Originally from Luxembourg, Europe, Dr. Jacob has received his Ph.D. from SUNY at Buffalo in French and Francophone Studies after receiving his undergraduate degree in European Cultures in Luxembourg and France. His research focus around the figure of the dandy and dandyism during the end of the 19th century/beginning of the 20th century and how it impacted our contemporary conceptions of modernity, aesthetics and masculinities through the lens of fetishism. Dr. Jacob's latest publications center around nontraditional identities and the affect on reader experience.

Other research and teaching interests are the role of fetishization and affect in popular culture, the construction and performativity of sociocultural identities (mainly male identities), and the construction of cultural myths.