Date Updated

12-5-2024

Department

Anthropology

Academic Rank

Professor

Year Retired from SJSU

2024

Facebook or Website URL

http://www.svcp.org/

Educational Background

University of California, Santa Barbara, California, Anthropology, Ph.D. 1985

University of California, Santa Barbara, California, Anthropology, M.A. 1978

California State University, Fresno, California, Summa cum Laude in Anthropology, B.A. 1976

Dissertation Title

A Place For Healing: An Ethnography Of Holistic Health Practitioners In Southern California (social Movements, Medical History, Counter Culture)

Teaching Experience

Full Professor: SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY (SJSU), Department of Anthropology, San Jose, California, USA. [Fall 2000-2011, 2015 through present]

Visiting Lecturer: STANFORD UNIVERSITY CONTINUING STUDIES, Palo Alto, California [Summer 2003, 2004, 2010, 2012, 2013) * Updated August 2015

Visiting Professor: UNIVERSITÉ DE PARIS 12 (UP12), American Studies, Créteil, France. [Spring 2009, 2010, 2011]

Visiting Professor: YUNNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY (YNU). Seminar presented to graduate students in cultural geography at, Kunming, People’s Republic of China. Sponsored by the Overseas Chinese Youth Forum. [June, 2005]

Associate Professor: SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY (SJSU), Department of Anthropology, San Jose, California, USA. [Fall 1995-Spring 2000]

Visiting Fulbright Scholar: UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG (UHK), Department of Sociology, Pokfulam, Hong Kong. Fulbright research and teaching grant. [1993-1994]

Assistant Professor: SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY (SJSU), Department of Anthropology, San Jose, California, USA. [Position began Fall 1991-Spring 1995]

Visiting Assistant Professor: UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND (UPS), Department of Comparative Sociology, Tacoma, Washington, USA. [1990-1991, Spring 1984, Spring 1985, Summers 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991]

Lecturer: CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (CUST), Intensive Language Centre for Chinese Scholars going Abroad, Sichuan, People's Republic of China. [August 1988 through January 1990]

Lecturer and Adjunct Professor: CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO (CSUF), Department of Anthropology. [Lecturer:Fall 1984, Fall 1985, Academic years 1986-1987, Fall 1987, Summer 1988; Adjunct:Spring 1990, Spring 1988, Spring 1986]

Teaching Assistant: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA, USA (USCB), Department of Anthropology and Department of Environmental Studies (1 quarter). [1977-1981 (8 quarters)]

Administrative and Professional Experience

Interim Dean: SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY (SJSU), San Jose, CA. August 2014-2015.

Associate Dean: SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY (SJSU), San Jose, CA. August 2011-2014.

Chair: SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY (SJSU), Department of Anthropology, San Jose, California, USA. [Fall 1999- Summer 2007],

Service as Acting Chair [May 28-30, 1997, June 17-27, and Dec. 14-21, 1997, 11/29-12/1/10]

Research Positions

Distinguished Fellow: Institute For the Future, Palo Alto: Consultant on various projects relating to emerging cultural practices, social organizations and technologies. [Research Affiliate: 1995-2012]

Research Consultancies: Short term research projects for Google Innovation Lab for Food Experiences, Kaiser Permanente, Herman-Miller, J. Walter Thompson, Daimler-Benz. [1995-present]

Laboratory Director: Office Of Public Archaeology, University of California, Santa Barbara: Responsible for laboratory analysis, budgeting and curation preparation for various projects in Central Californian archaeology. [1981-1984];

P-III ASSOCIATES, Archaeological Consultants, Fresno, California. [Summer 1981]

Research Assistant: National Endowment For The Humanities Fellows For The Study Of Dual- Cultural Heritage, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara. [1978-1979]

Service

President-Elect, American Anthropological Association, Society for the Anthropology of Work [2015- 2018]

Program Co-Editor, American Anthropological Association, Society for the Anthropology of Work [2011-2013]

Executive Director, (Chair of the Board), Southwestern Anthropological Association] [2006-2007]

President, Southwestern Anthropological Association. [2003-2004] Past-President [2004-2005]

Board Member. [2005-2006, 2007-2008].

Member, American Anthropological Association Awards Advisory Committee on the Robert Textor Prize for scholarship in anticipatory anthropology. [June 1999-2001]

Member, American Anthropological Association Awards Advisory Committee on the Diana Forsythe Prize for feminist scholarship in science and technology studies [2008-2011]

Northern California Representative, Board Member, Southwestern Anthropological Association. [Spring 1998-2001]

Council on Anthropology and Education, American Anthropological Association, Chair of Committee 11, the Committee for the Study of Cultural and Educational Futures. Committee co-chair with Reed Riner [1993-1995].

