M Jackson

Jackson completed her undergraduate studies at Western Washington University. Jackson then attended the University of Montana, which she graduated in 2011 with a Master of Science degree.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nationalgeographicexpeditions.com/experts/m-jackson/detail|title=M Jackson - Expert {{!}} National Geographic Expeditions|website=www.nationalgeographicexpeditions.com| date=21 April 2018 |language=en|access-date=2018-04-26}}{{Cite thesis|last=Jackson|first=M|title=While Glaciers Slept|date=2011|publisher=University of Montana|url=https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/1183/|language=en}} She attended the University of Oregon, where she earned a doctorate in geography and glaciology.{{Cite web|url=https://geography.uoregon.edu/2018/01/05/2017-alum-dr-m-jackson-selected-as-a-ted-fellow/|title=Alum Dr. M Jackson Selected as a 2018 TED Fellow {{!}} Department of Geography|website=geography.uoregon.edu|language=en-US|access-date=2018-04-26}}{{cite web |title=Jerilynn "M" Jackson |url=https://geography.uoregon.edu/profile/jerilynn/ |website=Department of Geography |publisher=University of Oregon |access-date=1 December 2022}} She worked in The Glacier Lab under the supervision of Mark Carey.{{Cite web|url=https://geography.uoregon.edu/profile/|title= "M" Jackson {{!}} Department of Geography|website=geography.uoregon.edu|language=en-US|access-date=2018-04-26}}{{Cite web|url=https://glacierlab.uoregon.edu/people/|title=The Glacier Lab {{!}} People|website=glacierlab.uoregon.edu|language=en-US|access-date=2018-04-26}} Together they proposed a feminist glaciology framework for global environmental change.{{Cite web|url=http://phg.sagepub.com/content/early/2016/01/08/0309132515623368.abstract|title=Glaciers, gender, and science: A feminist glaciology framework for global environmental change research|date=2016-01-10|website=Progress in Human Geography|access-date=2018-04-26}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.science.org/content/article/qa-author-feminist-glaciology-study-reflects-sudden-appearance-culture-wars|title=Q&A: Author of 'feminist glaciology' study reflects on sudden appearance in culture wars|date=2016-03-11|work=Science {{!}} AAAS|access-date=2018-04-26|language=en}} They proposed the study to provoke discussion about the people who are researching glaciers, and whose voices are left out.{{Cite news|url=https://qz.com/638557/feminism-might-be-the-answer-to-climate-change/|title="Feminist glaciology" is sparking huge questions about the impact of the male gaze on science|last=Merelli|first=Annalisa|work=Quartz|access-date=2018-04-26|language=en-US}} She completed her thesis, "Tangled Up in Blue: Narratives of Glacier Change in Southeast Iceland", in 2017.{{Cite journal|last=Jackson|first=M|date=2017-09-06|title=Tangled Up in Blue: Narratives of Glacier Change in Southeast Iceland|url=https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/handle/1794/22665|language=en-US}}

Jackson is a three-time U.S. Fulbright Fellow, completing research fellowships in Turkey and Iceland. On her second Fulbright-funded project, she worked in Höfn, Iceland, looking at how climate change affected glacier communities.{{Cite web|url=https://geography.uoregon.edu/2015/12/07/m-jackson-on-a-fulbright-in-iceland/|title=M Jackson on a Fulbright in Iceland {{!}} Department of Geography|website=geography.uoregon.edu|language=en-US|access-date=2018-04-26}} During her PhD she became a National Geographic Explorer.{{Cite news|url=https://ngstudentexpeditions.com/trip-leader-spotlight-m-jackson|title=Trip Leader Spotlight - M Jackson - National Geographic Student Expeditions|work=National Geographic Student Expeditions|access-date=2018-04-26|language=en-US}} She has served in the Peace Corps in Zambia.

Jackson has given several TED talks, but is best known for her 2017 TED talk "Glaciers, Gender and Science".{{Citation|last=TEDx Talks|title=Glaciers, Gender, and Science: We Need More Stories of Ice. {{!}} M Jackson {{!}} TEDxMiddlebury|date=2017-01-18|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4R5-y0Dc1s|accessdate=2018-04-26}} Jackson has spoken often on the harassment she received as a female scientist.{{Cite web | url=https://earthtalk.org/m-jackson/ | title=Interview: Glaciologist M Jackson on Feminist Climate Research | date=21 January 2019 }} Jackson is an Arctic expert and Emerging Explorer for the National Geographic Society.{{Cite web|url=http://link.tclib.org/portal/While-glaciers-slept--being-human-in-a-time-of/Gv3TFa8iyq0/|title=While glaciers slept : being human in a time of climate change - Teton County Library|website=link.tclib.org|language=en|access-date=2018-04-26}} She has led expeditions across the Arctic. She regularly visits glaciers around the world.{{Cite news|url=https://eco-fiction.com/interview-with-m-jackson-while-glaciers-slept/|title=Interview with M Jackson, While Glaciers Slept|date=2015-08-04|work=Eco-Fiction|access-date=2018-04-26|language=en-US}}

