Austin Jackson is a third-year doctoral candidate in the African American and African Studies Program at Michigan State University. His research areas include African American Rhetoric, Composition, and Cultural Studies. Austin is a graduate of Norfolk State University (B.A., English) and Michigan State University (M.A., Critical Studies in the Teaching of English). He is a regular presenter at Conference on College Composition and Communication, American Educational Research Association, National Council of Teachers of English, and Michigan Council of Teachers of English. Austin has served as writing center coordinator for the Michigan State University athletic program, and is currently Graduate Student Coordinator of “My Brother’s Keeper” Program for at-risk Black males. He is co-author of several published articles on the use of Hip Hop and African American Rhetoric to enhance student literacy and stimulate transformative social action.
His dissertation, “Maroon Literacy, Guerilla Rhetoric: A Black Cultural Studies Approach to College Composition,” is a critical ethnographic study exploring the pedagogical and political impact of using Rap/Hip Hop and Marxist literary theory to develop academic and critical literacy among college-level writers.
Dissertation Committee: Dr. Geneva Smitherman (Chair), Dr. Ann Haas Dyson, Dr. Denise Troutman, Dr. Ernest Morrell
Austin is member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. (Episilon Pi Chapter), and served four years active duty (1990 - 1994) aboard the fast attack submarine U.S.S. Boise (SSN-761).
What a confused little fella.
Thank you. I'm lucky I even got the link posted...my three year old is all over me! ;-)
Austin is ...., and served four years active duty (1990 - 1994) aboard the fast attack submarine U.S.S. Boise (SSN-761).