Shannon Lee Dawdy

Shannon Lee Dawdy
Born 1967
Nationality American
Alma mater University of Michigan
Scientific career
Fields Anthropology
Institutions University of Chicago

Shannon Lee Dawdy is an American historian, archeologist and anthropologist. She is an associate professor at the University of Chicago and a MacArthur Fellow.

Education

Dawdy holds a PhD in anthropology and history and an MA in history from the University of Michigan, an MA in anthropology from the College of William and Mary and a BA in anthropology from Reed College.[1]

Research

Dawdy is 'Professor of Anthropology and of Social Sciences in the College' at the University of Chicago. Her research focuses on the Gulf of Mexico, with a special focus on New Orleans, from the colonial period to the post-Katrina present.[2] Another topic of Dawdy's research is contemporary oceanic piracy, and the potential existence of pirate culture.[3] She is currently working on a study of 21st-century American death practices.

In 2010, she was named a MacArthur Fellow.[4]

Bibliography

Dawdy, Sannon Lee (2016). Patina: A Profane Archaeology. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226351193.

Dawdy, Sannon Lee (2008). Building the Devil's Empire: French Colonial New Orleans. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226138411.

References

  1. ↑ Dawdy, Shannon Lee. "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "Faculty - Shannon Lee Dawdy". University of Chicago. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  3. ↑ Dent, Alexander Sebastian. "INTRODUCTION: Understanding the War on Piracy, Or Why we Need More Anthropology of Pirates." Anthropological Quarterly 85.3 (2012): 659-72. ProQuest. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  4. ↑ https://www.macfound.org/fellows/31/
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