John L. Jackson Jr.

John L. Jackson Jr. is Richard Perry University Professor of Communication and Anthropology, Professor of Africana Studies and Dean of University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice. Prior to joining the faculty at Penn, he served as a junior fellow at Harvard University's Society of Fellows and taught cultural anthropology at Duke University.
Jackson was named as the Dean of the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania effective January 1, 2019.
Jackson graduated summa cum laude from Howard University. He has two master's degrees as well as a Ph.D. in anthropology from Columbia University.