Jhia Jackson, MS

Research Interests  

• Embodied and interdisciplinary research methods
• Death, dying, and living well with chronic pain
• Bioethics
• Pediatrics

Experience and Current Work  

Jhia Jackson is a movement-based artist and researcher. Their doctoral dissertation project explores decision-making at or near the end of life for adolescents and young adults living with non-cancer serious illness, as well as the development of an embodied, kinesthetic analysis through the integration of contemporary dance choreographic methods with interpretive phenomenology. Their previous research experience explicitly addresses issues of inequity, disparity, and insecurity for diverse populations, including adults living with HIV and/or cardiovascular diseases, graduate students from historically marginalized populations, and adults living with Parkinson’s disease. In addition to research, they are also interested in cross-disciplinary education and teaching. They have coordinated the Responsible Conduct of Research course for biomedical graduate students and postdocs, co-facilitated a Course and Program Evaluation workshop for medical faculty, co-lectured on Biomedical Research and Human Subjects for graduate students, and lectured on theorizing institutional systems of power and oppression for graduate students interested in leadership. Jhia has also coordinated and facilitated community-based workshops since 2012 that draw from her art, advocacy, and scholarly work. This includes self and collective wellness programming for queer women living with cancer, exploring identity and empowerment for young women of color, identifying and addressing implicit bias in the work place for Black psychologists, and more. 

Education and Training 

• MS, Bioethics, Columbia University
• Radical Black Feminist Approaches to Health-Care and Healing, UCSF REPAIR Certificate of Integrative Health & Healing
• Minor in Palliative Care, University of California in San Francisco
• BA, Sociology, Dance, and Minor in Ethics, Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles   

Publications

• Duncan, D.S., Jackson, J.L.N., Collins, S., & Teherani, A. (2023). Enabling Success Through Transformative Practices in STEM: The Effects of Applying an Anti-Deficit Framework to Diversity and Equity Programming. 10.1101/2023.06.22.546152
• Larson, E. L., Teller, A., Aguirre, A. N., Jackson, J., & Meyer, D. (2017). Assessing usefulness and researcher satisfaction with consent form templates. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 1(4), 256-259. doi:10.1017/cts.2017.296
• Jackson, J. L. & Larson, E. (2016). Prevalence and commonalities of informed consent templates for biomedical research. Research Ethics, 12(3), 167-175. doi: 10.1177/1747016116649995