John L Jackson, Jr.

John L. Jackson Jr. is a cultural anthropologist, filmmaker, and writer. At the age of thirty-four, he was named the first-ever Richard Perry University Professor of Communication and Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania, and has served as a visiting professor of law at Harvard. He is the author of four books: Harlemworld , a Publisher's Weekly Notable Nonfiction Book; Real Black ; Racial Paranoia ; and Thin Description .

John L. Jackson Jr. is a cultural anthropologist, filmmaker, and writer. At the age of thirty-four, he was named the first-ever Richard Perry University Professor of Communication and Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania, and has served as a visiting professor of law at Harvard. He is the author of four books: Harlemworld , a Publisher's Weekly Notable Nonfiction Book; Real Black ; Racial Paranoia ; and Thin Description . See less