Michelle Renee Jacobs (ep4628)
University information
Title: Associate Professor
Unit: Sociology
Department: College of Liberal Arts & Science
Contact information
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Department:
Title:
Associate Professor
Phone:
313-577-2930
Fax:
313-577-2735
Email:
michelle.jacobs@wayne.edu
Office:
2263 FAB
Curriculum Vitae:
https://people.wayne.edu/profile/ep4628/1578/michelle_jacobs-professional_record-september_2024.docx
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Research interest(s)/area of expertise:
- Social inequalities
- Race and ethnicity
- Mass incarceration and community reentry
- Qualitative methods
- Indigenous studies
- Teaching and learning
Education – Degrees, Licenses, Certifications:
Ph.D. in Sociology, Kent State University, 2012
Awards and grants:
Awards
- Scholarly Achievement Award-Book, North Central Sociological Society (NCSA), 2024
- Scholaly Achievement Award-Article, North Central Sociological Society (NCSA), 2022
- WSU President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2020
- WSU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Teaching Award, 2019
Grants
- “The Detroit Reentry Photovoice Project.” ($10,000) WSU Social Sciences Research Support. 2023-2025
- “The Detroit Reentry Photovoice Project.” ($6,000) WSU Humanities Center Faculty Fellow. 2023-2024
- “Wrongful Conviction in Wayne County, MI.” ($10,000) WSU Social Justice Research Fund. 2023-2025
- "Achieving Engagement and Success for Commuter Students in Engineering” ($998,732.00); Award #1742486 NSF Division of Undergraduate Education. Principle Investigator: Jeffrey Potoff; Co-Principle Investigators: Mohson Ayoobi, Michelle Jacobs, Marcis Jansons. 2018-2023
News mentions:
Selected publications:
- Jacobs, Michelle R. 2023. Indigenous Memory, Urban Reality: Stories of American Indian Relocation and Reclamation. New York: New York University Press
- Jacobs, Michelle R. 2022. “The Role of Living Traditions in Decolonizing Indigenous Gender in an Urban Environment.” Sociological Forum 37(1): 177-199
- Jacobs, Michelle R. 2022. “‘You Should Be Proud!’ Native-Themed Mascots and the Cultural Reproduction of White Settler Space.” Sociological Inquiry 92(2): 417-441
- Jacobs, Michelle R. 2019. “Resisting and Reifying Racialization among Urban American Indians.” Ethnic and Racial Studies 42(4): 570-588.
- *Scholarly Achievement Award winner, North Central Sociological Society (NCSA), 2022
Irvin D. Reid Honors College
Last semester taught:
Winter 2023
Department:
Sociology
Courses taught by Michelle Renee Jacobs
Winter Term 2025 (future)
Fall Term 2024 (current)
Winter Term 2024
Fall Term 2023
Winter Term 2023
Fall Term 2022
- SOC1010 - Understanding Human Society
- SOC2200 - Sociology as a Vocation I
- SOC4010 - Sociology as a Vocation II
Winter Term 2022
- SOC2200 - Sociology as a Vocation I
- SOC4010 - Sociology as a Vocation II
- SOC7260 - Qualitative Sociology
Recent university news spotlights
- “Real Pictures of Reentry” photo exhibit comes to Hamtramck
- “Real Pictures of Reentry” Photo Exhibit
- Wayne State brings education to prisons
- Academic Recognition Ceremony celebrates faculty, staff excellence
- 2024 Board of Governors Faculty Recognition Awards
- Board of Governors recognizes faculty scholarly achievements