Education
Jackson received his Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania and has taught at the University of Texas at Austin, Indiana University, Wayne State University and the University of Michigan.
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Jackson is the King Faisal Chair of Islamic Thought and Culture and Professor of Religion and American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. Jackson was formerly the Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Visiting Professor of Law and Professor of Afro-American Studies at the University of Michigan. From 1987 to 1989, he served as Executive Director of the Center of Arabic Study Abroad in Cairo, Egypt.
Jackson has been featured on the Washington Post-Newsweek blog, "On Faith," as well as the Huffington Post.
Jackson has also been recognized by Religion Newswriters Association ReligionLink as among the top ten experts on Islam in America.
