Judith Lynne Hanna
Judith Lynne Hanna | |
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| Born | 1936 (age 89–90) |
| Education | University of California, Los Angeles (BA) Michigan State University (MA) Columbia University (PhD) |
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| Website | judithhanna |
Judith Lynne Hanna (born 1936) is an American anthropologist, scholar, and author. She is an affiliate research professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Maryland, College Park.[1][2] Her research focuses on the relationship between dance and society in African villages and in social settings in America, such as schools and entertainment clubs. She has also conducted research on African cities, urban studies, and at-risk youth. She is the grandmother of YouTuber Merrick Hanna.
Education and career
She earned a Ph.D. in anthropology from Columbia University in 1976, an M.A. in political science from Michigan State University and a B.A. in political science from UCLA. Her field research with her husband, William John Hanna, in Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda in 1963, funded by a Michigan State University-Ford Foundation grant, resulted in the publication of her 1979 book To Dance is Human.[3]
Hanna earned a California Teaching Credential and was a social studies and English teacher at a Los Angeles City School.
Hanna has researched various forms of dance, including in villages and cities in Africa, in American theaters and playgrounds, and in adult entertainment clubs and neo-burlesque venues in the United States.[4]
She has served as an expert witness on over 150 court cases involving exotic dance since 1995,[5] and her views on exotic dance have been sought by The Colbert Report and Bloomberg News.[6] The Michelle Smith Library for the Performing Arts at the University of Maryland holds a collection of her work.[7]
In 2018, Hanna participated in her first music video with the rock band, Egg Drop Soup.[8]
Selected publications
- Dancing to Learn: The Brain's Cognition, Emotion, and Movement" (Rowman and Littlefield, 2015)
- Naked Truth: Strip Clubs, Democracy, and a Christian Right (University of Texas Press, 2012)[9]
- To Dance Is Human: A Theory of Nonverbal Communication (University of Chicago Press)[10]
- Dance, Sex and Gender: Signs of Identity, Dominance and Desire (University of Chicago Press)[10]
- The Performer-Audience Connection: Emotion to Metaphor in Dance and Society (University of Texas Press)
- Dancing for Health: Conquering and Preventing Stress (AltaMira Press)
- Disruptive School Behavior: Class, Race, and Culture (Holmes & Meier)
References
- ↑ "Judith Lynne Hanna | University of Maryland, College Park - Academia.edu". umcp.academia.edu. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
- ↑ "Hanna, Judith Lynne | ANTH | Anthropology Department | University of Maryland". anth.umd.edu. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
- ↑ "Judith Lynne Hanna collection, 1963-2009". Library of Congress. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
- ↑ "Semiotic Profile: Judith Lynne Hanna – SemiotiX". Retrieved April 2, 2020.
- ↑ "Judith Lynne Hanna". Woodhull Freedom Foundation. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
- ↑ "Judith Lynne Hanna". University of Maryland Department of Anthropology. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
- ↑ "Judith Lynne Hanna Collection > ArchivesUM". digital.lib.umd.edu.
- ↑ "82-Year-Old Dance Researcher Judith Lynne Hanna on Starring in Her First Music Video". Dance Magazine. November 13, 2018. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
- ↑ "The University of Texas Press". The University of Texas Press.
- 1 2 "Judith Lynne Hanna". www.press.uchicago.edu. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
External links
- Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni
- Michigan State University alumni
- 1936 births
- Living people
- University of Maryland, College Park faculty
- 20th-century American anthropologists
- American women anthropologists
- University of California, Los Angeles alumni
- 20th-century American non-fiction writers
- 21st-century American non-fiction writers
- American Africanists
- 20th-century American women non-fiction writers
- 21st-century American women non-fiction writers