J’Mauri Jackson, MA, PhD(c)

Research

PUBLICATIONS

Malone Gonzalez, Shannon, Shantel Gabrieal Buggs, and J’Mauri Jackson. 2025. ““Mourning for Strangers”: Black Women, Sequelae, and the Digital Afterlife of Police Violence.” Feminist Criminology 20(2):132-62.
https://doi.org/10.1177/15570851241258316

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Jackson brings extensive interdisciplinary research experience at the intersections of health, criminal justice, and social equity, with demonstrated expertise in both qualitative and quantitative methods. Her work explores how race, gender, and systemic reform shape health outcomes and institutional accountability.

Currently, Jackson is a Graduate Research Fellow at the University of Michigan’s Center for Racial Justice, where she collaborates with Ayesha Bell-Hardaway, JD, on projects examining collective bargaining rights during the Great Migration and the Civil Rights Movement. She also serves as a Graduate Research Affiliate with the Carceral State Project’s Conditions of Confinement team, working under the mentorship of Dr. Heather Ann Thompson on research related to anti-discrimination law, healthcare access, and disability rights mobilization.

Previously, Jackson worked with Dr. Amanda Alexander on projects advancing movement lawyering and with Dr. Moya Z. Bailey on Misogynoir in Medicine, a documentary investigating Black women’s healthcare experiences across the lifespan. As a Research Associate with the Economic Growth Institute, she examined economic equity initiatives and conducted qualitative interviews with Black business owners in Detroit, Michigan. At the Duke University School of Medicine, she contributed to a doula intervention project supporting Black birthing individuals at risk for preterm labor, collaborating closely with interdisciplinary research teams and community organizations.

Jackson’s earlier research includes serving as a Science Intern at the Center for Policing Equity, where she analyzed race and gender disparities in police use of force across seventy major U.S. cities. At Indiana University, she worked with Dr. Anna Mueller on the NIMH-funded Social Worlds and Youth Well-being study focused on suicide prevention and adolescent mental health. Her undergraduate research at The Ohio State University explored the psychological effects of police violence on Black women and the use of cognitive-behavioral interventions for depression and anxiety.