Daniel Wortel-London

Visiting Assistant Professor of History

Primary Academic Program: Historical Studies

Biography:

Daniel Wortel-London is a visiting assistant professor of history at Bard College, where he teaches American History. He received his doctorate in history from New York University in 2020. Daniel is currently under contract with the University of Chicago Press for his manuscript The Menace of Prosperity: New York City and the Struggle for Economic Development, 1875–1981. He was a fellow at the Urban Democracy Lab at New York University in 2022, served as a research colead at the Wellbeing Economy Alliance from 2022–23, and served as a policy specialist at the Center for the Advancement of a Steady State Economy from 2023–24. His research focuses on the development of economic thought and policy in modern American history. 

Daniel has served as a Jefferson National Fellow and a Louis Galambos National Fellow in Business and Politics. His work has been supported by Cornell University's City and Regional Planning Program, the NYU Henry MacCracken Fellowship, and the New York State Archives, among others. His research has been featured in edited collections published by Columbia University Press and Pittsburgh University Press, peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of Urban History and the Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, and popular outlets like Metropole, Jacobin, Slate, and the Washington Post. More information can be found on his personal website www.publicspaced.com.

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