New York University

Rebecca Amato is a Ph.D. candidate in U.S. History at The Graduate Center of The City University of New York. With research interests converging around urban history, gender, and Visual Culture, her dissertation examines the phenomenon of "slumming" in New York during the closing decades of the 19th century. Amato has also worked with the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, the Brooklyn Historical Society, the New-York Historical Society, and the American Social History Project to produce exhibits and teaching materials on the history of New York. She holds a B.S. in Radio, Television, and Film from Northwestern University.