Patricia C. Phillips’ research and critical writing involve contemporary public art, architecture, sculpture, landscape, and the intersection of these areas. She is the author of Ursula von Rydingsvard: Working (New York: Prestel, 2011), It is Difficult, a survey of the work of Alfredo Jaar (Barcelona: Actar Press, 1998), and editor of City Speculations (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1996). Her curatorial and design projects include Disney Animators and Animation (Whitney Museum of Art, 1981), The POP Project (Institute for Contemporary Art/P.S. 1, 1988), Making Sense: Five Installations on Sensation (Katonah Museum of Art, 1996) and City Speculations (Queens Museum of Art, 1996). From 2002-2007, she served as Editor-in-Chief of the Art Journal, a quarterly publication on modern/contemporary art published by the College Art Association. She is Dean of Graduate Studies at Rhode Island School of Design.