Grant Jackson, Ph.D.
Email: grant.jackson@ttu.edu
Phone: (806) 834-3322
Office: Education 331
Motivated by the role higher education can play in developing individuals holistically and preparing them for life in an increasingly complex society, Dr. Jackson studies ways in which individuals' developmental capacity influences their engagement with and experience of college curricula, pedagogies, and related institutional endeavors.
His current research focuses on how students at varying levels of development interpret, experience, and are impacted by intergroup dialogue, a pedagogy that brings together different groups of students to engage in difficult conversations associated with student belonging and related issues. He also conducts research related to higher education leadership and teaching.
Prior to becoming a faculty member, Dr. Jackson worked in other higher education capacities as an intergroup dialogue facilitator, instructional consultant, and academic advisor.
Education
- Ph.D., Higher Education – University of Michigan
- Specialization: Academic Affairs and Student Development
- M.A., Higher Education – University of Michigan
- Specialization: Institutional Research
- M.A., Education – Stanford University
- Specialization: Higher Education Policy, Organization, and Leadership
- B.A., German – Brigham Young University
- Minor: Psychology
Research Areas
- Intergroup Dialogue Theory and Practice
- College Student Development and Belonging
- College Teaching and Learning
- Leadership Theory and Practice
Courses Taught
- Higher Education Doctoral Seminar
- Higher Education Master's Seminar
- College Student Development
- Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Change
- College Teaching
- Dissertation Proposal Seminar
Recent Publications
Jackson, G.R., Schiffecker, S., Poquet, S. (In Press). “An intense level of self-regulation”: Technological opportunities and limitations of online intergroup dialogue. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.
Jackson, G. R., Stevens, T. (2023). Mentoring in the classroom: Applying self-determination theory to extend faculty teaching beyond the content. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2023(175), 51-59.
Bahr, P. R., McNaughtan, J., Jackson, G. R. (2023). Reducing the loss of community college students who demonstrate potential in STEM. Research in Higher Education, 64(5), 675-704.
Jackson, G. R. (2022). Using student development theory to inform intergroup dialogue research, theory, and practice. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 15(2), 194-206. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/dhe0000241
McNaughtan, J., Garcia, H., Schiffecker, S., Norris, K., Jackson, G. R., Eicke, D., Herridge, A., & Li, X. (2022). Surfing for an answer: Understanding how institutions of higher education in the United States utilized websites in response to COVID-19. Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education, 14(3B), 113-129.
Jackson, G. R., Gottlieb, J. J., McNaughtan, J., & Eicke, D. (2022). The role of outcome expectations and subjective task value in STEM major selection among women and men: Implications for practice and defining STEM. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 28(6), 1-26.
Jackson, G. R. (2021). Find, organize, analyze, critique: Frameworks for teaching students how to
“review the literature.” In A. S. Zimmerman (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Developing Students' Scholarly Dispositions in Higher Education (pp. 232-250). IGI Global.
Jackson, G. R. (2021). Intergroup dialogue pedagogy, processes, and outcomes: The moderating role
of students' openness to multiple perspectives. Teachers College Record, 123(6), 1-36.
McCarron, G., Jackson, G. R., McNaughtan, J., Olesova, L., Schmidt, G., & Taylor, T. (2020). Twenty-first century
pedagogy for leadership development: Centering dialogic and digital approaches in
leadership education. Journal of Leadership Studies, 14(3), 72-77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jls.21716
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