Kim Phillips-Fein

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Kim Phillips-Fein
BornAugust 1975 (age 48)
Academic background
EducationBA, history, 1997, University of Chicago
PhD, American history 2005, Columbia University
ThesisTop-down revolution: businessmen, intellectuals and politicians against the New Deal (2005)
Academic work
InstitutionsNew York University
Notable worksFear City: New York’s Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics
Websitekimphillipsfein.com

Kimberly Phillips-Fein (born August 1975) is an American historian. She is also a Full professor at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study and the History Department of the College of Arts and Science at New York University (NYU). Her book Fear City: New York’s Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics was named a finalist for the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for History.

Early life and education

Phillips-Fein was born in New York City in August 1975 and was raised in downtown Brooklyn.[1] She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in history from the University of Chicago in 1997 before enrolling at Columbia University for her PhD.[2]

Career

Upon earning her PhD, Phillips-Fein joined the faculty at New York University (NYU) and became a 2008–09 NYU Center for the Humanities Fellow.[3] With the assistance of this fellowship, she published her first book titled Invisible Hands: The Businessmen's Crusade Against the New Deal. The book was a comprehensive historical account of how high-powered individuals fought against the New Deal from WWII to Ronald Reagan's presidential election.[4] Following this publication, she received a Cullman Center for Scholars, Artists and Writers fellowship at the New York Public Library for the 2014–15 academic year to pen her second book.[5]

Phillips-Fein published her second book titled Fear City: New York's Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics in 2017. The book "explores the causes, effects, and the legacy of New York City’s fiscal crisis of 1975".[6] Fear City was named a finalist for the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for History[7] and she received a 2020 Guggenheim Fellowship.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Public Thinker: Kim Phillips-Fein on Austerity and the Fall of New York". publicbooks.org. May 9, 2019. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  2. ^ "Kimberly Phillips-Fein". gallatin.nyu.edu. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  3. ^ "FELLOWS, 2008-2009". nyuhumanities.org. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  4. ^ Leighninger, Robert (September 2011). "Review of Invisible Hands: The Businessmen's Crusade Against the New Deal by Kim Phillips-Fein". The Journal of Social Welfare. 38 (3). Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  5. ^ "The New York Public Library's Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers Announces 2014-2015 Fellows". nypl.org. April 22, 2014. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  6. ^ Barney, James (2018). "Book review on Kim Phillips-Fein's Fear City: New York's Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics". Madison Historical Review. 15 (7). Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  7. ^ "Finalist: Fear City: New York's Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics, by Kim Phillips-Fein". pulitzer.org. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  8. ^ Mead, Nick (April 14, 2020). "Three NYU Professors Awarded Guggenheim Fellowships". nyunews.com. Retrieved June 30, 2020.

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