Amy K. Glasmeier is head of the department of urban studies and planning, School of Architecture and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She has worked with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, numerous federal agencies, and international development organizations in constructing policies to alleviate poverty and uneven economic opportunity. Her works include High-Tech America: The What, How, Where and Why of the Sunrise Industries and From Combines to Computers: Rural Services and Development in the Age of Information Technology.