Jason Hackworth is a professor of geography and planning at the University of Toronto. He has written about a number of themes, including gentrification, neoliberalism, public housing, racial discrimination, and urban decline. Most of his published work has focused on some combination of New York, Toronto, and Detroit. He is author of three books: The Neoliberal City (2007, Cornell University Press), Faith-Based (2012, University of Georgia Press), and Manufacturing Decline (2019, Columbia University Press).