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
  1. Birth year from copyright page of Operation Fly Trap: L. A. Gangs, Drugs, and the Law
  2. "Susan Phillips", Faculty Directory & Profiles, Pitzer College, retrieved 2019-12-28
  3. Anthropologist Discovers 100-Year-Old Graffiti By 'America's Most Famous Hobo', NPR, June 11, 2016
  4. Morrison, Patt (August 7, 2019), "Why good old graffiti thrives in the Internet age – especially in L.A. (interview with Phillips)", Los Angeles Times
  5. 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, S2CID 144832797
  6. Operation Fly Trap: L. A. Gangs, Drugs, and the Law (University of Chicago Press, 2012, ISBN 9780226667676). Reviews:
  7. Curriculum vitae, 2012, retrieved 2019-12-28
  8. 2016/17: Art and Anthropology (Research Institute), Getty Research Institute, retrieved 2019-12-28
  9. The City Beneath: A Century of Los Angeles Graffiti (Yale University Press, 2019, ISBN 9780300246032)
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