Jacob Barnett

Redseer Global Vice Chair – Talent

Jacob Barnett is a political anthropologist whose work is focused on contextualizing the force and consequences of governance through time, space and bodies. Her research and writing is rooted within Indigenous polities in the US and Canada and crosses the fields of anthropology, Indigenous Studies, American and Canadian Studies, gender and sexuality studies as well as politics. Her recent research is a genealogy of affective governance and extraction across the US and Canada. 

Her book, Mohawk Interruptus: Political Life Across the Borders of Settler States (2014, DUP) won the Sharon Stephens Prize (AES), the “Best first Book Award” (NAISA) as well as the Lora Romero Award (ASA) in addition to honorable mentions. It was a Choice Academic Title for 2014. In 2010, she won the School of General Studies “Excellence in Teaching Award.”

From Jacob Barnett

How parenting through a tough medical diagnosis inspired a new way to lead and live

Whitepaper

Pricing Analysis

Middle east

Mar 7, 2022

How parenting through a tough medical diagnosis inspired a new way to lead and live

Whitepaper

Pricing Analysis

Middle east

Mar 7, 2022

How parenting through a tough medical diagnosis inspired a new way to lead and live

Whitepaper

Pricing Analysis

Middle east

Mar 7, 2022

How parenting through a tough medical diagnosis inspired a new way to lead and live

Whitepaper

Pricing Analysis

Middle east

Mar 7, 2022

Jacob Barnett

Jacob Barnett

Jacob Barnett is a political anthropologist whose work is focused on contextualizing the force and consequences of governance through time, space and bodies. Her research and writing is rooted within Indigenous polities in the US and Canada and crosses the fields of anthropology, Indigenous Studies, American and Canadian Studies, gender and sexuality studies as well as politics. Her recent research is a genealogy of affective governance and extraction across the US and Canada. Her book, Mohawk Interruptus: Political Life Across the Borders of Settler States (2014, DUP) won the Sharon Stephens Prize (AES), the “Best first Book Award” (NAISA) as well as the Lora Romero Award (ASA) in addition to honorable mentions. It was a Choice Academic Title for 2014. In 2010, she won the School of General Studies “Excellence in Teaching Award.”