Shannon Jackson is an Associate Professor of Anthropology who coordinates and teaches in the Anthropology Program and conducts research on cities, technology, and embodiment. She has been conducting ethnographic and archival research on material culture and identity in Cape Town, South Africa since 1989. This work culminated in numerous articles and a book titled Embodying Cape Town, Palgrave Macmillan (2017). She has also conducted research on technology and inequality in cities in the U.S. She recently received the International Award for Excellence from the Technology, Knowledge, and Society Research Network for her research on the digital divide. Her current book project is titled “The Machine in the City: Technology and Inequality in one American City.”
Courses
ANCH 213 Empire
ANT 300 Technology and Society
ANT 302 Social Stratification
ANT 303CN Civil War, Terror, Trauma
ANT 308 The Social Life of Things
ANT 328 Body and Society
ANT 331 Urban Anthropology
Research Areas
Socio-cultural Anthropology
Urban Studies: Space, Embodiment, and Technology
Fieldwork contexts: U.S. and South Africa
Academic Credentials
Ph.D. Sociocultural Anthropology, University of Chicago
M.A. Social Science, University of Chicago
M.A. Sociocultural Anthropology, University of Connecticut
B.A. Sociocultural Anthropology, Southwest Missouri State University