肯尼斯·T·杰克逊

肯尼思·T·杰克逊（英语：Kenneth Terry Jackson，1939年7月27日—）是一位美国历史学家与社会科学家，哥伦比亚大学荣誉退休教授，关注城市史等领域，1983年获古根海姆奖，主要作品有《马唐草边疆：美国城市的郊区化进展》（Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States，获1986年的弗朗西斯·帕克曼奖与班克洛夫特奖）和《纽约市百科全书》（The Encyclopedia of New York City）等。

Kenneth T. Jackson (born July 27, 1939) is a professor of urban history, social history, and cultural history who has written various books and articles including on American cities. He is the Jacques Barzun Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University, where he has also chaired the Department of History.

Jackson has lectured at colleges, universities, civic groups, and historical societies. He has appeared on 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.

A former vestryman at Trinity Church on Wall Street in 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.

1993, Jackson was featured in Playboy magazine as one of the nation's most popular professors. He received fellowships from 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.

Education and career

Jackson, a graduate of the University of Memphis (B.A., 1961) and the University of Chicago (M.A., 1963; Ph.D., 1966), served three years in the United States Air Force, before joining Columbia as an assistant professor in 1968. At Columbia, he taught courses in urban, social, and military history, advancing to associate professor in 1971, professor in 1976, and Andrew W. Mellon Professor in 1987. He assumed the Barzun Professorship in 1990. In 1989, he was honored as Teacher of the Year by college students, receiving their 28th annual Mark Van Doren Award for "humanity, devotion to truth, and inspiring leadership". Columbia President George Rupp appointed him Co-Chairman of the University's 250th-anniversary commemoration in 1996. He received the annual Great Teacher Award from the Society of Columbia Graduates in 1999 and was honored as New York State Scholar of the Year by the New York Council in 2001. In November 2016, President Lee Bollinger granted him Columbia University's highest honor, the Alexander Hamilton Medal, during a black-tie dinner in Low Memorial Library. He retired from Columbia in 2020. Furthermore, he has served as a Fulbright Lecturer in Germany, Australia, and Japan, and as a visiting professor at Princeton, UCLA, and the George Washington University.