Susan A. Phillips
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Susan A. Phillips | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1969 (age 56–57) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | California State University, Dominguez Hills |
| Alma mater | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Thesis | The politics of Los Angeles gang graffiti (1998) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Anthropology |
| Institutions | Pitzer College |
| Main interests | Graffiti |
| Notable works | The City Beneath |
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]
Dr. Phillips' article on redlining and gang neighborhoods in Los Angeles with Professor Stefano Bloch was shortlisted as one of the best articles of 2022 in Urban Studies (journal).[7]
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.[8]
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.[8] In 2016, as an associate professor, she was named a Getty Scholar by the Getty Research Institute.[9]
