Michelle Renee Jacobs (ep4628)

University information

Title: Associate Professor
Unit: Sociology
Department: College of Liberal Arts & Science

Contact information

313-577-2930
Sociology
2228 FAB
Detroit, 48202

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Department:

Sociology

Title: Associate Professor
Phone: 313-577-2930
Fax: 313-577-2735
Office:

2263 FAB

Curriculum Vitae: https://people.wayne.edu/profile/ep4628/1578/michelle_jacobs-professional_record-september_2024.docx 45246 1727450645 file
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
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
Michelle Renee Jacobs

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)

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