Joyce Marie Jackson

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Joyce Marie Jackson
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Louisiana, United States
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)James J. Parsons endowed professor and chair, department of geography & anthropology, Louisiana State University
Known forRecipient of the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities Lifetime Contributions to the Humanities award for her enhancement of the understanding of African American culture and music, sacred and secular rituals in Africa and the diaspora
SpouseJ. Nash Porter

Joyce Marie Jackson is the James J. Parsons Endowed Professor and chair of the department of geography and anthropology at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. A cultural anthropologist, ethnomusicologist and folklorist, she was also the director of the university's African and African American studies program from 2010 to 2016. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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In 2021, she was recognized by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities with its Lifetime Contributions to the Humanities award for her enhancement of the understanding of African American culture and music, sacred and secular rituals in Africa and the diaspora. [5] [6]

Formative years and family

Jackson spent her formative years in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where her father worked for Exxon (now ExxonMobil) and her mother worked as an academic and administrator at Southern University. A graduate of Southern University's laboratory school, Jackson entered Louisiana State University in 1968, [7] and subsequently earned Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees before pursuing research studies in African American music at Atlanta University. She then earned her Doctor of Philosophy degree in ethnomusicology at Indiana University Bloomington. [8] [9]

Married to documentary photographer J. Nash Porter, she was widowed by him in October 2007. The mother of one daughter, she also has five grandchildren. [10] [11]

Academic career

From 1980 to 1981, Jackson was employed as a graduate assistant with the Archives of Traditional Music at Indiana University in Bloomington, where she evaluated and accessioned music submitted to the department's recording studio. She was also an associate instructor with the university's ethnomusicology department, and taught "World Folk Music Traditions" during this time. [12]

From 1982 to 1983, she provided consulting services to the William Ransom Hogan Jazz Archives at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, where she catalogued the archives' gospel collection and organized a gospel music conference. [13]

Subsequently hired by Louisiana State University, [14] [15] she rose through the academic ranks from assistant to associate to full professor, [16] beginning in 1987. An educator who has taught courses in cultural anthropology, ethnomusicology and folklore, she was appointed as an affiliate professor of African & African American Studies in 1994, as an affiliate professor of Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies in 1996, and as director of LSU's African & African American Studies program from 2010 to 2016. [17] [18]

Her research has included investigations of African American religious music, the ways in which the Afro-French diaspora influenced the culture and history of Louisiana, [19] Bahamian sacred rituals, the cultural traditions and legacy of Haitian immigrants in Louisiana, [20] the healing rituals of Senegalese women, [21] the Mardi Gras Indian traditions of masquerade and music in New Orleans, the Mississippi Delta's influence on the community of Winnsboro, Louisiana, including that community's Easter Rock folklife, southern Louisiana's coastal jazz history, and Trinidad's Carnival. [22] [23]

1963 aerial view photo of Chalmette National Park and Fazendeville, Louisiana used by Joyce Marie Jackson for her 2006 American Anthropologist article, "Declaration of Taking Twice" Chalmette National Park and Fazendeville, Louisiana, aerial view from southwest, 1963.jpg
1963 aerial view photo of Chalmette National Park and Fazendeville, Louisiana used by Joyce Marie Jackson for her 2006 American Anthropologist article, "Declaration of Taking Twice"

During the early years of the twenty-first century, Jackson was hired by the United States National Park Service to research, document and write a cultural and historical study of the village of the historic African American village of Fazendeville, Louisiana, which was razed during the 1960s to facilitate expansion of the Chalmette National Battlefield in the Jean Lafitte National Historic Park and Preserve. [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] Completed in 2003, the study included multiple oral histories recorded by Jackson with former residents and descendants of former residents of the village and resulted in the United States Department of the Interior's publication of Jackson's Life in the Village: A Cultural Memory of the Fazendeville Community. [29]

Jackson then published "Declaration of Taking Twice: The Fazendeville Community of the Lower Ninth Ward," in American Anthropologist in 2006. [30]

Named as the Brij Mohan Distinguished Professor of Social Justice in 2015, [31] she was then appointed as an affiliate professor of International Studies in 2016 and was named the James J. Parsons Endowed Professor and chair of the department of geography and anthropology at Louisiana State University in 2021. [32]

That same year, Jackson was also awarded the LSU Faculty Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Mentoring Award by the university, [33] and was recognized by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities for her enhancement of the understanding of African American culture and music, sacred and secular rituals in Africa and the diaspora with the endowment's Lifetime Contributions to the Humanities award. [34]

Charitable giving and public service activities

During the early part of the twenty-first century, Jackson organized teams of Louisiana State University students to assist with the disaster recovery efforts of community organizations and other New Orleans-area nonprofits after Hurricane Katrina struck southeastern Louisiana in 2005. [35]

She then undertook similar volunteer recovery work with LSU students in Haiti following the 2010 earthquake there. [36]

The founder of Cultural Crossroads, Inc., a nonprofit whose mission is to support and enhance the artistic and cultural expressions of people of African descent while raising awareness of the Black diaspora, Jackson continues to serve as the organization's president. [37] [38]

