science Reviews, May 2006.
“Uncovering the City in the Suburb,” in The New Suburban History, edited by Kevin Kruse and Thomas J. Sugrue. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, May 2006.
“Suburbia Reconsidered: Race, Politics, and Property in the Twentieth-Century Metropolis,” Journal of Social History, September 2005.
“Learning from History: How State and Local Policy Choices Have Shaped Philadelphia’s Growth.” Greater Philadelphia Regional Review, March 2002.
“Moving Beyond Sprawl: The Challenge for Metropolitan Atlanta.” Washington: The Brookings Institution, 2000.
“Barriers to Work: the Spatial Divide between Jobs and Welfare Recipients in Metropolitan Areas.” Washington: The Brookings Institution, 1998.
Research in Progress
Silicon Valley Goes Global: the History and Future of Knowledge Economies. Why high-tech clusters have emerged in certain places, how clusters relate to broader political economy, and what social changes may result.
From Bangalore to the Bay Area: Comparative Urban Growth across the Pacific Rim. Comparative analysis of “suburban” growth patterns in metropolitan regions of China, India, and the U.S. With Karen C. Seto.
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