Hi, I'm Dr. Jordan Lynton Cox.
But my students call me Dr. J.
I am a trained cultural anthropologist and community-engaged researcher who is passionate about making scholarship accessible and impactful. I have worked all over the world on research focused on issues of race/ethnicity, immigration, international development, diaspora, and the preservation of African American cemeteries.
Born in Brooklyn, NY, to Caribbean immigrant parents, community raised me. As a result, I am driven to support communities through community-centered research and data analysis.
I am currently available for freelance projects and speaking engagements.
Some of my proudest work has been my research on the impacts of Chinese investment and development in Jamaica through the lens of Jamaica's transnational and multiracial Chinese Jamaican community, and founding/directing a community-engaged field school in Mississippi to preserve a historic African American cemetery.
What connects these projects? My dedication to centering the knowledge of communities (especially BIPOC communities) in research.
If you are interested in this work, feel free to poke around this site or drop me a line at drj@jyejide.com.
Walk good,
Dr. J
