Thomas Devaney is a writer and Pew Fellow in the Arts with a focus on city building and civic engagement. He holds a Master’s in Urban Design from Drexel University’s Urban Strategy program (2024), where he authored the thesis “Reimagining Urban Parks: Philadelphia’s FDR Park as a Space for People and Nature.” He is the communications and engagement manager at Drexel University’s Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation.
He wrote and co-director the film Bicentennial City with Greenhouse Media (2020). and is the author of six books, including Getting to Philadelphia (Hanging Loose Press, 2019). His work is featured in The Brooklyn Rail, The Philadelphia Citizen, Billy Penn, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and Best American Poetry 2019.