Dr. James S. Jackson, Ph.D.
Research Professor at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research (ISR)
Research & Expertise:
Dr. Jackson’s research focuses on issues of racial and ethnic influences on life course development, attitude change, reciprocity, social support, and coping and health among African Americans. His research efforts include conducting a number of national surveys and one international survey of black populations. His teaching centers on social factors in health, race and racism, and sources of misdiagnosis in black populations.
He is past Director of ISR and the Center for Afroamerican and African Studies, and past national president of the Association of Black Psychologists, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues and the Consortium of Social Science Associations.
Education & Training:
B.S., Michigan State University 1966
M.A., University of Toledo 1970
Ph.D., Wayne State University 1972