J'Mauri Jackson

J’Mauri Jackson (she/her) is a Ph.D. Student in Public Policy and Sociology (2023 Cohort). She holds a Master of Arts in Sociology from Indiana University (2022) and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from The Ohio State University (2019). Her research broadly focuses on the social and structural determinants of racial health inequities. In particular, she is interested in the relationship between the criminal justice system and health outcomes and the social factors implicated in utilizing physical and mental healthcare services. She aims to create research that is translational and can reduce the impacts of systemic racism on health through informed practice and policy. Currently, she is working on a project examining the conditions of health and healthcare in Michigan prisons.

J’Mauri is a recipient of the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship and Building Research Inclusion and Diversity Graduate Education (BRIDGE) Scholarship at Duke University School of Medicine. Prior to joining U-Michigan, she was a Science Intern at the Center for Policing Equity, a Research Assistant for the Qualitative Research Partners (QualCore) at Duke University School of Medicine, and a Research Associate at the Economic Growth Institute. In 2023, she was nominated as the 2023-2025 Student Representative for the American Sociological Association (ASA) Section on Medical Sociology.

At U-Michigan, J'Mauri is a Rackham Merit Fellow (2023-present), a Graduate Student Affiliate (2024-present) of the Carceral State Project under the Confronting Conditions of Confinement team, a Graduate Research Fellow (2023-present) at the Center for Racial Justice at the Ford School of Public Policy, a Graduate Student Affiliate (2024-present) of the RacismLab at the Institute for Social Research, and Editor (2023-present) for the Michigan Journal of Public Affairs. In 2024, she received the Mark Chesler Paper Award for her thesis "The Commodification of Diversity in the Context of School Choice."