Gregory Snyder

Education

Ph.D., Sociology, New School for Social Research

M.A., Sociology, New School for Social Research

M.A., Liberal Studies, New School for Social Research

B.A., History, University of Wisconsin

Books

Snyder, G. (2017). Skateboarding LA: Inside Professional Street Skateboarding. (p. 297). New York, NY, USA, New York University Press.

Snyder, G. (2009). Graffitti Lives: Beyond the Tag in New York's Urban Underground. (p. 256). New York, NY, USA, NYU Press .

Journal Articles

(2012). The City and the Subculture Career: Professional Street Skateboarding in LA. Ethnography, SAGE publications, vol. 13,3(September 2012, first published on-line November 11, 2011). pp. 306-329.

(2006). Graffiti Media and the Perpetuation of an Illegal Subculture. Crime, Media, Culture:An International Journal , 2(1). pp.93-101.

Book Chapters

Snyder, G. (2017). Deviance as Career Opportunity: The Case of Graffiti and Skateboarding. In Sefiha, O., & Brown, S. (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Deviance Studies New York,USA. Routledge Press.

Snyder, G. J. (2017). Long Live the Tag: Representing the Foundations of Graffiti. In Avramidis, K., & Tsilimpoundi, M. (Eds.), Graffiti and Street Art: Reading, Writing and Representing the City London,United Kingdom. Routledge Press.

Ilhan, J., & Snyder, G. (2016). Graffiti. In Tonry, M. (Ed.), Oxford Handbooks On-Line of Criminology and Criminal justice London,UK and USA. Oxford University Press.

Snyder, G. (2016). Graffiti and the Subculture Career. In Ross, J. I. (Ed.), A Handbook of Graffiti and Street Art New York, London,USA/UK. Routledge Press.

Snyder, G. (2015). Graffiti and the Subculture Career. Oxford Handbooks On-Line of Criminology and Criminal justice London, UK and New York, NY,UK and USA. Oxford University Press.

Snyder, G. (2011). Crime Space vs. Cool Space: Breaking Down Broken Windows. In Ferrell, J., & Hayward, K. (Eds.), Cultural Criminology :The Library of Essays in Theoretical Criminology London, UK,United Kingdom. Ashgate Publishers.

Snyder, G. (2010). "Howard Becker". In Hayward, K., Maruna, S., & Moone, J. (Eds.), 50 Key Thinkers in Criminology (pp. 163-167). London,United Kingdom. Routledge Press.

Patents and Intellectual Properties

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Presentations

Snyder, G. (2019, August 12). University of Skate: Academic Forum and Workshop. Pushing Boarders. Malmo, Sweeden: Bryggeriet High School.

Snyder, G. (2019, November 15). Alley Cats, Street Races, and Velodromes: Track Bikes and the Opportunity Costs of Urban Cycling. American Society of Criminology. San Francisco, CA: American Society of Criminology.

Snyder, G. (2018, June 1). What We Do is Secret: The Challenge of Writing about Skateboarding. Pushing Boarders. London England: Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London.

Snyder, G. (2017, November 15). Deviance as Career Opportunity: The Case of Graffiti and Skateboarding. American Society of Criminology. Philadelphia, PA: American Society of Criminology.

Snyder, G. (2016, November 18). The Politics of the Subculture Career: Skaters de-criminalize ‘The West LA Courthouse’. American Society of Criminology, Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA: American Society of Criminology.

Snyder, G. (2016, October 25). Graffiti Lives: Aesthetics and Visual Sociology. Arts and Lectures Committee: Farmingdale State College. Farmindale, New York: Farmingdale State College.

Snyder, G. (2016, March 18). Concrete Activism: Skateboarders’ Transformations of Urban Space. Eastern Sociological Society-Annual Meeting. Boston, MA: Eastern Sociological Society.

Snyder, G. (2014, October 8). Ethnographic Techniques and Forms of Knowing. Guest Lecturer. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University.

Snyder, G. (2014, April 28). Graffiti Lives: Beyond the Tag in New York's Urban Underground. Guest Lecturer. New York City: Marymount College.

Snyder, G. (2014, February 20). Street League Skateboarding: The Mainstreaming of Resistance. Eastern Sociological Society-Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD: Eastern Sociological Society.

Snyder, G. (2014, November 20). Making Space: Skateboarders and the Process of Illegal Urban Design. American Society of Criminology,Annual Meeting. San Francisco, California

Snyder, G. (2013, March 21). Profit Margins: Professional Skateboarding and the Creation of Profitable Public Space. Eastern Sociological Society-Annual Meeting. Boston, MA: Eastern Sociological Society.

Snyder, G. (2012, March 24). Author Meets Critics: Graffiti Lives: Beyond the Tag in New York's Urban Underground. Eastern Sociological Society-Annual Meeting. New York, NY

Snyder, G. (2011, April 30). The City and the Subculture Career: Professional Street Skateboarding in LA. Invited Speaker, Department of Sociology. Salem, OR: Willamette University.

Snyder, G. (2011, November 30). Spot Profits: Professional Street Skateboarders and the Creation of Subcultural Landmarks. American Society of Criminology, Annual Meeting. Washington, DC: American Society of Criminology.

Snyder, G. (2011, April 30). Graffiti Lives, Subculture and the Birmingham School. Guest Lecturer, Senior Seminar on Subcultures. Salem, OR: Willamette University.

Snyder, G. (2010, November 30). Resisting Arrest: Skateboarder’s Responses to Criminalized Urban Spaces. American Society of Criminology, Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA: American Society of Criminology.

Snyder, G. (2009, October 5). Graffiti Lives: Youth Culture, Hip Hop and Beyond. International Conference on Crime, Media and Popular Culture. Terra Haute, IN: Indiana State University.

Snyder, G. (2009, November 30). Author Meets Critics: Graffiti Lives: Beyond the Tag in New York's Urban Underground. American Society of Criminology, Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA: American Society of Criminology.

Snyder, G. (2009, November 30). Criminalized Subcultures and the Creative Class: The Case of Graffiti and Skateboarding. American Society of Criminology, Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA: American Society of Criminology.

Snyder, G. (2009, August 31). Graffiti Lives: Beyond the Tag in New York's Urban Underground. Author at the NYC Public Library presents.... New York, NY: New York Public Library.

Snyder, G. (2007, November 30). Breaking Down Broken Windows: Graffiti in Brooklyn and Soho. American Society of Criminology, Annual Meeting. Atlanta, GA: American Society of Criminology.

Snyder, G. (2007, August 2). Crime Space vs. Cool Space: Graffiti and the Branding of Consumer Experience. On the Edge: Transgression and the Dangerous Other. New York, NY: CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

Snyder, G. (2005, March 31). A Brief History of the Graffiti Movement, 1960's to the Present. Hip Hop in Global Practice. Bronx, NY: Lehman College.

Snyder, G. (2003, March 31). The Challenges of Studying Graffiti in New York. Ethnography New York Style. New York, NY: CUNY Graduate Center.

Snyder, G. (2001, February 28). Graffiti is, Graffiti Aint: Writing Hip Hop Wrongs. The Hip Hop Paradigm: Mapping and Transcending its Boundaries. Ann Harbor, Michigan: The University of Michigan.

Snyder, G. (2000, January 31). Greetings From ESPOland: Graffiti and Ethnographic Discovery. Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction: Couch-Stone Sympossium. St. Petersburg, Florida: University of South Florida.

Reviews

Snyder, G. (2015,April 15). Review of "Street Art, Public City" by Alison Young. Leeds,United Kingdom: Criminology and Criminal Justice.

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