Interest topics:
Collective Remembrance and Community Building \ Afrofuturism & Afrofuturist throughout time \ Data, race, technology and the school to prison pipeline \ Collective Memory Culture & Politics \ Creating 3rd-spaces for intergenerational joy \ creating equitable education tools\ Learning Analytics (LAK) \ Algorithmic bias and implicit bias in the analysis of marginalized students\ social entrepreneurship and the common good \ Radical Imagination in Action \ Speculative Fiction and Comic Books \ Leadership through Emergent Strategies of Servant Leadership
Public Speaking Highlights
Appearance The Educate US Podcast (audio below) – 06.2025
Patrice & Stacey welcome in Rob, an afrofuturist & poet, as he reflects on his personal story of loneliness and the importance of collective memory. Jackson emphasizes the power of shared memories in fostering community and identity. He speaks about how holding on to family stories that helped him break his isolation and inspired his work for Remembrance Day, a concept aimed at elevating elders and creating mutual holidays for collective remembrance.
TEDx Jacksonville 2024 | The Overlap – 11.2024
Rob was invited to the TED stage to discuss his movement for Remembrance Day, a campaign for a national holiday dedicated to the our elders, their stories and how we choose to remember each other through storytelling and collective remembrance in its many forms.
Appearance: The Missing Year Project Podcast (audio below) – 06.2021
Rob is invited to the podcast project to discuss his dreams for himself, his parents and how we all posses within us a vision for the future that we can claim today, even when all seems lost.
Closing Remarks: Georgetown University Community Scholars & The Radical Imagination (audio below) – 03.2021
Rob delivers a conclusion speech to Georgetown Universities Community Scholars as they embark on the challenge of being 1st generation freshman during COVID. Rob overs a path to turning your “mess” into your mission.
Lectures & Live Audience
Guest Lecturer
2025. Jackson, Robert. York University: Masters Course on Data, Privacy, Identity, (virtual), Toronto, CA
2024. Jackson, Robert. North Florida University: TedX Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
2023. Jackson, Robert. D.C. Start-Up Week 2023, Washington D.C.
2023. Jackson, Robert. Macalester College: Data for Public Good, St. Paul, MN
2020. Jackson, Robert. Georgetown University CSP 2020: Radical Imagination Washington, DC
2020. Jackson, Robert. Legacy International – Forum in Race + Common Good
2019. Jackson, Robert. “Building the Learning Analytics Curriculum for 2020 and Beyond” LAK ’19 , Tempe, AZ
2019. Jackson, Robert. “Big Data Race And Education” Data for Black Lives Conference MIT Media Lab, Boston, MA
Teaching
Lecture Series “How to start a career in Data Science, Business Analysis, and Information System Management” Career in Data & Analytics ChampAmerica, Udemy 2020
Languages
English (native)
Arabic (proficient)
Honors/ Awards
Tedx Jacksonville 2024
Gates Millennium Scholar
Columbia University Beyond the Bars Fellow
Education Pioneer Fellow
White House Mentoring and Leadership Initiative
Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholar
Future Leaders of Loudoun Scholarship
Town of Purcellville Citizenship Award