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]
Phillips' books include:
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