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Office Phone: +1 919 668 5252
Email Address: jackson5@duke.edu
Web Page: http://www.pubpol.duke.edu/~jackson5
Areas of Expertise
Education:
Doctor of Philosophy (with distinction), Columbia University, 2000
M.A., Columbia University, 1994
B.A. (summa cum laude), Howard University, 1993
Research Description: John L. Jackson, Jr., received his Ph.D. in Anthropology from Columbia University in 2000. His first book, Harlemworld: Doing Race and Class in Contemporary Black America (University of Chicago Press 2001), examines vernacular theories of race, class and their "performative" intersections. He is currently finishing his second book, Real Black: Adventures Racial Sincerity (University of Chicago Press, forthcoming 2005). As a film producer, he has also produced a nationally-distributed documentary, several internationally-screened film-shorts, and an award-winning 16mm feature film.
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