Director, Urban and Regional Analysis Program
Sabina Deitrick is Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and Director of Urban and Regional Analysis program at the University Center for Social and Urban Research (UCSUR) at the University of Pittsburgh. Her research focuses on issues of transition and transformation in post-industrial cities and regions. She is an Associate Editor of Economic Development Quarterly, on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Urban Affairs, and on the Governing Board of the Urban Affairs Association, serving as local host committee chair of the 2012 UAA conference in Pittsburgh. Professor Deitrick helped to develop the Pittsburgh Neighborhood and Community Information System (PNCIS), housed at UCSUR since 2007 and currently serves as PI on several PNCIS projects aimed at neighborhood revitalization in the Pittsburgh region. She received her BA and MA from the University of Pennsylvania and PhD in city and regional planning from the University of California, Berkeley.