Shannon Jackson

Shannon Jackson is the Cyrus and Michelle Hadidi Professor of Rhetoric and of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, Department Chair of History of Art, and former Associate Vice Chancellor of the Arts and Design.

[3][4] Her main academic areas of interest are performance studies, 20th century art, critical theory, questions of artistic labor, interdisciplinary collaboration, history and theory of theater and performance art.

[10] With Marianne Weems she co-authored The Builders Association: Media and Performance in Contemporary Theater, published by MIT Press in 2015.

[14] She was the recipient of the University of California, Berkeley Distinguished Service Award, Division of Arts and Humanities in 2011.

[18] Jackson is a trustee and advisor of several organizations, including Oakland Museum of California,[19] BAMPFA,[20] the Headlands Center for the Arts,[21] as well as a former Cultural Commissioner for the City of Berkeley.