Recent/Forthcoming Writing


What History Teaches About Pennsylvania’s AI Chase in Real Clear Pennsylvania, January 27, 2026



Book excerpt: Did the Wolf Finally Leave in Pittsburgh Review of Books, January 12, 2026



Why steel isn’t coming back to Pittsburgh, in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 18, 2026



Jupiter’s Moons, Western Pennsylvania History magazine*, Winter 2024



Pittsburgh’s post‑steel economy is a success – and a warning for other cities, in TheConversation, March 25, 2026. Variously syndicated.

Report: Profiles of Change in the City of Pittsburgh - Comparison of 2010-2014 and 2020-2024 American Community Survey estimates for the City of Pittsburgh and Neighborhoods, University Center for Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh, March 2026

Book review of: The 15-minute city, by Carlos Moreno, Pennsylvania Geographer, Summer 2025


Book excerpt: Panther Hollow was once envisioned as a roofed Valley of Tomorrow in Pittsburgh’s PublicSource, July 17, 2025

Commentary in RealClearPennsylvania: What History Teaches About Pennsylvania’s AI Chase, January 26, 2026. Also in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 8, 2026.

Commentary in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Why steel isn’t coming back to Pittsburgh, January 18, 2026

Pittsburgh Perspectives (Blog): Updated 2024 Census Population Estimates for the Pittsburgh MSA, March 18, 2025

Commentary: In Defense of the City of Pittsburgh, in RealClearPennsylvania, March 18, 2025

Commentary: U.S. Steel no-sale another chapter in a past that is long since gone, in Pittsburgh’s PublicSource, January 3, 2025

Commentary in RealClearPennsylvania: Pennsylvania’s Duty to Tax Fairly, August 13, 2024

Report: Profiles of Change in the City of Pittsburgh, University Center for Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh, June 2024

Report: Profiles of Change in Allegheny County, University Center for Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh, June 2024

Report: Corporate Investments in Single-Family Residential Properties in Allegheny County: Recent Impacts with Sabina Deitrick, University Center for Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh, May 2024


Other Forthcoming

Before the Navy Reserve, the Naval Militias, forthcoming in: Naval History, a publication of the U.S. Naval Institute, May 2026