Michael R. Glass

Dr. Michael R. Glass is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Pittsburgh's Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences. His research focuses on city-region governance, infrastructure, and regional equity, with expertise in Southeast Asia, North America, Australasia, and Europe. He directs the Urban Studies Program and holds editorial roles at Journal of Urban Affairs and Regional Studies, Regional Science.

Education: PhD in Sociology from Pennsylvania State University, MSc (Honors) in Geography from the University of Auckland. His work spans books like Priced Out: Stuyvesant Town and the Loss of Middle-Class Neighborhoods (2016) and co-edited volumes including Infrastructural Times (2025). Recent research explores infrastructural regionalism through his Network on Infrastructural Regionalism (NOIR).

Teaching includes courses on urban studies, regional growth strategies, and urban sociology. He received the 2015 Bellet Award for Teaching Excellence and serves as the Regional Studies Association's Territorial Ambassador to the United States.