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Lanita Jacobs

Expert on African American culture, language and power, and inter-ethnic violence
  • Associate professor, USC Dornsife College
  • American Studies & Ethnicity
Office: (213) 740-1909
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Expertise

  • African American hair care
  • Race and disability
  • African American stand-up comedy
  • African American English
  • African Americans in TV and on film

Additional Information

  • Recipient, National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development Grant, 2005
  • Recipient, James H. Zumberge Faculty Research and Innovation Fund grant, 2005
  • Recipient, Alpha Phi Alpha African American Women of USC Award, 2004
  • Recipient, Political Violence Initiative Teaching Grant, 2002
  • Recipient, USC Mini-Jumpstart Course Development Grant, 2002
  • Recipient, NICHD Minority Supplement (Research Consultant), 2001
  • Member, American Anthropological Association, American Studies Association, American Educational Research Association and American Humor Studies Association