Spring 2018 seminar: Ph.D. candidate, history
Ryan Purcell is a student in the history Ph.D. program at Cornell University. His research is focused on the politics and culture of urban decay in New York City during the 1960s and 1970s. This includes issues such as the transformation of urban crime policy, privatization of public services, and urban decay as a catalyst for cultural production. His work on cities and popular culture has appeared in the Los Angeles Review of Books, the College Art Association, and Hyperallergic, among other places.