Address
405 Lehman Hall, Barnard College, Columbia University
3009 Broadway, New York, NY 10027-6598
Tel: 212.854.8522, Fax: 212.854.3024
E-mail: kimjohnson@barnard.edu
Schedule
Fall
Spring
Courses
Research Interests
American politics
American political development
Urban and local politics
Federalism and intergovernmental relations
Bureaucracy, public administrations
Education
Ph.D. Columbia University, New York, 1998
Dissertation: Governing the American State: Federalism, Congress and Public Policy, 1877-1931.
B.A. Columbia College, Columbia University, 1989, Urban Studies/Economics
Fellowships and Awards
National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Stipend Grant, 2004.
Paul D. Volcker Junior Researcher Scholar Award, American Political Science Association, 2003
Columbia University Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy Seed Grant, 2003
Larry J. Hackman Research Residency (New York State Archives), 2003
Dissertation nominations:
Leonard D. White Award for best dissertation in Public Administration, APSA, 1999.
Bancroft Award, Columbia University, for best dissertation in politics and history, 1998.
Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, Columbia University, 1996-1997.
Research Fellow, Center for the Social Sciences, Columbia University, 1995-1996.
Ford Foundation Pre-dissertation Fellowship, Columbia University, 1992-1995.
Recent Publications
Books
Governing the American State: Congress and the New Federalism, 1877-1929. Princeton University Press, Princeton Studies in American Politics (Ira Katznelson, Martin Shefter and Theda Skocpol, editors), in press.
Reviewed in:
– "Publius,"
– the "Journal of Politics,"
– the "American Historical Review" and
– the "Journal of American History."
Articles
"Community Development Organizations, Participation and Accountability: The Harlem Urban Development Corporation and the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation." Annals: Journal of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Race and Community Development Issue, 594 (July 2004)
"Modernity, Public Administration and the Disappearance of the American States: A Necessary Development?" Administration and Society, Volume 35, No. 2 (Spring 2003)
Curriculum Vitæ Fall 2009, in PDF.
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