Sabina E. Deitrick is Associate Dean and Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and Co-Director Urban and Regional Analysis program, University Center for Social and Urban Research at the University of Pittsburgh. She is author of The Rise of the Gunbelt. Follow her on twitter @deitrick.
Ilia Murtazashvili is Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and Associate Director of the Center for Governance and Markets at the University of Pittsburgh. He is author of The Political Economy of Fracking and several other books. Follow him on twitter @IMurtazashvili.