Ryan Devlin

Areas of Expertise

Community Development, Planning Law and Administration, Anti-racism Planning

Selected Publications

• Devlin, Ryan Thomas (2021) “On the Continued Importance of Analytical and Normative Distinctions in Evaluating Informality.” Planning Theory Vol. 20(4).
• Devlin, Ryan Thomas (2018) “Asking ‘Third World Questions’ of First World Informality: Using Southern Theory to Parse Needs from Desires in an Analysis of Informal Urbanism in the Global North.” Planning Theory Vol. 17(4). 
• Devlin, Ryan Thomas (2021) “Winning a Right to the Sidewalk: Political and Organizing Strategies of Street Vendors in New York.” WIEGO Organizing Brief No. 11 Manchester, UK: WIEGO.
• Devlin, Ryan Thomas (2020) “No Place for Street Vendors: Global Capital and Local Exclusion in an East Asian Immigrant Neighborhood in Queens, New York City.” WIEGO Resource Document No. 17 Manchester, UK: WIEGO.

Recent Courses Taught

• History and Theory of Planning
• The Informal City
• Gentrification and Equitable Development
• Introduction to Community Development