Education:
Ph.D., Columbia University - 2006 (Sociology)
BA, Brown University - 1994 (Urban Studies, Visual Arts)
Areas of Expertise:
Smithsimon studies how cities and public spaces foster inclusion or exclusion, segregation or integration. He has written about New Yorkers rebuilt their community after September 11, and how developers and architects shape public plazas. He recently completed a book on African American middle-class suburbs.He is working on a book on immigration and politics in the suburbs of Paris. His current research examines East Coast cities threatened by climate change.
Books and Publications
Cause: . . . And How It Doesn't Always Equal Effect (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2018
September 12: Community and Neighborhood Recovery at Ground Zero. New York University Press. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2011
Smithsimon, Gregory C. and Benjamin Shepard. The Beach Beneath the Streets: Exclusion, Control, and Play in Public Space. SUNY Press. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2011
"Inside the Empire: Ethnography of a Global Citadel." Urban Studies. 47.4, April. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2010
Smithsimon, Gregory C., Jennifer Candipan, Roberta Cordeau, Mark Peterson, Nicole Riordan, Celeste Roeller, Bengisu Peker, Tisha-Luwana Holdbrooks, Danielle Shallow. "Revising Canarsie: Racial Transition and Neighborhood Stability in Brooklyn." The World in Brooklyn: Gentrification, Immigration, and Ethnic Politics in a Global City. Lexington Books. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2010
"Sunset in the Imperial City: How New York's Public Spaces Presage the End of Empire." Journal of Aesthetics and Protest 6. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2009
"Empty by Design: Bonus Plazas and the Creation of Public Space." Urban Affairs Review 43.3, January: 325-50. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2008
