Cj Jackson

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Assistant Professor

2415 Hart Hall

Cj Jackson is a Diné writer and scholar and current assistant professor in the Department of Native American Studies. Their work broadly encompasses cultural dispossession with a specialized interest in Native and Indigenous Literatures. Their research works at the nexus of Native and Indigenous Studies, approaches in Gender and Sexuality, Environmental Humanities, Cultural Theory, and Affective Studies. They read Indigenous poetics as methodologies for examining relational ethics between peoples and places, especially those that have a long history of environmental harm as a result of capitalism and neoliberal thought and those which continue the displacement of queer Indigenous bodies. 

Education and Degree(s)
  • PhD., English (Literature), University of California, Riverside, 2023
  • M.A., English (Literature), Northern Arizona University, 2018
  • MCert., Women & Gender Studies, Northern Arizona University, 2018
  • B.A., English Literature, Grand Canyon University, 2015
  • B.A., Christian Studies, Grand Canyon University, 2015
Honors and Awards
  • UC Davis Center for the Advancement of Multicultural Perspectives on Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Fall 2024
  • University at Buffalo, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Indigenous Studies Department, 2023-24
Courses
  • NAS 180 — Native American Women’s Literature
  • NAS 254 — Native American Literature
  • NAS 298 — Group Study for Graduate Students working as Associate Ins (AIs)
Research Interests & Expertise
  • Native and Indigenous Literatures
  • Poetry Theory
  • Gender and Sexuality
  • Enviromental Humanities
  • Cultural Studies
Publications
  • [In Press]. “Snowmaking: A Native Poetics of Winter, Mountains, and Bathing.” Indigenous Poetics Anthology, Michigan State Press, 2024.
  • “stories, surviving, and what can a poem do? in Deborah Miranda’s Bad Indians” in the Special Edition issue "Still Bad Indians" from the American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 47(3), 2024.
Membership and Service
  • Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA)
  • American Studies Association (ASA)
  • Modern Language Association (MLA)
  • Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP)