L.Princess Jackson
Professor Princess is an Adjunct Professor at Morris Brown College, where she teaches Race, Gender, and Black Female Identity in Pop Music, Black Music History & Songwriting, and Art History. She earned her undergraduate degree from Clark Atlanta University and completed graduate study and research at Harvard University, where her thesis Black Swans Shattering the Glass Ceiling examined the history and cultural impact of historically Black ballet companies.
An artist–scholar and cultural storyteller, Professor Princess brings together performance, research, and media to explore the intersections of music, movement, and identity. With a professional background in ballet, she has performed and taught extensively while contributing to scholarship on Black performance history. Her research — including a critical study of Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814 — investigates how Black women shape performance traditions across both classical and popular contexts.
Beyond academia, she is an active music artist, songwriter, and voting member of the National Recording Academy of Arts and Sciences. As a performer, she translates history into live music and dance experiences, merging scholarship and artistry to preserve cultural memory and challenge dominant narratives. Her work has also extended to journalism as a correspondent for the Harvard Gazette, where she covered major arts and cultural events while amplifying student and community voices.
Supervisors: Dr Talaya Delaney and Jill Johnson
An artist–scholar and cultural storyteller, Professor Princess brings together performance, research, and media to explore the intersections of music, movement, and identity. With a professional background in ballet, she has performed and taught extensively while contributing to scholarship on Black performance history. Her research — including a critical study of Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814 — investigates how Black women shape performance traditions across both classical and popular contexts.
Beyond academia, she is an active music artist, songwriter, and voting member of the National Recording Academy of Arts and Sciences. As a performer, she translates history into live music and dance experiences, merging scholarship and artistry to preserve cultural memory and challenge dominant narratives. Her work has also extended to journalism as a correspondent for the Harvard Gazette, where she covered major arts and cultural events while amplifying student and community voices.
Supervisors: Dr Talaya Delaney and Jill Johnson
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