She is currently working on InTangible Ice, a multi-year project that studies the impacts of the socio-physical dimensions of glacier retreat. The project partners with the National Geographic Explorers, filmmakers and scientists.{{Cite web|url=http://www.womensmediacenter.com/shesource/expert/dr-m-jackson-ph-d|title=Dr. M Jackson, Ph.D. - SheSource Expert - Women's Media Center|website=www.womensmediacenter.com|language=en|access-date=2018-04-26}} In 2018 Jackson was announced as a TED Fellow for her work highlighting how people and glaciers interact.{{Cite news|url=https://blog.ted.com/meet-the-2018-class-of-ted-fellows-and-senior-fellows/|title=Meet the 2018 class of TED Fellows and Senior Fellows|date=2018-01-09|work=TED Blog|access-date=2018-04-26|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/40514518/these-are-the-2018-ted-fellows-working-on-everything-from-sexual-harrassment-to|title=These Are The 2018 TED Fellows, Finding Inspiring Solutions To Global Problems|date=2018-01-09|work=Fast Company|access-date=2018-04-26|language=en-US}} In December 2022, Jackson began hosting a 12-episode series on Crash Course on the topic of climate change and energy production.{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhFlDkES6Ws&ab_channel=CrashCourse|title=Crash Course Climate & Energy Preview|publisher=YouTube|date=November 30, 2022|accessdate=January 4, 2023}}

Jackson's first book, While Glaciers Slept, was published by Green Writer's Press in June 2015.{{Cite news|url=http://eco-fiction.com/while-glaciers-slept-m-jackson-2/|title=While Glaciers Slept, M Jackson|date=2015-06-23|work=Eco-Fiction|access-date=2018-04-26|language=en-US}} It explores the parallels between the destruction of the planet as a result of climate change and a family facing the loss of parents.{{Cite book|title=While Glaciers Slept: Being Human in a Time of Climate Change|last1=results|first1=search|last2=McKibben|first2=Bill|date=2015-08-21|publisher=Green Writers Press|isbn=9780996087261|language=English}} The book combines personal science with exploration, and was well received by critics.{{Cite news|url=http://www.seattlespectator.com/2017/02/08/review-glaciers-slept-story-climate-change/|title=Review Of "While Glaciers Slept," a Story of Climate Change - The Spectator|date=2017-02-08|work=The Spectator|access-date=2018-04-26|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.yesmagazine.org/climate-in-our-hands/staying-human-climate-change-m-jackson-while-glaciers-slept|title=Staying Human in a Time of Climate Change: New Author on Science, Grief, and Hope|last=Finke|first=Christopher Zumski|work=YES! Magazine|access-date=2018-04-26|language=en}} The book's foreword is by Bill McKibben. She has given several talks about this book and her exploration work.{{Citation|last=Haralson|first=Eric|title="The Secret Lives of Icelandic Glaciers," a talk by M Jackson|date=2017-12-08|url=https://vimeo.com/246444482|accessdate=2018-04-26}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x54ec3e|title=Download M Jackson While Glaciers Slept: Being Human in a Time of Climate Change Pre Order - Video Dailymotion|date=2016-12-05|website=Dailymotion|language=en|access-date=2018-04-26}}

In 2019, Green Writer's Press published Jackson's second book, The Secret Lives of Glaciers.{{Cite web | url=http://greenwriterspress.com/book/the-secret-lives-of-glaciers/ | title=The Secret Lives of Glaciers | Green Writers Press | date=22 February 2018 }} The book explores what happens when a community's glaciers slowly disappear. Jackson unfolds complex stories of people and glaciers along the southeastern coast of Iceland, exploring the history of glacier science and the world's first glacier monitoring program, the power glaciers enact on local society, perceptions by some in the community that glaciers are alive, and the conflicting and intertwined consequences of rapid glacier change on the cultural fabric of the region.{{Cite web | url=https://grapevine.is/mag/feature/2019/01/31/on-thin-ice-the-glaciers-are-melting-what-does-it-mean-for-iceland/ | title=From Iceland — Iceland Thaws: The Glaciers Are Melting - What Does It Mean for Iceland? | date=31 January 2019 }}{{Cite web | url=http://www.cchange.net/2019/01/15/m/ | title=M Jackson: It's Thin Where We're Skating | date=16 January 2019 }} The book has been well received by critics.{{Cite web | url=https://www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/the-secret-lives-of-glaciers/ | title=Review of the Secret Lives of Glaciers }}{{Cite web | url=https://www.adn.com/arts/books/2019/01/26/2-new-books-explore-the-place-and-meaning-of-ice-in-our-lives/ | title=2 new books explore the place and meaning of ice in our lives }}

Published in 2023, a novel set in the Cascade Range of Oregon, that follows the impact of a missing girl on the lives of four women.{{cite web | url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61468397-the-ice-sings-back | title=The Ice Sings Back }} It has been described as an eco-thriller.{{cite web | url=https://greenwriterspress.com/book/the-ice-sings-back/ | title=The Ice Sings Back | Green Writers Press }}

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