Cj Jackson

Cj Jackson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Native American Studies at the University of California, Davis. A Diné writer and scholar, they explore the intersections of Native and Indigenous Studies, Gender and Sexuality, Environmental Humanities, Cultural Theory, and Affective Studies. Their research examines Indigenous poetics as methodologies for understanding relational ethics between peoples, places, and environmental harm caused by capitalism.

• Education: PhD in English (Literature) from UC Riverside (2023), M.A. in English (Literature) from Northern Arizona University (2018), MCert in Women & Gender Studies (2018), and dual B.A. in English Literature and Christian Studies from Grand Canyon University (2015).

Their publications focus on Indigenous literary responses to environmental degradation and queer Indigenous displacement. Current projects analyze how poetry engages with cultural survival and neoliberal impacts on Indigenous communities.

• Scientific Recognition: UC Davis CAMPOS Fellowship (2024), University at Buffalo Postdoctoral Research Associate (2023-24).