Stephen Jackson

Stephen Jackson is an Assistant Professor of the Social, Cultural, and Historical Foundations of Education at KU. He received his PhD in History from The George Washington University, and trained specifically in imperial and colonial studies. Prior to joining the faculty at KU, he worked in the History Department at the University of Sioux Falls for ten years, winning the Outstanding Faculty Award in 2016. His research focuses on the historical connections between education, imperialism, and decolonization within the British Empire that continue to affect educational systems today. He has published two books on these topics, Constructing National Identity in Canadian and Australian Classrooms (Palgrave, 2018), and Religious Education and the Anglo World (Brill, 2020). More recently, Stephen has explored the historical legacy of Eurocentrism and imperialism in American classrooms, resulting in a third book, The Patchwork of World History in Texas High Schools (Routledge, 2022). Stephen has published articles in journals such as the History of Education Quarterly, The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, History Compass, and History of Education Review. At KU Stephen teaches courses on the history of education, including on critical topics such as the culture wars.