Hi everyone, Attached is the CITASA Winter Newsletter. Thank you to everyone who contributed! Inside is a letter from CITASA chair, Laura Robinson, an article on smart cities by Saskia Sassen, profiles of up and coming scholars in the field, a list of recent publications, and several important announcements. Please enjoy reading it and let us know if you have any comments or suggestions for future issues. Thank you! -- Penn Pantumsinchai University of Hawaii at Manoa Department of Sociology, Ph.D. Student