Shannon Lee Dawdy
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| Shannon Lee Dawdy | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1972 |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Anthropology |
| Institutions | University of Chicago |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
Shannon Lee Dawdy is an American historian, archeologist and anthropologist. She is an associate professor at the University of Chicago and a MacArthur Fellow.
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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 an associate professor 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]
In 2010, she was named a MacArthur Fellow.
Bibliography
Dawdy, Shannon Lee (2008) Building the Devil's Empire: French Colonial New Orleans University of Chicago Press ISBN 9780226138411
