Professor
James Sidney Jackson
(
–
)
1944
2020
University of Michigan
;
Ann Arbor, MI
Psychologist; Educator
Area
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Specialty
Psychological Sciences
Elected
2010
James S. Jackson is Director of the Instititute for Social Research and a member of the Board of Scientific Counselors of the National Institute on Aging. His 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 on members of the African diaspora in the United States, the Caribbean, and Europe have employed novel methods including multigenerational studies, longitudinal studies, and his research methodology includes carrying out a number of national surveys and one international survey of black populations. Professor Jackson's teaching centers on social factors in health, race and racism, and sources of misdiagnosis in black populations
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