J. Phillip Thompson
Professor of Political Science and Urban Planning at MIT School of Architecture and Planning
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MIT School of Architecture and Planning
Phil Thompson is an urban planner and political scientist. He received a B.A. in Sociology from Harvard University in 1977, a M.U.P. from Hunter College in 1986, and a PhD. in Political Science from the City University of New York Graduate Center in 1990. Phil worked as Deputy General Manager of the New York Housing Authority, and as Director of the Mayor’s Office of Housing Coordination. Phil is a frequent advisor to trade unions in their efforts to work with immigrant and community groups across the United States. Phil’s most recent academic work includes a 2004 review of public health interventions in poor black communities (written with Arline Geronimus) published in the Du Bois Review, entitled “To Denigrate, Ignore, or Disrupt: The Health Impact of Policy-induced Breakdown of Urban African American Communities of Support,” an article entitled “Judging Mayors” in the June 2005 issue of Perspectives on Politics, and a recent book called “Double Trouble: Black Mayors, Black Communities and the Struggle for Deep Democracy” published by Oxford University Press.
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Historical Context - J. Phillip Thompson, NYC Deputy Mayor
Our Economy, Our City - Deputy Mayor J. Phillip Thompson
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4. ECC Resilience Forum: The High Road to Climate Resilience II – Dr. J. Phil Thompson, MIT
OUR ECONOMY! The Origins and Relevance of the Struggle for Economic Democracy in the U.S.
J. Phillip Thompson Keynote Excerpt from Our Economy Conference
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