Professor, Sociology and Former Chair of Black Studies (2016-2019)
Dr. Jackson specializes in the areas of race and ethnicity, gender, and social movements. Her current research involves a socio-historical exploration of national and global themes of race/ethnicity and gender in political cartoons during WWII and the Civil Rights Movement. She is also conducting a comparative analysis of Cuba's 1961 Literacy Campaign and the 1964 Freedom Summer Project in Mississippi. Her most recent project explores the intersection of gender, race, and space, focusing primarily on the experiences of African American women in white-dominated spheres.
As a scholar-activist, Dr. Jackson has given talks and appeared on television, radio, and in print media speaking about issues related to BLM protests, social movements, Black women, racism, and social inequality.