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Susan A. Phillips (born 1969) is an American anthropologist and criminologist who works as a professor of environmental analysis at Pitzer College. She is known for research on graffiti, and her books on gangs and graffiti.

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).

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.

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. In 2016, as an associate professor, she was named a Getty Scholar by the Getty Research Institute.

Books

Phillips' books include:

• Wallbangin': Graffiti and Gangs in L.A. (1999),
• Operation Fly Trap: L. A. Gangs, Drugs, and the Law (2012), and
• The City Beneath: A Century of Los Angeles Graffiti (2019)

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: 103–105{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
   • Rymes, Betsy (2001), Written Language and Literacy, 4 (2): 251–256, doi:10.1075/wll.4.2.14rym{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
   • Austin, Joe (May 2002), American Ethnologist, 29 (2): 450–451, doi:10.1525/ae.2002.29.2.450, JSTOR 3095195{{citation}}: CS1 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:
   • Smith, P. (November 2012), "Two Faces of the Drug War", Drug War Chronicle, 758
   • Contemporary Sociology, 42 (3): 457–458, May 2013, doi:10.1177/0094306113484703q, JSTOR 23524528, S2CID 113609903{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
   • Graves, Steven M. (July 2013), Urban Geography, 34 (6): 889–890, doi:10.1080/02723638.2013.810399, S2CID 141330844{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
   • Glazier, Mary H. (2013), Anthropos, 108 (2): 698, JSTOR 23509918{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
   • Herbert, Steve (February 2013), Theoretical Criminology, 17 (1): 131–134, doi:10.1177/1362480612462769, S2CID 149405369{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
   • Leap, Jorja (March 2014), "Operation Fly Trap: L.A. Gangs, Drugs, and the Law", American Anthropologist, 116 (1), Wiley: 223, doi:10.1111/aman.12085_36
   • Katzenstein, Jessica (November 2015), Social Anthropology, 23 (4): 525–526, doi:10.1111/1469-8676.12246{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
7. Bloch, Stefano; Phillips, Susan A. (2022). "Mapping and making gangland: A legacy of redlining and enjoining gang neighbourhoods in Los Angeles". Urban Studies. 59 (4): 750–770. Bibcode:2022UrbSt..59..750B. doi:10.1177/00420980211010426.
8. ^ Curriculum vitae, 2012, retrieved 2019-12-28
9. 2016/17: Art and Anthropology (Research Institute), Getty Research Institute, retrieved 2019-12-28
10. The City Beneath: A Century of Los Angeles Graffiti (Yale University Press, 2019, ISBN 9780300246032)

External links

• Susan A. Phillips publications indexed by Google Scholar

• 1969 births
• Living people
• American anthropologists
• American women anthropologists
• American criminologists
• American women criminologists
• Graffiti in the United States
• California State University, Dominguez Hills alumni
• University of California, Los Angeles alumni
• University of California, Los Angeles faculty
• ArtCenter College of Design faculty
• Pitzer College faculty
• American women academics
• 21st-century American women