He has authored or edited 16 books, including Gladiators in Suits: Race, Gender, and the Politics of Representation in Scandal, with Simone Puff and Kimberly Moffitt, Culturing Manhood, coauthored with Murali Balaji, and Marginalized Masculinities, with Jamie Moshin; and was previously editor of the journal Critical Studies in Media Communication.
"[2] In the Quarterly Journal of Speech Felicia F. Jordan-Jackson praised Jackson's use of qualitative and quantitative methods and wrote that he "deserves to be commended for addressing such a timely and relevant topic.
Cory L. Young, writing in the Southern Communication Journal, found the strength of the collection in its "broad range of essays that appeals to a wide variety of academic audiences, and its dialectical perspective and embrace of the "contradictions and tensions inherent in the labels African and American.
Writing for Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, R. B. Schuman described the book's insights as "disparate but important" and singled out Kali Tal's essay "From Panther to Monster", on the Black Power movement, for praise.
It is a one-of-a-kind collection of biographical and critical snapshots of black scholars in communication studies, including Molefi Kete Asante, Donald Bogle, Oscar H. Gandy Jr., and Stuart Hall.
"[10] Black Comics: Politics of Race and Representation is a collection of essays edited by Jackson and Sheena C. Howard, and winner of the 2014 International Comic-Con Will Eisner Award for Best Academic/Scholarly Work.
The essays analyze comic books, graphic novels, newspaper strips and political cartoons by and about African Americans, from both contemporary and historical perspectives.
Topics covered include the political activism of cartoonist Jackie Ormes, cartoon depictions of Condoleezza Rice, and Aaron McGruder's The Boondocks.
Lent, writing for Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, recommended the book but warned of "shoddy editing" and noted that the essays "vary in quality and proficiency".