Dr. Jerry’s primary interests are in theorizing the relationship between blackness and citizenship. His work highlights how blackness has historically been conceived of as the means of production and the ways that this conceptualization continues to inform the possibilities for recognition, expression, and experiences of blackness in Mexico and the U.S. Southwest.
Anthony Russell Jerry holds a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, an MA in Applied anthropology from San Diego State University, and an MBA from the Anderson Graduate School of Management at UC Riverside. He is the recipient of a Fulbright Garcia Robles Fellowship, a Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, and a University of California Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship. His research interests are in Blackness, Citizenship, Subject-Making, and Black entrepreneurship (Cultural and Social) in the “Americas.” He is also the founder and director of the Cultural Media Archive and The Learning Archive, online platforms designed to promote racial literacy and social and emotion learning through building empathy and awareness.
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