Program Chair for Anthropology and Education Futures symposia. [1985-1987, 1990-1992]

Selected Publications

Books

  • English-Lueck, J. A. Cultures@SiliconValley : Second Edition. Stanford University Press (2017) https://doi.org/10.1515/9781503602991
  • Jan English-Lueck. Being and Well-being: Health and the Working Bodies of Silicon Valley. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press(2009)
  • C. N. Darrah, Jan English-Lueck and J. M. Freeman. Busier Than Ever! Why American Families Can’t Slow Down. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press (2007)
  • Jan English-Lueck et. al. Emerging Global Cultures. 2nd Boston Pearson Custom Publishing (2006)
  • Jan English-Lueck et. al. Emerging Global Cultures. 1st Boston: Pearson Custom Publishing (2003)
  • Jan English-Lueck. Cultures@SiliconValley. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press (2002)
  • Jan English-Lueck. Chinese Intellectuals on the World Frontier: Blazing the Black Path. Westport, CT: Greenwood (1997)
  • Jan English-Lueck, Xie Yongnian, Wang Xiaoxue and Wang Yaqin. Professional and Survival Writing. Chengdu, China: Intensive Language Institute. Chengdu University of Science and Technology Press (1991)
  • Health in the New Age: A Study in California Holistic Practices. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press (1990)
  • Jan English-Lueck. "Taijiquan and Qigong" in Handbook of Chinese Popular Culture. New York: Greenwood (1994)

Book Reviews

Journal Articles

Jan English-Lueck and Miriam L Avery. "Intensifying Work and Chasing Innovation: Incorporating Care in Silicon Valley" Anthropology of Work Review Vol. 38 Iss. 1 (2017) p. 40 - 49 ISSN: 0883-024X

Jan English-Lueck. "Prototyping Self in Silicon Valley, Deep Diversity as a Framework for Anthropological Inquiry" Anthropological Theory (2011): 89-106. https://doi.org/10.1177/1463499610397115 https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/anth_pub/14/

Jan English-Lueck. "Right from the Start, Applying Anthropology with Lower Division Students" Teaching Anthropology: Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges Notes (2009): 18-24. https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/anth_pub/18/

Jan English-Lueck and C. N. Darrah. "Becoming Practitioners in Silicon Valley: Applied Anthropology at San Jose State" Society for Applied Anthropology Newsletter Vol. 18 Iss. 4 (2007)

Jan English-Lueck. "Review of Janitors, Street Vendors and Activists: The Lives of Mexican Immigrants in Silicon Valley by Christian Zlolniski" American Anthropologist (2007): 230-231. https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.2007.109.1.230 https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/anth_pub/16/

Jan English-Lueck. "Reinventing San Jose, California: An Experiment in Multiculturalism" Anthropology News (2006): 17. https://doi.org/10.1525/an.2006.47.2.17.1 https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/anth_pub/15/

Jan English-Lueck. "Rites of Production: Technopoles and the Theater of Work" Anthropology of Work Review (2004): 21-27. https://doi.org/10.1525/awr.2004.25.1-2.21 https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/anth_pub/19/

Jan English-Lueck, C. N. Darrah and J. M. Freeman. "Shock-absorbing and Sense-making. American Families and a Public Anthropology" Anthropology News Vol. 44 Iss. 2 (2003) https://doi.org/10.1111/an.2003.44.2.12

Jan English-Lueck, A. Saveri, and C. N. Darrah. "Trusting Strangers: Work Relationships in Four High-Tech Communities" Information, Communication and Society (2002): 90-108. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691180110117677 https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/anth_pub/12/

Jan English-Lueck and Ann Kingsolver. "Visual Review "Secrets of Silicon Valley"" Anthropology of Work Review Vol. 23 Iss. 3-4 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1525/awr.2002.23.3-4.39

Jan English-Lueck. "Doing Good: Work as Mission in Silicon Valley and Beyond" Anthropology of Work Review Vol. 22 Iss. 1 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1525/awr.2001.22.1.1

Jan English-Lueck and A. Saveri. "Silicon Missionaries and Identity Evangelists" Anthropology of Work Review (2001): 7-12. https://doi.org/10.1525/awr.2001.22.1.7 https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/anth_pub/13/

Jan English-Lueck. "Silicon Valley Reinvents the Company Town" Futures(2000): 759-766. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0016-3287(00)00026-4 https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/anth_pub/20/

Jan English-Lueck, C. N. Darrah and J. M. Freeman. "Living with Technology" Anthropology News Vol. 39 Iss. 9 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1111/an.1998.39.9.1.2

