Michael Larice is an Associate Professor of Urban Design and City Planning at the University of Pennsylvania, where he coordinates the urban design concentration in City Planning at the School of Design. He teaches a variety of courses, including urban and planning theory, urban design methods and practice, as well as design studios that focus on the public realm.  Dr. Larice is an architect, urban designer and planner, who has worked in Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area and southern Africa, where he coordinated a World Bank Urban Upgrading Project in the Kingdom of Swaziland.   Over the past decade he has taught graduate and undergraduate courses at Berkeley and the University of British Columbia in urban design, city planning, comparative housing, and international development. His educational background includes a BA in Design and a Master of Architecture degree from UCLA, as well as a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley. His research includes multi-case study analysis of dense livable neighborhoods, development approvals processes, and housing form. His current interests include topics in neighborhood and public realm design, streetscaping, sustainability planning, and place-making. His edited book The Urban Design Reader (with Prof. Elizabeth Macdonald of UC Berkeley) was published in late 2006 by Routledge.