Jeff Jackson

Jeff Jackson is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the English Department at Davidson College. He teaches Screenwriting and Introduction to Writing Fiction, blending literary innovation with interdisciplinary artistic practice.

His professional work spans novelist, playwright, screenwriter, film curator, and visual artist. Jackson’s novels include Mira Corpora (Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist) and Destroy All Monsters (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), praised by literary luminaries like Don DeLillo.

• M.F.A., New York University
• B.A., Duke University

He has collaborated extensively with the Obie Award-winning Collapsable Giraffe theater company, had plays produced in New York City, and founded the NODA Film Festival while curating programs for cultural institutions like The Mint Museum.

Scientific Awards:

• Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize (for Mira Corpora)