Sarah J. Jackson
Presidential Associate Professor, Communication
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Sarah J. Jackson’s interests revolve around how social and political identities are constructed and debated in U.S. culture. A scholar of the public sphere, she studies how media, journalism and technology are used by and represent marginalized publics, with a focus on communication by and about Black and feminist activists. Her first book, Black Celebrity, Racial Politics, and the Press (2014) examines the relationship between Black celebrity activism, journalism, and American politics. Her book #HashtagActivism: Networks of Race and Gender Justice (MIT Press), focuses on the use of Twitter in contemporary social movements. Her work has appeared in the Journal of Communication, The International Journal of Press Politics, and Feminist Media Studies. Dr. Jackson is frequently called on as an expert by local and national media outlets. She is a Presidential Associate Professor in the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania.
Award
May 2020 • #Hashtag Activism won ICA Applied/Public Policy Research Award
May 2020 • Awarded the Andrew Carnegie Fellowship
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