He is affiliated with both the Department of Anthropology and the Alabama Museum of Natural History. Jacobi has investigated culture clashes at the time of contact.
Forensic analysis is also a research focus.
He enjoys vampire fiction, Dr. Who, The Who and Groo. Jacobi currently serves as a Blount Fellow of the College of Arts and Sciences. To contact Dr. Jacobi please click here Selected Publications 2000. Gender and Health Among the Colonial Maya of Tipu. Dental Genetic Structuring of a Colonial Maya Cemetery, Tipu, Belize.