Shatima Jones
Clinical Assistant Professor
sj63@nyu.edu
307 - 411 Laf
Office Hours
Monday By Appt
Tuesday 10:00-12:00
Wednesday By Appt
Thursday By Appt
Friday By Appt
B.A., Sociology, Hunter College, CUNY, 2006
M.A., Sociology, Rutgers University, 2009
Ph.D., Sociology, Rutgers University, 2015
Shatima J. Jones is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University. She earned her Doctorate in Sociology at Rutgers University, where she also received her Master's degree; and she holds a BA in Sociology from Hunter College.
Shatima is interested in the intersection of race, space, gender, and culture. At NYU, Shatima is writing a book manuscript (under contract, University of Chicago Press), tentatively titled, "The Headmasters of Brooklyn: Barbering, Blackness, and Brotherhood". Her manuscript focuses on how black people interpret and perform their racial identity, the processes by which they create community based on these understandings, and the significance of place and space in shaping these sentiments.
The bulk of Shatima's research employs ethnographic methods to uncover what black people think constitutes an "authentic" racial identity, how they signal this to others in everyday interaction, and how racially exclusive places shape understandings and performances of race. Dr. Jones is embarking on a new ethnographic project focusing on women's hair salons in order to explore gender differences in racial performance. Her personal website is www.shatimajones.com.
Teaching and Research Interests
race gender place and space community urban sociology culture ethnography Black identification
Courses
2023 Spring
First-Year Research Seminar: Black Experiences in Literature, Movies, and Television
(De)Tangling the Business of Black Women's Hair(De)Tangling the Business of Black Women's Hair
2022 Spring
Black Experiences in Literature, Movies, and Television
(De)Tangling the Business of Black Women’s Hair
2021 Spring
(De)Tangling the Business of Black Women’s Hair
Black Experiences in Literature, Movies, and Television
2021 Fall
