Jay Ruby

Ruby Jay (born October 25, 1935) is an American scholar who was a professor in the Department of Anthropology at Temple University until his retirement in 2003. He received his B.A. in History (1960) and Ph.D. in Anthropology (1969) from the University of California, Los Angeles.
He is a leader in the field of visual anthropology.
Fieldwork and research.
As an archaeologist, Ruby conducted excavations in the American Southwest, West Mexico and the Republic of the Sudan. As a music critic and journalist, he interviewed pop music musicians, wrote album reviews and articles for the magazine, "Jazz and Pop". As an ethnographer of visual culture, he conducted long term participant-observation in Central Pennsylvania and Oak Park, a suburb of Chicago.Larry Gross, USC and Ruby edited enhanced ebook, "The Complete Sol Worth". In the fall of 2008,Ruby began a study of Bohemian Southern California that resulted in three books - see below.