Shannon Lee Dawdy
Shannon Lee Dawdy | |
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| Born | 1967 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
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| Fields | Anthropology |
| Institutions | University of Chicago |
Shannon Lee Dawdy is an American historian, archeologist and anthropologist. She is an associate professor at the University of Chicago and a MacArthur Fellow.
Education
Dawdy holds a PhD in anthropology and history and an MA in history from the University of Michigan, an MA in anthropology from the College of William and Mary and a BA in anthropology from Reed College.[1]
Research
Dawdy is 'Professor of Anthropology and of Social Sciences in the College' at the University of Chicago. Her research focuses on the Gulf of Mexico, with a special focus on New Orleans, from the colonial period to the post-Katrina present.[2] Another topic of Dawdy's research is contemporary oceanic piracy, and the potential existence of pirate culture.[3] She is currently working on a study of 21st-century American death practices.
In 2010, she was named a MacArthur Fellow.[4]
Bibliography
Dawdy, Sannon Lee (2016). Patina: A Profane Archaeology. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226351193.
Dawdy, Sannon Lee (2008). Building the Devil's Empire: French Colonial New Orleans. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226138411.
References
- ^ Dawdy, Shannon Lee. "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- ^ "Faculty - Shannon Lee Dawdy". University of Chicago. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- ^ Dent, Alexander Sebastian. "INTRODUCTION: Understanding the War on Piracy, Or Why we Need More Anthropology of Pirates." Anthropological Quarterly 85.3 (2012): 659-72. ProQuest. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ^ https://www.macfound.org/fellows/31/
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