Richard A. Greenwald, PhD

Richard A. Greenwald is a writer, academic, and social commentator who deals with the intersection of American politics, economic policy, work, and urban space. He is currently a professor of history and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Fairfield University in Connecticut. Prior to this, he held professorial and senior leadership positions at Brooklyn College, CUNY, St. Joseph’s College in New York, and Drew University in New Jersey. His books include Labor Rising, The Triangle Fire, Sweatshop USA, and Exploring America’s Past. He had served as a member of the editorial boards for the journals Working USA, Labor History, the magazine In These Times, as well as a series editor for “Working in the Americas” Book Series at the University of Florida Press. He is currently on the board of the Journal of Planning History. He has written for a wide variety of publications: In These Times, The Progressive, BusinessWeek, BookForum, The Brooklyn Rail, The Rumpus, The Boston Globe, The Los Angles Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Connecticut Post, The New York Daily News, The Wall Street Journal, Chronicle of Higher Education, InsideHigherEducation, among other places. An early blogger, Richard blogged for The Atlantic Magazine’s CityLab, and In These Times’ “Working In These Times.” <He is currently a columnist for both Daily Beast and The Baffler.