Liz Jackson | |
|---|---|
| Jackson in 2019 | |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Awards | American Educational Studies Association Critics’ Choice [1] Book Award 2020, 2021, Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia Book Award, [2] |
| Education | |
| Education | Portland State University (BA) University of Cambridge (MPhil) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (PhD) |
| Doctoral advisor | Nicholas Burbules |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Combines approaches from analytic and continental philosophy |
| Main interests | Philosophy of education,ethics |
| Website | www |
Liz Jackson is an American scholar of the philosophy of education and educational theory. She is a professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Hong Kong. She holds the Karen Lo Eugene Chuang Professorship in Diversity and Equity and serves as Associate Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Education. [3] Previously,she was head of the Department of International Education at the Education University of Hong Kong. [4] Jackson is also a Fellow and Past President (2018-2020) of the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia (PESA). [5]
University of Hong Kong
Jackson joined the University of Hong Kong in 2012 as an assistant professor and became a tenured associate professor in 2017. She served as Director of the Master of Education programme,was elected to the Comparative Education Research Centre management committee (2014–2018) [6] and later became its Director,and participated in university committees on gender equality,diversity,and curriculum.
Education University of Hong Kong (2020–2023)
In 2020,Jackson was appointed Professor at the Education University of Hong Kong. [4] She became the founding leader of the Virtues in Ethics East and West Platform,co-chaired the Women Researchers in Education Network,and led the Diversity,Equity and Social Inclusion Research Group. [7]
She was appointed Associate Dean (Research) and Karen Lo Eugene Chuang Professor in Diversity and Equity. [3]
Jackson’s first book,Muslims and Islam in U.S. Education:Reconsidering Multiculturalism (2014),examined how Islam and Muslims are represented in U.S. schools and argued for a rethinking of multiculturalism. The book received the inaugural PESA Book Award and the HKU Research Output Prize for Education. [2]
Her second book,Questioning Allegiance:Resituating Civic Education (2019),explored how civic education is shaped by local,national,and global allegiances. It won the Critics’Choice Award from the American Educational Studies Association. [8]
Her third book,Beyond Virtue:The Politics of Educating Emotions (2020),analysed the politics of emotional education and received the American Educational Studies Association Book Award and the Outstanding Book Award of the Society of Professors of Education. [9]
Her fourth book,Contesting Education and Identity in Hong Kong (2020),examined youth,civic identity,and protest in Hong Kong. [10]
Jackson has also co-authored books on education in Tanzania and edited international volumes on ethics in higher education,race and racism,gender studies,and pedagogy. Her recent research addresses emotions and virtues,wellbeing,and cross-cultural ethics in education. [9]
Jackson has held leadership positions in academic societies including:
Books
Edited volumes