March 1, 2024
Jerlando F. L. Jackson, PhD, director and chief research scientist of the Organizational Disparities Laboratory, was named an American Education Research Association (AERA) Fellow in February 2024.
The AERA Fellows Program honors outstanding education scholars, promotes excellence in education research as an interdisciplinary scholarship, and inspires emerging scholars to value sustained research achievements. Nominated by their peers, the 2024 Fellows were selected by the Fellows Committee and approved by the AERA Council, the association’s elected governing body.
AERA highlighted Jackson’s many scholastic contributions, including his pioneering work on Black boys and men around the world:
Dr. Jerlando Jackson is an accomplished scholar on race and gender in academia and on students of color in STEM fields, whose work has elevated the importance of Black men in higher education. Dean of the Michigan State University College of Education, he has played a key role in legitimizing research by faculty and graduate students examining the educational experiences and outcomes of African American boys and men. Dr. Jackson co-founded the International Colloquium on Black Males in Education and is the author of more than 125 academic publications. He is a leading expert on diversity in higher education, who has expanded our knowledge of postsecondary staffing, retention, and workplace experiences. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and has secured nearly 12 million dollars in grants from the National Science Foundation and other agencies. Dr. Jackson’s academic and professional leadership has strengthened and advanced scholarship on Black boys and men around the world.
Jackson and the 2024 Fellows will be inducted during a ceremony at the 2024 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia on April 12, 2024. With this cohort, there will be a total of 762 AERA Fellows.
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