Jillian Cavanaugh

{{Short description|American anthropologist}}

Jillian R. Cavanaugh is an American anthropologist and academic administrator.{{Cite web |last=Pietras |first=Richard |date=2024-04-09 |title=Professor Jillian Cavanaugh Named President-Elect of Society for Linguistic Anthropology |url=https://www.brooklyn.edu/bc-brief/professor-jillian-cavanaugh-named-president-elect-of-society-for-linguistic-anthropology/ |access-date=2024-04-11 |website=Brooklyn College |language=en-US}} She is a professor and associate dean of anthropology at Brooklyn College. Cavanaugh is the president-elect of the Society for Linguistic Anthropology.

Cavanaugh was raised in Colorado.{{Cite web |title=Jillian Cavanaugh |url=https://www.brooklyn.edu/faculty-staff/jillian-cavanaugh/ |access-date=2024-04-11 |website=Brooklyn College |language=en-US}} She earned her A.B. as an independent major in sociolinguistics from Vassar College in 1993. She completed a M.A. (1997) and Ph.D. (2003) in anthropology at New York University.