Nationality American Role Author Name Janet Jacobs | Education BS, MPA, PhD Fields Sociology | |
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Known for Gender and religion studies Notable awards Distinguished book award from the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Hazel Barnes Prize Books Memorializing the Holocaus, Hidden heritage, Butterfly in Amber and Other Fra, Divine disenchantment | ||
Institutions University of Colorado | ||
Janet Liebman Jacobs (born 1948) is an American sociologist specializing in gender and religion. Jacobs' research focuses on women, religion, ethnicity and the social psychology of gender. She has authored six books, including Hidden Heritage: The Legacy of the Crypto-Jews, for which she won the distinguished book award from the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, and Memorializing the Holocaust: Gender, Genocide and Collective Memory.
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Jacobs is currently Professor of Sociology and of Women and Gender Studies at the University of Colorado, and she directs the University of Colorado Honor's Program. She received her PhD from the University of Colorado in 1985.
Career
Jacobs earned a BS in journalism in 1970, a Master of Public Administration degree in 1977, and a PhD in sociology at the University of Colorado in 1985. Jacobs is a professor in the Department of Sociology and professor of Women's Studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She served as the director of the Women's Studies Program at this institution in 1987-1988 and again during 1997-2000; she also served as director of the Farrand Academic Program from 2005-2011.
Awards and Professional Activities
Jacobs has presented the Keynote Furfey Lecture entitled "Sacred Space and Collective Memory: Memorializing Genocide at Sites of Terror" and was awarded the Hazel Barnes Prize at the University of Colorado in 2005. She was also awarded the Distinguished Book Award in 2003 from the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion for her Book Hidden Heritage: The Legacy of the Crypto-Jews. In 2000 Jacobs was awarded the Gender Scholar Award from the Association for the Sociology of Religion. She gave the 2005 Commencement Address at the University of Colorado. In 2012, Jacobs received the Distinguished Early Career Award from the American Sociological Association's Children and Youth section.
She has served as Series Editor for New York University Press and is on the Editorial Board, Executive Committee, Referee Review Committee and as Program Chair for several research associations. Professional Affiliations include the American Academy of Religion, American Sociological Association, Association for the Sociology of Religion and Society for the Scientific Study of Religion.