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Jess Cooper is a lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of Edinburgh, where she focuses on the intersections of psychoanalysis, ethics, and state governance. With a grounding in ethnographic fieldwork, her research emphasizes the connections between criminal justice reform, mental health, and social justice within the San Francisco Bay Area. Her upcoming ethnographic book, 'Unaccountable: Lapses of Liberalism in California’s Mental Health Courts,' critically examines the relationships formed between criminal justice professionals and clients, exploring how these dynamics reveal broader patterns of social inequality and liberal responsibility. Jess teaches various courses, including Anthropology of Health and Healing and a comparative seminar on social anthropology and psychoanalysis. Her approach blends psychoanalytic theory with ethnographic methods to investigate the complexities of human experience and representation. Her research has received support from notable institutions such as the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the National Science Foundation, and she holds a PhD in Anthropology from Princeton University.
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