Associate Professor of Anthropology

Education

American University
Ph.D. Department of Anthropology

Dissertation: Hidden Differences: Life Story Narratives of Adults with Learning Disabilities

American University
M.A. Department of Anthropology, Applied Anthropology 

Contact

CAS 119
(401) 254-3556
jskolnikoff@rwu.edu

Research Interests

Applied Anthropology, Anthropology of Sport, Gender and Sport, Disability and Identity, and Teaching Scholarship

Selected Presentations and Publications

Skolnikoff Jessica and Robert Engvall. Colonialism and Baseball: A Cultural Critique of Major League Baseball Academies.  Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, June 2006.

Skolnikoff, Jessica. Games, Disability, and Performance. Society For Applied Anthropology Conference. March 2006.

Skolnikoff, Jessica. The Role of the ‘Other’ Seen Through Life Story Narratives of Adults with Learning Disabilities, Volume 10, July 2003.

What I Am Working on Now

August 2004-Present, Editor-in-Chief, Northeastern Anthropology Association Newsletter, Published three times a year.