Lanita Jacobs-Huey, Assistant Professor
Departments of Anthropology and Program in American Studies and Ethniticy

Department of Anthropology
Grace Ford Salvatori Hall, Room 128
3601 Watt Way
Los Angeles, CA 90089
Phone: (213) 740-1909
E-mail: jacobshu@usc.edu
Personal Web Site: http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~jacobshu/

Research

Hair Culture and Practice in the African Diaspora, African American Comedy, African American Women's Discourse, Computer-Mediated Communication, African American English, Language and Identity in Diasporas, Language and Gender, Language Crossing/Passing, Anthropology of the Body, Native Anthropology.

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Bio

Lanita Jacobs-Huey received her Ph.D. in linguistic anthropology from UCLA in 1999.

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Education

University of California, Los Angeles
Ph.D. (1999) 
Research Advisors: Marcyliena Morgan (Principal), Paul Kroskrity, Marjorie Goodwin, Valerie Smith, Elinor Ochs 
Major:  Linguistic Anthropology 
Thesis: Becoming Cosmetologists: Language Socialization in an African American Beauty College 

M.A. (1996) 
Research Advisor: Marcyliena Morgan 
Major:  Linguistic Anthropology 
Thesis: Is There An Authentic African American Speech Community: Carla Revisited

B.A. (1993) 
Research Advisors:  Melvin Oliver, James H. Johnson 
Individual Major:  Issues in Urban Poverty and Public Policy 
Specialization: Education, Inter-Group Relations, and Conflict Resolution

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Recent Publications

Jacobs-Huey, Lanita. Forthcoming (a). The Natives are Gazing and Talking Back: Positionality, Voice, and Accountability among “Native” Anthropologists. Revised manuscript accepted by American Anthropologist.

Jacobs-Huey, Lanita.  Forthcoming (b).  Remembering Chrissy: enGendering Knowledge, Difference, and Power in Women’s Hair Care Narratives.  Manuscript under revision for Tranforming Anthropology.

Jacobs-Huey, Lanita.  2001. Epistemological Deliberations:  Constructing and Contesting Knowledge in Women’s Cross-Cultural Hair Testimonies.  In Nancy Tuana and Sandi Morgen (Eds.) EnGendering Rationalities (335-359).  Albany:  SUNY Press.

Jacobs-Huey, Lanita.  In Press.  BTW, How Do YOU Wear Your Hair:  Establishing Racial Identity, Consciousness and Community in an African American Listserv Group. To appear in forthcoming volume, Susan Herring (Ed.) Computer-Mediated Conversation.

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Courses Taught

Collective Identity & Political Violence:  Representing 9/11 (ANTH/AMST 240)
Language and Culture - Graduate Seminar (ANTH 599)
Exploring Culture through Film (ANTH 263g)
African American Society and Culture(AMST 385)
Introduction to Anthropology
Language and Culture

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Awards and Honors

National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant, (with Marcyliena Morgan-1998)
Wenner-Gren Foundation Pre-Doctoral Grant (1998)
Ford Dissertation Fellowship (1998)
UCLA Center for African American Studies Research Grant (1997)

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Professional Memberships

American Anthropological Association
Committee of Linguists of African Descent (CLAD), Affiliate and Founding Member

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