He is affiliated with both the Department of Anthropology and the Alabama Museum of Natural History and is in charge of the University's human osteological collection. Jacobi has investigated culture clashes at the time of contact.
Forensic analysis is also a research focus.
The Archaeology and Osteology of Tipu. Late Postclassic Tooth Filing at Chau Hiix and Tipu, Belize. An Indexed Bibliography of Prehistoric and Early Historic Maya Human Osteology 1839-1994. Gender and Health Among the Colonial Maya of Tipu. 1993 Health and Death at Tipu.