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Liz Jackson
BornDecember 12, 1980
EducationPortland State University (BA), University of Cambridge (MPhil), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (PhD)
AwardsAmerican Educational Studies Association Critics’ Choice[1] Book Award 2020, 2021, Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia Book Award, Fellow of the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern Philosophy
SchoolCombines approaches from analytic and continental philosophy
Main interests
Philosophy of education, ethics
Websitehttps://www.lizjackson.org


Liz Jackson (born December 12, 1980) is an American education scholar and leader known for her work in philosophy of education and educational theory. She is currently a Professor and Head of the Department of International Education in the Faculty of Education and Human Development at the Education University of Hong Kong. Previously she was Associate Professor at the University of Hong Kong, where she also served as the Director of the Master of Education Program and the Director of the Comparative Education Research Centre. She is also a Fellow and Past President (2018-2020) of the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia (PESA).[2] Jackson’s work has earned numerous awards and honours internationally and in Hong Kong.

Biography

Jackson earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Sciences from Portland State University in Oregon in 2003, a Master of Philosophy degree in Politics, Democracy, and Education from the University of Cambridge (Newnham College) in 2005, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Educational Policy Studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2009.

After completing her PhD, Jackson joined the United States Peace Corps as a volunteer from 2009-2011. During that time she worked in South Africa as an Education Policy Specialist based in rural areas of the North-West and KwaZulu-Natal Provinces. In 2011, she worked as Policy Coordinator for the Higher Colleges of Technology, United Arab Emirates, based in Abu Dhabi, overseeing higher educational policy across the 17-campus college system.[3]

In 2012, she joined the University of Hong Kong as an Assistant Professor, and continued there as an Associate Professor from 2017-2020. During that time she served as Director of the Master of Education Programme and as Director of the Comparative Education Research Centre. She was the first woman to take the helm of the Centre in its 18-year history. While at the University of Hong Kong, Jackson also served as a visiting scholar at the University of Waikato, New Zealand, Syracuse University, and the University of Glasgow. In 2020, Jackson took up the post of Professor at the Education University of Hong Kong. She became the Head of the Department of International Education in 2022. In 2022, she also became the leader of the university’s Diversity, Equity and Social Inclusion Research Group.[4]

Jackson has served as Deputy Editor for Educational Philosophy and Theory, a leading International journal in philosophy of education, since 2016. Her publications include six authored books, eleven edited books, and over 200 journal articles or book chapters on topic including multiculturalism, civic education, Islamophobia, gender studies, critical and anti-racist pedagogy, Hong Kong education, virtues and moral education, global studies of education, educational research, and education for sustainable development. She has been invited to speak as a keynote speaker or distinguished scholar at conferences and other events in Chile, Canada, Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, India, Iran, Oman, the Philippines, Thailand, Macau, Korea, Taiwan, and China.

Honours and Awards

Jackson received the Early-Career Conference Award of the Faculty of Education at the University of Hong Kong in 2015.

In 2015, she received the inaugural Book Award of the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia for her first sole-authored book, Muslims and Islam in US Education: Reconsidering Multiculturalism (2014). She also received the Research Output Prize for Education at the University of Hong Kong in 2016 for the book.[5]

Her first edited collection, Handbook of Research on Applied Learning Theory and Design in Modern Education (2016) received the Silver Medal at the European Exhibition of Creativity and Innovation Conference in 2017.

In 2019, the book to which she contributed, Post-Truth, Fake News: Viral Modernity & Higher Education (2018), won the book award of the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia.[6]

In 2020, she received the Presidential Research Award of the Korean Association for Multicultural Education for her article (co-authored with Cong Lin), “Harmony versus Homogenisation: Multiculturalism for Ethnic Minorities in China.” Another article with Cong Lin, “Multiculturalism in Chinese History in Hong Kong: Constructing Chinese Identity,” received the Student-Supervisor Publication Award at the University of Hong Kong in 2020.

Jackson’s second sole-authored book, Questioning Allegiance: Resituating Civic Education (2019), received the Critics’ Choice Award of the American Educational Studies Association in 2020 and an Honourable Mention from the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia in 2020.[7]

Her third sole-authored book, Beyond Virtue: The Politics of Educating Emotions (2020), also received the Critics’ Choice Award of the American Educational Studies Association in 2021 and an Honourable Mention from the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia in 2021.[8]

Jackson served as President of the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia (PESA) from 2018-2020. She was the youngest president in the organisation’s history (38 at the start of her term) and the first president to come from outside of Australia or New Zealand in the society’s 50-year history. Jackson became a Fellow of the society in 2022; she was the first fellow named in the society since 2014.[9]

Bibliography

Authored Books

  • Reuben Sungwa, Liz Jackson & Joyce Joas Kahembe, Corporal Punishment in Preschool and at Home in Tanzania: A Child Rights Challenge. Singapore: Springer, 2022.
  • Liz Jackson, Contesting Education and Identity in Hong Kong. London: Routledge, 2021.
  • Joyce Kahembe & Liz Jackson, Educational Assessment in Tanzania: A Sociocultural Perspective. Singapore: Springer, 2020.
  • Liz Jackson, Beyond Virtue: The Politics of Educating Emotions. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020. S
  • Liz Jackson, Questioning Allegiance: Resituating Civic Education. Oxon/London/New York: Routledge, 2019.
  • Liz Jackson, Muslims and Islam in U.S. Education: Reconsidering Multiculturalism. Oxon/London/New York: Routledge, 2014.

