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Andrew Jolivétte is an American sociologist and author. He is a professor at the University of California, San Diego, where he is chair of the department of Ethnic Studies.[1] He is the co-chair of UC Ethnic Studies Council.[2]
Andrew Jolivétte | |
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| Born | Andrew James Jolivette 1975 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Sociologist |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of California, Santa Cruz |
| Thesis | Creole Diaspora: (Re)articulating the Social, Legal, Economic, and Regional Construction of American Indian Identity (2003) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Ethnic studies |
| Institutions | University of California–San Diego |
Background edit
Andrew James Jolivette[3] was born in San Francisco in 1975 to Annetta Donna Foster Jolivette and Kenneth Louis Jolivette. He grew up in San Francisco.[4] He identifies as being of Louisiana Creole descent.
Jolivette is a member of the Atakapa-Ishak Nation of Louisiana, a nonprofit organization based in Lake Charles, Louisiana,[5] that is an unrecognized tribe. While the organization claims descent from Atakapa, also known as Ishak, it is neither a federally recognized tribe or a state-recognized tribe.[6]
Education edit
Jolivette earned his bachelor's degree in sociology with a minor in English literature and a certificate in ethnic studies from the University of San Francisco.[4] He earned his master's degree in sociology from San Francisco State University in 1999. His thesis was titled, "Native America: White Indians, Black Indians and the Contemporary Privilege of Color."[3] He earned his doctoral degree in sociology from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 2003, with a dissertation titled "Creole Diaspora: (Re)articulating the Social, Legal, Economic, and Regional Construction of American Indian Identity."[7]
Career edit
Jolivétte was a professor and chair of the American Indian studies department at San Francisco State University from 2010 to 2016.[8]
He became the founding Director of the Native American and Indigenous Studies (NAIS) Program at the University of California, San Diego, in 2020. The NAIS Program includes a minor and a graduate certificate and an elder/culture bearer-in-residence program. He served as a historian of the Atakapa-Ishak Nation, an unrecognized tribe, from 2005 to 2010. He co-founded and is co-chair of the University of California Ethnic Studies Council which works to advance and support ethnic studies curriculum and programs across the state of California and the United States.[citation needed]
Bibliography edit
- Cultural Representation in Native America. Rowman Altamira. 2006. ISBN 0-7591-0985-0.
- Louisiana Creoles: Cultural Recovery and Mixed-race Native American Identity. Lexington Books. 2007. ISBN 978-0-7391-1896-2.
- Obama and the Biracial Factor: The Battle for a New American Majority. Policy Press. 2012. ISBN 978-1447301004.[9]
- Research Justice: Methodologies for Social Change. Policy Press. 2015. ISBN 978-1447324638.
- Indian Blood: HIV and Colonial Trauma in San Francisco's Two-Spirit Community. University of Washington Press. 2016. ISBN 978-0295998503.
- American Indian and Indigenous Education: A Survey Text for the 21st Century. Cognella. 2019. ISBN 978-1516590438.
- Louisiana Creole Peoplehood: Afro-Indigeneity and Community. University of Washington Press. 2021. ISBN 9780295749495.
- Gumbo Circuitry: Poetic Routes, Gastronomic Legacies. That Painted Horse Press. 2022. ISBN 978-1928708155.
Anthologies edit
- Crash Course: Reflections on the Film Crash for Critical Dialogues About Race, Power, and Privilege, ed. Michael Benitez Jr. and Felicia Gustin (2007).
- John Brown Childs, Hurricane Katrina: Response and Responsibilities, ed. John Brown Childs (2005)
- "Critical Mixed Race Studies: New Approaches to Resistance and Social Justice," in Color Struck: Essays on Race and Ethnicity in Global Perspective, ed. Julius Adekunle and Hettie V Williams (2010).[10]
References edit
- ^ "Andrew Jolivétte". Ethnic Studies Department. University of California San Diego. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ "About | University of California Ethnic Studies Council".
- ^ a b Native America: White Indians, Black Indians and the Contemporary Privilege of Color. OCLC 41752380. Retrieved 14 September 2021 – via WorldCat.
- ^ a b "Andrew Jolivétte". SpeakOut. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ "Atakapa Ishak Tribe of Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana". Charity Navigator. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ "Tribal Directory". National Congress of Americans Indians. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ Creole diaspora: (re)articulating the social, legal, economic, and regional construction of American Indian identity. OCLC 1223244385. Retrieved 14 September 2021 – via WorldCat.
- ^ "Andrew J Jolivette". SF State Faculty. San Francisco State University. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ "Obama and the Biracial Factor The Battle for a New American Majority". WorldCat. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ Adekunle, Julius O.; Williams, Hettie V. (2010). Color Struck: Essays on Race and Ethnicity in Global Perspective. Lanham, MD: University Press of America. p. 143. ISBN 9780761850922.
External links edit
- Andrew Jolivétte, PhD, Social Innovation & University Opportunity Lab