Kenneth T. Jackson

Kenneth T. Jackson is an urban, social, cultural historian, author, and academic. He is the Jacques Barzun Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University, where he has also chaired the Department of History.

Jackson has delivered lectures at colleges, universities, civic groups, and historical societies worldwide. He has been a featured guest on edia platforms including the ''NBC Today Show'', ''ABC World News Tonight'', ''ABC Nightline'', ''CBS Evening News'', ''CBS Up to the Minute'', ''CNN'', ''History Channel'', ''East West Television'', and documentary productions.

As a former vestryman at Historic Trinity Church on Wall Street in Lower Manhattan (1997-2004), Jackson holds memberships in Phi Beta Kappa, the Century Association, the Society of American Historians, the New York Academy of History, the American Antiquarian Society, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He served as a trustee for organizations, including the Regional Plan Association (2002-2022), the Society of American Historians (1970-2004), and the Columbia University Seminars (1985-2022), as well as the New York Historical Society since 1996, the Henry Luce Foundation since 2002, and the Prague Institute for Global Urban Development since 2008. Moreover, he was a former trustee of the New York State Historical Association, New Castle Historical Society, South Street Seaport Museum, Skyscraper Museum, Organization of American Historians, Urban History Association, and Transportation Alternatives. His contributions also include serving as a steward of the New York State Archives Partnership Trust and the Historic House Trust in New York City for many years.

Jackson was featured in Playboy magazine as one of the nation's most popular professors. Additionally, he has received fellowships from institutions such as the National Endowment for the Humanities, American Council of Learned Societies, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, and Century Foundation, and has also been awarded five honorary doctorates from the City University of New York, St. Peter's University, State University of New York, University of the South, and Wagner College. Provided by Wikipedia