Susan A. Phillips
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]
Education and career
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.[7]
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.[7] In 2016, as an associate professor, she was named a Getty Scholar by the Getty Research Institute.[8]
Books
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][9]
References
- 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
- Morrison, Patt (August 7, 2019), "Why good old graffiti thrives in the Internet age – especially in L.A. (interview with Phillips)", Los Angeles Times
- Wallbangin': Graffiti and Gangs in L.A. (University of Chicago Press, 1999, ISBN 9780226667720). Reviews:
- Chappell, Ben (2000), Text, Practice, Performance, 2: 103–105CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Rymes, Betsy (2001), Written Language and Literacy, 4 (2): 251–256, doi:10.1075/wll.4.2.14rymCS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Austin, Joe (May 2002), American Ethnologist, 29 (2): 450–451, doi:10.1525/ae.2002.29.2.450, JSTOR 3095195CS1 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
- 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 23524528CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Graves, Steven M. (July 2013), Urban Geography, 34 (6): 889–890, doi:10.1080/02723638.2013.810399CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Glazier, Mary H. (2013), Anthropos, 108 (2): 698, JSTOR 23509918CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Herbert, Steve (February 2013), Theoretical Criminology, 17 (1): 131–134, doi:10.1177/1362480612462769CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Leap, Jorja (March 2014), "Operation Fly Trap: L.A. Gangs, Drugs, and the Law", American Anthropologist, Wiley, 116 (1): 223, doi:10.1111/aman.12085_36
- Katzenstein, Jessica (November 2015), Social Anthropology, 23 (4): 525–526, doi:10.1111/1469-8676.12246CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- 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
- Home page
- Susan A. Phillips publications indexed by Google Scholar