Jon Ritter

Ph.D. 2007, M.A. 1999, NYU Institute of Fine Arts; B.A. 1988 Yale University.

19th and 20th century architecture and urbanism; public art; history of city planning and public space.

Society of Architectural Historians; College Art Association; Society for American City and Regional Planning History; President, Society of Architectural Historians, New York Metropolitan Chapter.

Samuel F.B. Morse Fellowship, Shelby and Leon Levy Fellowship, NYU Professional Development Grant.

Ritter, Jon, “The Expression of Civic Life: Civic Centers and the City Beautiful in New York City,” in Classical New York: Greece and Rome in New York City’s Art and Architecture, 1830 -1940, eds. Matthew McGowan and Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis (New York: Fordham University Press, 2018, peer reviewed) 

Ritter, Jon, “Framing the City: New York’s City Beautiful Arches, 1899 – 1919,” The Classicist 14, 2017 (peer reviewed) 

Collaborative Grant, NYU Global Faculty Fund, 2019-20, “Adaptive Reuse in a Changing World,” with Richard Hill, Mosette Broderick 

Collaborative Grant, NYU Global Faculty Fund, 2018-19, “Learning from King’s Cross,” with Phil Crew, Mosette Broderick 

Publication Grant, NYU Dept. of Art History, 2018, “The Euston Arch: Research from the NYU MA in Historical and Sustainable Architecture” 

Publication Grant, NYU Institute of Fine Arts, IFA Forum, 2018, “Duke House Stories,” with Jean-Louis Cohen 

Golden Dozen Teaching Award, New York University College of Arts and Science, 2016 

Continuing Contract Faculty Senate (C-FSC):

Alternate Senator, Continuing Contract Faculty (C-FSC), 2014 - present

Alternate Senator, FAS Continuing Contract Faculty Senate, 2014 - present

Member, C-FSC Finance Committee, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2020-21

Chair, C-FSC Committee on the Global Network University, 2018-19, 2019–20, 2020-21

Member, University Senate Finance Committee, 2015-16, 2016-17

Member University Committee on Global Network University, 2018-19, 2019-20, 

2020-21

Member, C-FSC Educational Policies Committee, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18

Member, University Undergraduate Program Committee, 2017-18

Member, FAS C-FSC ad hoc Committee on Hiring, Promotion, and Re-appointment 

Guidelines, 2015-16