Joyce Marie Jackson

Joyce Marie Jackson
Born
Louisiana, United States
OccupationsJames J. Parsons endowed professor and chair, department of geography & anthropology, Louisiana State University
Known forRecipient of the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities Lifetime Contributions to the Humanities award for her enhancement of the understanding of African American culture and music, sacred and secular rituals in Africa and the diaspora
SpouseJ. Nash Porter

Joyce Marie Jackson is the James J. Parsons Endowed Professor and chair of the department of geography and anthropology at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. A cultural anthropologist, ethnomusicologist and folklorist, she was also the director of the university's African and African American studies program from 2010 to 2016.

In 2021, she was recognized by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities with its Lifetime Contributions to the Humanities award for her enhancement of the understanding of African American culture and music, sacred and secular rituals in Africa and the diaspora.

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