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  1. ↑ "Louisiana Reimagines: High Culture Below Sea Level – Part 3." New Orleans, Louisiana: Newcomb Art Museum, Tulane University, July 8, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Cultural Arts Series features roots music." Opelousas, Louisiana: Daily World, July 2, 2000, page 22 (subscription required).
  3. ↑ "Smithsonian to Visit Ferriday," in "Today's Events." Alexandria, Louisiana: The Town Talk, November 1, 2008, page 2 (subscription required).
  4. ↑ Christie, Judy. "Mona Lisa Saloy: 'I write to speak for those who don't or can't." Shreveport, Louisiana: The Times, February 25, 2016, p. C11 (subscription required).
  5. ↑ "Joyce Marie Jackson Honored by Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities." Bloomington, Indiana: American Folklore Society, December 14, 2021.
  6. ↑ Delhomme, Ron. "Exhibit celebrates Afro-French heritage: St. Martinville sponsoring symposium on LSU campus." Lafayette, Louisiana: The Daily Advertiser, September 29, 1999, page 6 (subscription required).
  7. ↑ Azobra, L. D. "Interview with Joyce Jackson," in "Count Time Podcast." Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Smart Brotha Media, August 19, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Joyce Marie Jackson" (biography and curriculum vita). Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University, retrieved online January 9, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Cultural Arts Series features roots music," Daily World, July 2, 2000.
  10. ↑ Coen, Cheré Dastugue. "Global Connections, Louisiana Roots," in 64 Parishes. New Orleans, Louisiana: Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, retrieved online January 12, 2023.
  11. ↑ "J. Porter" (obituary). Baton Rouge, Louisiana: The Advocate, November 1, 2007.
  12. ↑ "Joyce Marie Jackson" (biography and curriculum vita), Louisiana State University.
  13. ↑ "Joyce Marie Jackson" (biography and curriculum vita), Louisiana State University.
  14. ↑ "Dual Legacy: The Haitian Presence in Louisiana," in "Calendar of Events." Shreveport, Louisiana: The Times, March 7, 1992, page 2 (subscription required).
  15. ↑ "Smithsonian to Visit Ferriday," in "Today's Events," The Town Talk, November 1, 2008.
  16. ↑ Delhomme, "Exhibit celebrates Afro-French heritage: St. Martinville sponsoring symposium on LSU campus," The Daily Advertiser, September 29, 1999.
  17. ↑ "Joyce Marie Jackson" (biography and curriculum vita), Louisiana State University.
  18. ↑ Christie, "Mona Lisa Saloy: 'I write to speak for those who don't or can't," The Times, February 25, 2016.
  19. ↑ Delhomme, "Exhibit celebrates Afro-French heritage: St. Martinville sponsoring symposium on LSU campus," The Daily Advertiser, September 29, 1999.
  20. ↑ "Dual Legacy: The Haitian Presence in Louisiana," in "Calendar of Events," The Times, March 7, 1992.
  21. ↑ Coen, "Global Connections, Louisiana Roots," in 64 Parishes, Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.
  22. ↑ "Cultural Arts Series features roots music," Opelousas, Louisiana: Daily World, July 2, 2000.
  23. ↑ "Smithsonian to Visit Ferriday," in "Today's Events," The Town Talk, November 1, 2008.
  24. ↑ "Places—Fazendeville," in "Jean Lafitte." Washington, D.C.: U.S. National Park Service, retrieved online January 9, 2023.
  25. ↑ Pena, Allison, H. Fazendeville—Highlighting Invisible Pasts and Dignifying Present Identities. Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, 2000.
  26. ↑ Pena, Allison H. "Wade in the Water: Personal Reflections on a Storm, a People, and a National Park," in American Anthropologist, Vol. 108, No. 4, pp. 781–798. Arlington, Virginia: American Anthropological Association, December 2006.
  27. ↑ Chapman, Ron. "Fazendeville." New Orleans, Louisiana: New Orleans Magazine, Renaissance Publications, December 28, 2004.
  28. ↑ "Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve: Chalmette Unit: Cultural Landscape Report ," pages 1–5, 24, 30–31, 33, 37–40, Illustration 2.3, 43, 46–47, Illustration 2.4, 53–54, 68, Illustration 2.6, 71–74, 78–81, Illustration 2.7, 86–88, 91, 102, 107, 118–119, 126–127, Illustrations 3.1, 3.3 and 3.4, 152, 163–183, 193, 199–200, 203–209, 216–218, Illustration 4.1, 227, 230–231, 235, 239–240, 243–248, and Illustration 5.1. Atlanta, Georgia: Cultural Resources, Partnerships and Science Directorate, Southeast Regional Office, National Park Service, May 2022.
  29. ↑ Jackson, Joyce Marie. Life in the Village: A Cultural Memory of the Fazendeville Community. Washington DC: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Historical Park, 2003.
  30. ↑ Jackson, Joyce Marie. "Declaration of Taking Twice: The Fazendeville Community of the Lower Ninth Ward," in American Anthropologist, Volume 108, Number 4, pages 765–780. Arlington, Virginia: American Anthropological Association, December 2006.
  31. ↑ "Brij Mohan Distinguished Professor Award (2015)," in "University Faculty Awards." Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University, retrieved online January 9, 2023.
  32. ↑ "Joyce Marie Jackson" (biography and curriculum vita), Louisiana State University.
  33. ↑ "LSU Faculty Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Mentoring Award (2021)," in "University Faculty Awards," Louisiana State University.
  34. ↑ "Joyce Marie Jackson Honored by Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities," American Folklore Society, December 14, 2021.
  35. ↑ Coen, "Global Connections, Louisiana Roots," in 64 Parishes, Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.
  36. ↑ Coen, "Global Connections, Louisiana Roots," in 64 Parishes, Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.
  37. ↑ Coen, "Global Connections, Louisiana Roots," in 64 Parishes, Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.
  38. ↑ "About Cultural Crossroads, Inc." and "Mission." Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Cultural Crossroads, Inc., retrieved online January 12, 2023.
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