Erika Jackson

Erika Jackson is Professor of History and Department Head of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Colorado Mesa University. She teaches courses in women's and gender history, the history of sexuality, immigration, race and ethnicity, and Modern U.S. History. She is affiliated with the Women's and Gender Studies program and serves as a faculty liaison to education programs.

Education:

• PhD: Michigan State University
• MA: Loyola University
• BA: Michigan State University

Her research focuses on the intersections of gender, race, and identity in modern American history. Her book Scandinavians in Chicago: The Origins of White Privilege in Modern America examines how Scandinavian ethnicity and Nordic whiteness were ideologically deployed in Chicago to construct racial hegemony. Her current research explores girlhood and privilege in the 1990s, analyzing how media discourse enabled girls to 'practice' feminism within existing racial and gendered structures.

Though no individual articles are listed, her scholarly output centers on gendered constructions of whiteness, feminist praxis, and historical identity formation in 20th-century America.

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She advises education students and is a founding advisor of the Women's and Gender Studies minor. She also serves as club advisor for the CMU Association of Feminists (Fem Club), promoting gender equality through campus events and scholarly engagement. There is no mention of grants, but her leadership roles suggest active involvement in academic service and student mentorship.

She is involved in the Women's and Gender Studies program and the Fem Club, contributing to both curricular and extracurricular initiatives focused on gender equity and feminist education.