Dr. Lavonne Jackson
Assistant Professor

lrjackson@howard.edu
Founders
Library, Rm. 312
(202) 806-7242
Publications:
Jackson, LaVonne R. Encyclopedia of Malcolm X. (contributor). Mississippi
State, Mississippi: Mississippi Press, 1996.
"African-American
Historic Places in the National Register." (contributor). Washington,
D.C.: The National Trust and the National Register.
1993.
"Olney Township Historic
District, Olney Township, Pennsylvania" in
Teaching With Historic Places Section" in Heritage
Education Resources Exchange. National Trust for
Historic Preservation,
1993.
Biography of "Mother Hale" and "Betty
Shabazz" in Black Women in America: An Historical
Encyclopedia. (contributor). Brooklyn: Carlson
Publishing, Inc., 1992.
Reviews Submitted
Jackson, Lavonne R. review of "The Leaders of the
Woman Suffrage Movement in the Southern States." by
Marjorie Spruill Wheeler, Journal of Mississippi History
(1994).
Works in Progress
"Black Reconstruction History
and Black Women in the Literary Works of the Nineteenth
Century. Black Female
Writer Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, 1865-1899."
"African Women in Senegal,
West Africa and Labor in the Contemporary Marketplace."
"Reaching Beyond the Household:
Freedwomen in East Texas. Social and Economic Challenges
During Reconstruction,
1865-1870."
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Education:
Doctor of Philosophy, Howard University, Washington, D.C.
Major: United States History, Specialization: 19th Century African-American
History;
Minor: African History, Specialization: Sub-Saharan Africa.
Minor: Women Studies.
Master of Arts, Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA
Major: African American Studies
Minor: United States History
Bachelor of Arts, University of Texas, Arlington, TX
Major: Political Science. Specialization: Pre Law
Minor: Sociology. Sub-specialization: Criminal Justice
Experience:
2000-Present
Howard University, Washington, D.C.
1998-2000
Assistant Professor
Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD
1994-99
Assistant Professor, Instructor, Lecturer
Bowie State University, Bowie, MD
1994-95
Adjunct Instructor, Afro-American Studies
Howard University, Washington, D.C.
1994
Visiting Lecturer History Department
Indiana, Bloomington, IN
1993-94
ABD Teaching Fellow, History Department
Loyola College, Baltimore, MD
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