Dr. Davena Jackson is an assistant professor of urban education in the Department of Teaching and Learning, where she focuses on English education, language, and literacy. She is interested in the complex intersections of race, language, literacy, and education and how teachers can work in solidarity across English language arts (ELA) classrooms to become sites of hope and resistance. Her research centers on teachers’ justice-oriented commitments and curricular and pedagogical choices that lead to the transformation and liberation of English classrooms. Learn more.