Kim Phillips-Fein

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BornAugust 1975 (age 50)
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
Columbia 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. and the Gardiner-Kenneth T. Jackson Professor of History at Columbia University.

She was formerly a 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.