Jovan Scott Lewis (Ph.D., London School of Economics) is an economic anthropologist who works in the field sites of Tulsa, Oklahoma and Montego Bay, Jamaica. His research examines the cultural mechanisms, institutional forms, and social practices through which an unequal living of, and coping with, the economy, its failures and contingencies are understood. Central to this inquiry is an exploration of contemporary inequality, which supports a generative definition of the economy in which poverty and race informs its articulation and spatial organization. Working between the US and the Caribbean, Jovan’s research endeavors toward an understanding of the political economy of inequality and race within the black diaspora.
Learn more about Jovan's work on his website, www.jovanscottlewis.com
October 4, 2021: Dr. Jovan Scott Lewis Talks To BR About Historic Tulsa & Reparations (CBS SF Bay Area)
May 8, 2021: Newsom Appoints 5 to Reparations Task Force Created by Weber Assembly Bill (Times of San Diego)
February 12, 2021: A discussion on reparations: California and beyond (Berkeley News)