Edited Books

  • Marek Tesar, Michael A. Peters & Liz Jackson (Eds.), The Ethical Academy: The University as an Ethical System. Oxon/New York: Routledge, 2022.
  • Liz Jackson & Michael A. Peters (Eds.), Race and Racism: An Educational Philosophy and Theory Reader, Volume XIV. New York: Routledge, 2022.
  • Liz Jackson & Michael A. Peters (Eds.), Marxism, Neoliberalism, and Intelligent Capitalism: An Educational Philosophy and Theory Reader, Volume XII. New York: Routledge, 2022.
  • Michael A. Peters & Liz Jackson (Eds.), From Radical Marxism to Knowledge Socialism: An Educational Philosophy and Theory Studies Reader, Volume XI. New York: Routledge, 2022.
  • Michael A. Peters, Tina Besley, Marek Tesar, Liz Jackson, Peter Jandric, Sonja Arndt & Sean Sturm, The Methodology and Philosophy of Collective Writing: An Educational Philosophy and Theory Reader, Volume X. Oxon/New York: Routledge, 2021.
  • Liz Jackson (Ed.), Asian Perspectives on Education for Sustainable Development. Oxon/New York: Routledge, 2020.
  • Liz Jackson & Michael A. Peters (Eds.), Feminist Theory in Diverse Productive Practices: An Educational Philosophy and Theory Gender and Sexualities Reader, Volume VI. Oxon/London/New York: Routledge, 2019.
  • Liz Jackson & Michael A. Peters (Eds.), From ‘Aggressive Masculinity’ to ‘Rape Culture’: An Educational Philosophy and Theory Gender and Sexualities Reader, Volume V. Oxon/London/New York: Routledge, 2019.
  • Elena Railean, Gabriela Walker, Atilla Elci & Liz Jackson (Eds.), Handbook of Applied Learning Theory and Design in Modern Education. (2 vol.) Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2016.

Selected Articles

  • Amy N. Sojot & Liz Jackson, ‘No Single Way Takes Us to Our Different Futures’: An Interview with Liz Jackson, Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2022.
  • Liz Jackson, Humility and Vulnerability, or Leaning In? Personal Reflections on Leadership and Difference in Global Universities, Universities and Intellectuals, 1:1 (2021), 24-29.
  • Liz Jackson & Ana Luisa Muñoz-García, Reaction is Not Enough: Decreasing Gendered Harassment in Academic Contexts in Chile, Hong Kong, and the United States, Educational Theory, 69:1 (2019), 17-33.
  • Liz Jackson, Relations of Blood? Racialization of Civic Identity in Twenty-First Century Hong Kong, Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 40:6 (2019), 761-772.
  • Liz Jackson, The Challenge of Learning to Live Together: Navigating the Global, National, and Local, Asia Pacific Education Review, 20:2 (2019), 249-257. 86.
  • Liz Jackson, The Smiling Philosopher: Emotional Labor, Gender, and Harassment in Conference Spaces, Educational Philosophy and Theory, 51:7 (2019), 693-701.
  • Liz Jackson, Leaning Out of Higher Education: A Structural, Postcolonial Perspective, Policy Futures in Education, 15:3 (2017), 295-308.
  • Liz Jackson, Learning about Diversity in Hong Kong: Multiculturalism in Liberal Studies Textbooks, The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 26:1 (2017), 21-29.
  • Liz Jackson, Why Should I Be Grateful? The Morality of Gratitude in Contexts Marked by Injustice, Journal of Moral Education, 45:3, 276-290 (2016).
  • Liz Jackson, Religion in Hong Kong Education: Representation in Liberal Studies Textbooks, Asian Anthropology, 14:1, 43-56 (2015).
  • Liz Jackson, Islam and Muslims in U.S. Public Schools since September 11, 2001, Religious Education, 106:2, 162-180 (2011).
  • Liz Jackson, Images of Islam in U.S. Media and Their Educational Implications, Educational Studies, 46:1, 3-24 (2010).
  • Liz Jackson, Dialogic Pedagogy for Social Justice: A Critical Examination, Studies in Philosophy and Education, 27:2, 137-148 (2008).
  • Liz Jackson, Silence, Words that Wound, and Sexual Identity: A Conversation with Applebaum, Journal of Moral Education, 37:2, 225-238 (2008).
  • Liz Jackson, The Individualist? The Autonomy of Reason in Kant’s Philosophy and Educational Views, Studies in Philosophy and Education, 26:4, 335-344 (2007).

Citations

  1. ^ “Experts at EduHK - Professor Liz Jackson,” eduhk.hk. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  2. ^ “Executive Committee,” pesa.org.au. Retrieved 15 February 2022; “Honours Board,” pesa.org.au. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  3. ^ “No Single Way Takes Us to Our Different Futures,” Educational Philosophy and Theory.
  4. ^ “DESI,” eduhk-desi.org. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  5. ^ “PESA Book Awards,” pesa.org.au. Retrieved 15 February 2022; “Research Output Prize Winners,” rss.hku.hk. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  6. ^ “PESA Book Awards,” pesa.org.au. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  7. ^ “Critics’ Choice Book Awards,” educationalstudies.org. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  8. ^ “Critics’ Choice Book Awards,” educationalstudies.org. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  9. ^ “Executive Committee,” pesa.org.au. Retrieved 15 February 2022; “Honours Board,” pesa.org.au. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
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