Jay William Ruby

Background

Ruby, Jay William was born on October 25, 1935 in Oak Park, Illinois, United States. Son of Jay William and Ruth (Smith) Ruby.

Education

Bachelor, University of California at Los Angeles, 1960; Master of Arts, University of California at Los Angeles, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California at Los Angeles, 1969.

Career

Research assistant archaeological survey, University of California at Los Angeles, 1961; museum technician, department of anthropology, University of California at Los Angeles, 1961-1962; survey archaeologist, archaeological survey, University of California at Los Angeles, 1962-1964; staff archaeologist, Sudanese Nubian project, University of California at Los Angeles, 1962-1963; lecturer anthroplogy, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1964-1965; lecturer anthroplogy, University of California, Davis, 1965-1967; instructor anthropology, Temple University, Philadelphia, 1967-1969; assistant professor anthropology, Temple University, Philadelphia, 1969-1970; associate professor anthropology, Temple University, Philadelphia, since 1977. Visiting professor Rutgers University, 1971, University of Pennsylvania 1972-1974, Princeton University, 1976. Executive secretary Program in Ethnographic Film, 1969-1973.

Advisory board ThieleCtr. for Popular American Music, Lawrenceville, New Jersey, 1970-1972. Director Summer Institute in Visual Anthropology, Santa Fe, 1971. Advisor, trustee and president International Film Seminars, since 1971.

President Society for the Anthropologyof Visual Communications, 1971-1977. Advisor, Sinking Creek Film Celebration, Nashville, since 1972, Center for Southern Folklore, since 1972.

Achievements

• Jay William Ruby has been listed as a noteworthy anthropologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Visual Anthropology
  • Visual Anthropology Review : Reviewing the Present Hindi Cinema and Interview with Ashis Nandy; Bombay Doordarshan, Maharastrian Social Reform: Impact of Aboriginal Media on Ethnographic Film; Video Making with Brazilian Indians
  • THE HUMAN CONDITION a Photographic Exhibition of the 1980 Conference on Visual Anthropology
  • Visual Anthropology - Special Issue On Ethnographic Film In Germany (Vol 1 No 3)

Membership

Trustee International Film Seminars. Fellow American Anthropological Association. Member University Film and Video Association, Society Visual Anthropology.

Connections

Married Janis B. Essner, May 11, 1980. Children: William, Aaron, Maria.

Father:

Jay William Ruby

Mother:

Ruth (Smith) Ruby

Spouse:

Janis B. Essner

child:

Aaron Ruby

child:

William Ruby

child:

Maria Ruby