Matthew Frye Jacobson
Matthew Frye Jacobson is a professor of American Studies at Yale University who lives in New York City.
He authored Whiteness of a Different Color and Special Sorrows, among other works.
His scholarship focuses on race as a social construction, examining how racial categories have been politically fashioned throughout American history.
Jacobson's research demonstrates particular expertise in immigration history, ethnic studies, and the construction of whiteness in America.
His work is noted for being extensively researched yet accessible to advanced undergraduate and general educated readers, avoiding excessive academic jargon while maintaining scholarly rigor and grounding arguments in substantial historical evidence.
