Susan A. Phillips
Susan A. Phillips | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1969 (age 54–55) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | California State University, Dominguez Hills |
| Alma mater | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Thesis | The politics of Los Angeles gang graffiti (1998) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Anthropology |
| Institutions | Pitzer College |
| Main interests | Graffiti |
| Notable works | The City Beneath |
Susan A. Phillips (born 1969)[1] is an American anthropologist and criminologist who works as a professor of environmental analysis at Pitzer College.[2] She is known for research on graffiti,[3][4] and her books on gangs and graffiti.[5][6][4]
Dr. Phillips article on redlining and gang neighborhoods in Los Angeles with Professor Stefano Bloch was shortlisted as one of the best articles of 2022 in Urban Studies (journal).[7]
Education and career
[edit]Phillips graduated in 1990 from California State University, Dominguez Hills with a bachelor's degree in civilizations. She then went to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) for graduate study in anthropology, earning a master's degree in 1994 and completing a Ph.D. in 1998.[8]
After continuing at UCLA as a lecturer for four more years, and also working as a lecturer at the ArtCenter College of Design, she became an assistant professor at Pitzer College in 2002.[8] In 2016, as an associate professor, she was named a Getty Scholar by the Getty Research Institute.[9]
Books
[edit]Phillips' books include:
- Wallbangin': Graffiti and Gangs in L.A. (1999),[5]
- Operation Fly Trap: L. A. Gangs, Drugs, and the Law (2012),[6] and
- The City Beneath: A Century of Los Angeles Graffiti (2019)[4][10]
References
[edit]- ^ Birth year from copyright page of Operation Fly Trap: L. A. Gangs, Drugs, and the Law
- ^ "Susan Phillips", Faculty Directory & Profiles, Pitzer College, retrieved 2019-12-28
- ^ Anthropologist Discovers 100-Year-Old Graffiti By 'America's Most Famous Hobo', NPR, June 11, 2016
- ^ a b c Morrison, Patt (August 7, 2019), "Why good old graffiti thrives in the Internet age – especially in L.A. (interview with Phillips)", Los Angeles Times
- ^ a b Wallbangin': Graffiti and Gangs in L.A. (University of Chicago Press, 1999, ISBN 9780226667720). Reviews:
- Chappell, Ben (2000), Text, Practice, Performance, 2: 103–105
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Rymes, Betsy (2001), Written Language and Literacy, 4 (2): 251–256, doi:10.1075/wll.4.2.14rym
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Austin, Joe (May 2002), American Ethnologist, 29 (2): 450–451, doi:10.1525/ae.2002.29.2.450, JSTOR 3095195
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Ramírez, Catherine S. (December 2004), "Representing, Politics, and the Politics of Representation in Gang Studies", American Quarterly, 56 (4): 1135–1146, doi:10.1353/aq.2004.0063, JSTOR 40068303, S2CID 144832797
- Chappell, Ben (2000), Text, Practice, Performance, 2: 103–105
- ^ a b Operation Fly Trap: L. A. Gangs, Drugs, and the Law (University of Chicago Press, 2012, ISBN 9780226667676). Reviews:
- Smith, P. (November 2012), "Two Faces of the Drug War", Drug War Chronicle, 758
- Contemporary Sociology, 42 (3): 457–458, May 2013, doi:10.1177/0094306113484703q, JSTOR 23524528, S2CID 113609903
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Graves, Steven M. (July 2013), Urban Geography, 34 (6): 889–890, doi:10.1080/02723638.2013.810399, S2CID 141330844
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Glazier, Mary H. (2013), Anthropos, 108 (2): 698, JSTOR 23509918
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Herbert, Steve (February 2013), Theoretical Criminology, 17 (1): 131–134, doi:10.1177/1362480612462769, S2CID 149405369
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Leap, Jorja (March 2014), "Operation Fly Trap: L.A. Gangs, Drugs, and the Law", American Anthropologist, 116 (1), Wiley: 223, doi:10.1111/aman.12085_36
- Katzenstein, Jessica (November 2015), Social Anthropology, 23 (4): 525–526, doi:10.1111/1469-8676.12246
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- ^ Bloch, Stefano; Phillips, Susan A. (2022). "Mapping and making gangland: A legacy of redlining and enjoining gang neighbourhoods in Los Angeles". Urban Studies. 59 (4): 750–770. Bibcode:2022UrbSt..59..750B. doi:10.1177/00420980211010426.
- ^ a b Curriculum vitae, 2012, retrieved 2019-12-28
- ^ 2016/17: Art and Anthropology (Research Institute), Getty Research Institute, retrieved 2019-12-28
- ^ The City Beneath: A Century of Los Angeles Graffiti (Yale University Press, 2019, ISBN 9780300246032)
External links
[edit]- Susan A. Phillips publications indexed by Google Scholar
| International | |
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| National | |
| Academics | |
| Other | |
- 1969 births
- Living people
- American anthropologists
- American women anthropologists
- American criminologists
- American women criminologists
- Graffiti in the United States
- California State University, Dominguez Hills alumni
- University of California, Los Angeles alumni
- University of California, Los Angeles faculty
- ArtCenter College of Design faculty
- Pitzer College faculty
- American women academics
- 21st-century American women