Gender

Female

Location

San Jose, California

Hometown:

San Jose

About Me:

J.A.English‑Lueck is a Professor of Anthropology at San Jose State University and an active Research Affiliate at the Institute for the Future. Dr. English‑Lueck has a doctorate from the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she studied social change and community life among alternative health practitioners, resulting in /Health in the New Age: a Study in California Holistic Practices (1990). In addition to a book on Chinese scientists and technologists, Chinese Intellectuals on the World Frontier, and editing a textbook on globalization, Emerging Global Cultures, she has written one book on life in Silicon Valley, Cultures@SiliconValley, and co-authored another, Busier than Ever! Why American Families can’t Slow Down, with Chuck Darrah and James Freeman. She is currently working on a book on health and work in Silicon Valley.

Website:

https://r. J.A.English‑Lueck is a Professor of Anthropology at San Jose State University and an active Research Affiliate at the Institute for the Future. Dr. English‑Lueck has a doctorate from the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she studied social change and community life among alternative health practitioners, resulting in /Health in the New Age: a Study in California Holistic Practices /(1990). In addition to a book on Chinese scientists and technologists and editing a textbook on globalization, she has written one book on life in Silicon Valley--/Cultures@SiliconValley /and co-authored another--/Busier than Ever! Why American Families can’t Slow Down. /She is currently working on a book on health and work in Silicon Valley.

Area(s) of Training

anthropology, applied anthropology, cultural anthropology, cultural resource management, ethnography, ethnology, medical anthropology, medical sociology

Area(s) of Expertise

Anthropology of Work, Medical Anthropology

Most Recent Degree

PhD

Current Area of Employment

Professor