About Me
I am a community-focused researcher and strategic project manager committed to making scholarship accessible and impactful. With over five years of experience in community-engaged research, global development, and cross-sector collaboration. My purpose is to support communities by translating academic insights into real-world change.
Trained as a cultural anthropologist, my work draws on interdisciplinary approaches including postcolonial theory, Black studies, political theory, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) analysis. I’ve secured over $400,000 in grant funding and led interdisciplinary teams through applied research, strategic planning, and stakeholder engagement. My leadership is rooted in mentorship and a deep commitment to public impact.
Community engagement is central to my research. I founded the Brush Arbor Community Engaged Field Program, a three-year NEH-funded initiative to digitally preserve a historic African American cemetery in Mississippi. I continue this work as Associate Director of Research at the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at The Ohio State University, where I advance community-based restorative research. I also serve as the Caribbean and Latin American editor for the People's Map of Global China.
My research explores racial and ethnic formation, transnationalism, diaspora, and political economy, with a focus on the enduring legacies of colonialism and racial capitalism in the Caribbean and the U.S. South.
My scholarship has been supported by Fulbright-Hays, the Coordinating Council for Women in History, and the Ronald E. McNair Fellowship. I’ve held fellowships with the Ostrom Workshop and the Op-Ed Project’s “Write to Change the World program, and received honors for diversity, inclusion, and community-engaged learning. I excited to be a member of the Leadership Columbus Signature Program class of 2026.
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Research Interests
Chinese infrastructure development, Caribbean anthropology, racial/ethnic formation, transnationalism, diaspora, nationalism, political economy, postcolonial theory, community organizations/associations, community engagement, critical geography, geographic information systems, critical pedagogy
I am a community-focused researcher and strategic project manager committed to making scholarship accessible and impactful. With over five years of experience in community-engaged research, global development, and cross-sector collaboration. My purpose is to support communities by translating academic insights into real-world change.
Trained as a cultural anthropologist, my work draws on interdisciplinary approaches including postcolonial theory, Black studies, political theory, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) analysis. I’ve secured over $400,000 in grant funding and led interdisciplinary teams through applied research, strategic planning, and stakeholder engagement. My leadership is rooted in mentorship and a deep commitment to public impact.
Community engagement is central to my research. I founded the Brush Arbor Community Engaged Field Program, a three-year NEH-funded initiative to digitally preserve a historic African American cemetery in Mississippi. I continue this work as Associate Director of Research at the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at The Ohio State University, where I advance community-based restorative research. I also serve as the Caribbean and Latin American editor for the People's Map of Global China.
My research explores racial and ethnic formation, transnationalism, diaspora, and political economy, with a focus on the enduring legacies of colonialism and racial capitalism in the Caribbean and the U.S. South.
My scholarship has been supported by Fulbright-Hays, the Coordinating Council for Women in History, and the Ronald E. McNair Fellowship. I’ve held fellowships with the Ostrom Workshop and the Op-Ed Project’s “Write to Change the World program, and received honors for diversity, inclusion, and community-engaged learning. I excited to be a member of the Leadership Columbus Signature Program class of 2026.
Click here to read my scholarship.
Research Interests
Chinese infrastructure development, Caribbean anthropology, racial/ethnic formation, transnationalism, diaspora, nationalism, political economy, postcolonial theory, community organizations/associations, community engagement, critical geography, geographic information systems, critical pedagogy
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Jordan Lynton Cox
Associate Director of Research at the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity
Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity
The Ohio State University