Faculty Expert Profile
Image caption: Lawrence Jackson
Credit: Will Kirk / Johns Hopkins University
Lawrence Jackson
- Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of English and History
Media Representatives
- Name
- Hannah Robbins
- hlrobbins@jhu.edu
- Cell phone
- 667-232-9047
- Name
- Jill Rosen
- jrosen@jhu.edu
- Office phone
- 443-997-9906
- Cell phone
- 443-547-8805
Lawrence Jackson
- Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of English and History
Expertise
Affiliations
- Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences
Languages spoken
- English
Lawrence Jackson studies 20th century African-American literature and culture and is known for his work on structural foundations of racism and inequality.
Jackson writes about the historical forces behind unrest in the city of Baltimore, including mass incarceration, housing segregation, and disparities in health care and education, and interrogates the discrepancy between the city's rich history and its current record levels of poverty and alienation.
Jackson launched and serves as director of the Billie Holiday Center for Liberation Arts, an initiative that showcases the unique arts, history, and culture of Baltimore. The center fosters organic links between the intellectual life of Johns Hopkins and the city's historic African-American communities, celebrating the strengths and potential of both.
