Ruth Ray Jackson
Name: Ruth Ray Jackson
Title: Associate Professor & Chair
Start Year at LSUS: 2002
Credentials: Ph.D. Colorado State University
Department: Education
College: Business, Education, and Human Development
Office Location: Business & Education Building 384
Office Phone: 318-797-5032
Office Fax: 318-798-4144
Email: ruth.jackson@lsus.edu
Office Hours: By appointment
Teaching Assignments:
Educational Leadership program
Research Interests:
Educational Leadership, Professional Learning Communities, and Diversty in Education
Selected Publications:
Pitre, A., Pitre E., Ray, R., & Hilton-Pitre, T. (eds.) (2009). Educating African American students: Foundations, curriculum, and experiences. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing.
Pitre, A., Ray, R., & Pitre, E. (2008). The struggle for black history: Foundations for a critical black pedagogy in education. Lanham, MD: University Press of America.
Burke, L.A. & Ray, R. (2008). Re-setting the concentration levels of students in higher education: An exploratory study. Teaching in Higher Education, 13 (5), 571-582.
Personal Bio:
Ruth Ray Jackson's professional experiences include teaching at the middle and high school levels as well as serving as assistant principal in two schools. Later, she was appointed principal of a high school in south Louisiana.
At LSU Shreveport, Dr. Jackson is an associate professor, teaching in the educational leadership program. Since 2004, she has served as the chairperson of the Department of Education. Prior to that, she was the Director of Graduate Programs in Education.
Honors include Lockheed-Martin Distinguished Scholar Award, Shreveport Regional Council for the Louisiana Center for Women and Government, and Greater Shreveport Chamber of Commerce's 40 Under 40 when she was named the 2009 Northwest Louisiana Young Professional of the Year.
