Mark Abrahamson has been a professor of sociology at the University of Connecticut since 1976 and has also served that university in a variety of adminstrative positions. He is a former Program Director (for Sociology) at the National Science Foundation and was a professor of sociology at Syracuse University before moving to Connecticut. His main scholarly interests are in classical theory and urban sociology. He has authored more than 30 papers and one dozen books, most recently including Global Cities (Oxford University Press, 2004).