Shirley A. Jackson received her doctorate in sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She joined Portland State University as a chair and professor in Black Studies in January 2016. Shirley is the editor of The Handbook of Race, Class, and Gender (Routledge/Taylor & Francis 2014) and co-editor of Caged Women: Incarceration, Representation, and Media (2018, Routledge/Taylor & Francis). She is the 2016 recipient of the Society for the Study of Social Problems' Doris Wilkinson Faculty Leadership Award and the 2010 recipient of the State of Connecticut African American Affairs Commission's Women of the Year Award. Shirley is active in several professional associations, including the American Sociological Association, Association of Black Sociologists, Society for the Study of Social Problems, and the Pacific Sociological Association. When not teaching or doing research, Shirley enjoys reading mystery novels, watching old Twilight Zone episodes, Alfred Hitchcock films, and British police dramas. She also loves to travel and wants her students to have this experience. Thus, she is working on developing study abroad programs for the Black Studies Department at Portland State University.