Jan English-Lueck, C. N. Darrah and A. Saveri. "The Infomated Households Project" Practicing Anthropology Vol. 19 Iss. 4 (1997)

Jan English-Lueck. "Neighbors and Neibu: An Anthropological Reflection a Pre-departure Program in China" International Journal of Intercultural Relations Vol. 18 Iss. 1 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1016/0147-1767(94)90006-X

Jan English-Lueck. "Turner and Frontier Values: Optimistic Postindustrial Enclaves in China and Silicon Valley" Comparative Civilizations Review(1994): 106-123. https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/anth_pub/6/

Jan English-Lueck. "China 2020: Looking Forward" Futures Research Quarterly (1990): 5-12. https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/anth_pub/5/

Jan English-Lueck. "Millennialism in the Holistic Health Movement" Cultural Futures Research Vol. 8 Iss. 1 (1985)

Media

Cultures@Silicon Valley, Second Edition, Jan English-Lueck. In this episode of the New Books Network podcast, Professor Carrie Lane of CSU Fullerton interviews Jan English-Lueck https://newbooksnetwork.com/jan-english-lueck-culturessiliconvalley-second-edition-stanford-up-2017

English-Lueck, Jan, "University Scholar Series: Jan English-Lueck" (2012). University Scholar Series. 14.
https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/uss/14/

Interviews

Exhibitions

Personal Commentary

Dr. Jan English Lueck is a retired Professor of Anthropology and a Distinguished Fellow at the Institute for the Future. She was the president of the Southwestern Anthropological Association and the Society for the Anthropology of Work. English-Lueck combines research and practice to improve public awareness of critical issues of the urban West. Before she came to San José State University she taught at the University of Puget Sound, CSU, Fresno, and the Chengdu University of Science and Technology.

Her earliest book, based on her dissertation, was Health in the New Age. Shortly after her Fulbright in Hong Kong she wrote Chinese Intellectuals on the World Frontier. Her books on Silicon Valley included Cultures@SiliconValley, now in its second edition. Along with Charles Darrah and James Freeman, she wrote Busier than Ever! Why American Families Can’t Slow Down. English-Lueck also published Being and Well-being: Health and the Working Bodies of Silicon Valley. The book under currently under review is Playing with Fire, Reworking Silicon Valley, which explores the connections between Burning Man and Silicon Valley. She is currently consulting with Mosaic America on the Mosaic Atlas, mapping cultural arts in the San Francisco Bay Area using digital tools to promote the humanities.

Grants (for a complete list, please consult the CV)

  • 2022 Mosaic Atlas Project: Wallace Foundation Grant via Mosaic America $250,000
    Role: Lead PI, Research on BIPOC artists of Santa Clara, San Francisco, and San Mateo Counties. Produced the 2.0 Atlas.
  • 2021 Mosaic Atlas Project: William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Grant via Mosaic America $100,000
    Role: Co-PI, produced 1.0 Atlas, and coordinated and wrote StoryMaps in ArcGIS
  • 2020 Sabbatical: Silicon Valley Cultures Project Book manuscript as part of the Silicon Valley Cultures Project, Playing with Fire, Reworking Silicon Valley
  • 2008 Sabbatical: Silicon Valley Cultures Project
    Book manuscript as part of the Silicon Valley Cultures Project, Being and Wellbeing: Health and the Working Bodies of Silicon Valley
  • 1998 - 2001 Families and Work: An Ethnography of Dual Career Families in Silicon Valley: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Grant $342,801
    Role: Co-Author
  • 1998 - 2000 Work, Identity and Community in Silicon Valley: National Science Foundation Grant $49,984
    Role: Primary Author, Produced Cultures@SiliconValley, First Edition
  • 1993-1994 Fulbright Teaching-Research Grant for the University of Hong Kong.

Professional Service and Affiliations (for a complete list, please consult the CV)

  • 2021 Co-Chair, Ethnographic Praxis in Industry (EPIC) 2021 Conference, developed and executed the global virtual program around the theme of Anticipation.
  • 2015-2019 President, American Anthropological Association, Society for the Anthropology of Work
  • 2003 - 2004 President, Southwestern Anthropological Association

Honors and Awards (for a complete list, please consult the CV)

  • 2019 President’s Scholar, San Jose State University.
  • 2006 Diana Forsythe Prize for Cultures@SiliconValley. Excellence for feminist ethnographic work on science and technology. American Anthropological Association.
  • 2004 Outstanding Professor. San Jose State University. Presidential Teaching Award.
  • 2004 Austen Warburton Award for Excellence in Scholarship. College of Social Sciences. San Jose State University.
  • 1989-1990 Model Teacher, second place, Chengdu University of Science and Technology, P.R. China.

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