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

Curriculum Vitae: https://people.wayne.edu/profile/ep4628/1578/cv_michelle_jacobs_6_14_22.pdf 277367 1655233013 file
Research interest(s)/area of expertise:

Social inequalities

 Race & ethnicity

 Indigenous studies

 Qualitative methods

 Teaching & learning

Education – Degrees, Licenses, Certifications: PhD, Sociology, Kent State University, 2012
Awards and grants:

Awards

WSU President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching (2020)
WSU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Teaching Award (2019)

 Grants

"Achieving Engagement and Success for Commuter Students in Engineering” ($998,732.00); Award #1742486 NSF Division of Undergraduate Education (2018-2023). Principle Investigator: Jeffrey Potoff; Co-Principle Investigators: Mohson Ayoobi, Michelle Jacobs, Marcis Jansons

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

Fall Term 2024 (future)

Winter Term 2024 (current)

Fall Term 2023

Winter Term 2023

Fall Term 2022

Winter Term 2022

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