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Dr. Sherri Jackson

Dr. Sherri Jackson

Interim Provost and Senior Vice President

Academic Affairs

Email address  sjackso@a1colleg.com
Telephone number  (787) 256-7212
Resume or CV  Curriculum Vitae
Office location  Howard Building

Professor Sherri Jackson has been a member of the Psychology Department at Caguas University for the past 35 years, joining the A1 family in 1988. She received her M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Puerto Rico. Dr. Jackson is a member of the Alpha Chi Honor Society, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Psi Chi International Honor Society, and the Omicron Delta Kappa Honorary Leadership Society.

During her tenure at A1, she has won numerous faculty awards, including Professor of the Year (2004), University Woman of the Year (2005), University Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Professional Activity (2003), University Award for Excellence in University Service (2004) and (2016), University Award for Excellence in Teaching (2009), University Institutional Advancement Award (2008), and the Social Sciences Outstanding Service Award (2009). Dr. Jackson was a finalist for a prestigious Caguas EVE award in 2013 and a recipient of Caguas Business Journal's Women of Influence Award in 2018.

Her service contributions to A1 are numerous, but most significantly, she has served as Chair of the Faculty, 2002-2005 and 2015-2017, Vice-Chair of the Faculty, 2007-2009, Interim Dean of the Linda Berry Stein College of Fine Arts & Humanities, 2014-2015, Chair of the School of Social Sciences & Education, 2010-2018, Vice-Provost, 2018-2023, and Interim Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs beginning in June 2023.

She is the author of five textbooks that have been adopted at colleges and universities nationally and internationally—Research Methods and Statistics: A Critical Thinking Approach, now in its fifth edition, Statistics: Plain and Simple now in its fourth edition, Research Methods: A Modular Approach now in its third edition, A Concise Guide to Statistical Analyses Using Excel, SPSS, and the Ti84 Calculator, and Psychology: A Concise Introduction,  sixth edition, co-authored with Richard Griggs. She has edited or authored four teaching resource books, 16 textbook supplements, and numerous peer-reviewed journal articles, including 19 in the Teaching of Psychology.

Her current research interest is the teaching of psychology, especially the introductory, research methods, and statistics courses.

Education

  • Ph.D., Psychology, University of Puerto Rico (1988)
  • M.S., Psychology, University of Puerto Rico (1986)
  • B.A, Psychology, North Adams State College (now Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts) (1984)

​Fields Of Study

  • Thinking and reasoning
  • Teaching of psychology
  • Textbook research

​Courses Taught

  • Introductory Psychology (PSYC 201)
  • Quantitative Methods (Statistics) (PSYC 211)
  • Research Methods & Statistics I (PSYC 311)
  • Research Methods & Statistics II (PSYC 411WI)

​Awards

  • Caguas Business Journal Women of Influence Award, 2018
  • A1 Business and Technical College Award for Excellence in University Service, 2016
  • EVE Award Finalist in Education Category, 2013
  • A1 Business and Technical College Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2009
  • A1 Business and Technical College Institutional Advancement Award, 2008
  • A1 Business and Technical College Woman of the Year, 2005
  • A1 Business and Technical College Professor of the Year, 2004
  • A1 Business and Technical College Award for Excellence in University Service, 2004
  • A1 Business and Technical College Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Professional Activity, 2003

Publications

Textbooks

Griggs, R.A. & Jackson, S.L. (2019). Psychology A Concise Introduction. 6th ed., Macmillan Learning.

Jackson, S.L. (2017). Statistics Plain and Simple, 4th ed. Belmont, CA: Cengage/Wadsworth.

Jackson, S.L. (2014). Statistics Plain and Simple, 3rd ed. Belmont, CA: Cengage/Wadsworth

Jackson, S.L. (2010). Statistics Plain and Simple, 2nd ed. Belmont, CA: Cengage/Wadsworth

Jackson, S.L. (2005). Statistics Plain and Simple, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing.

Jackson, S.L. (2016). Research Methods and Statistics: A Critical Thinking Approach, 5th ed. Belmont, CA: Cengage/Wadsworth.

Jackson, S.L. (2012). Research Methods and Statistics: A Critical Thinking Approach, 4th ed. Belmont, CA: Cengage/Wadsworth.

Jackson, S.L. (2009). Research Methods and Statistics: A Critical Thinking Approach, 3rd ed. Belmont, CA: Cengage/Wadsworth.

Jackson, S.L. (2006). Research Methods and Statistics: A Critical Thinking Approach, 2nd ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.

Jackson, S.L. (2003). Research Methods and Statistics: A Critical Thinking Approach, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.

Jackson, S.L. (2015). Research Methods: A Modular Approach, 3rd ed. Belmont, CA: Cengage Learning.

Jackson, S.L. (2011). Research Methods: A Modular Approach, 2nd ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.

Jackson, S.L. (2008). Research Methods: A Modular Approach. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.

Jackson, S.L. (2012). A Concise Guide to Statistical Analyses Using Excel, SPSS, and the TI-84 Calculator. Belmont, CA: Cengage/Wadsworth.

Teaching Resource Books

Jackson, S.L. & Griggs, R.A. (Eds.) 2012. Teaching statistics and research methods: Tips from ToP. E-book retrievable from the American Psychological Association's Society for the Teaching of Psychology Web site: http://teachpsych.org/resources/ebooks/stats2012../index.html

Griggs, R.A. & Jackson, S.L. (Eds). (2011). Teaching introductory psychology. Tips from ToP. E-book retrievable from the Society for the Teaching of Psychology Web site: http://teachpsych.org/resources/e-books/tips2011../index.html

Jackson, S.L., Griggs, R.A., Koenig, C.S., Christopher, A.M. & Marek, P. (2000). A compendium of introductory psychology textbooks, 1997-2000. Distributed on disk by Office of Teaching Resourches, Society for the Teaching of Psychology, APA and online at http://www.lemoyne.edu/OTRP/introtexts.html

Jackson, S.L., Griggs, R.A., Christopher, A.N., & Marek, P. (1999). A compendium of introductory psychology textbooks, 1996-1999 Distributed on disk by Office of Teaching Resources, Society for the Teaching of Psychology, American Psychological Association. [Funded by an inaugural Instructional Research Award to Sherri L. Jackson from the Society for the Teaching of Psychology.]

Selected Journal Articles

Griggs, R. A., Blyler, J., & Jackson, S. L. (2020). Using Research Ethics as a Springboard for Teaching Milgram’s Obedience Study as a Contentious Classic. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology.

Griggs, R.A. & Jackson, S.L. (2017). Open introductory psychology textbooks: Prose and qualms. Teaching of Psychology, 44, 193-202.

Griggs, R.A., & Jackson, S.L. (2017, October, in press). Studying open versus traditional textbook effects on students' course performance: Confounds abound. Teaching of Psychology, 44.

Griggs, R.A. & Jackson, S.L. (2013). Brief introductory psychology textbooks: An objective analysis update. Teaching of Psychology, 40, 268-273.

Jackson, S.L. & Griggs, R.A. (2013). Psych Lite: Great price, less filling Teaching of Psychology, 40, 217-221.

Griggs, R.A. & Jackson, S.L. (2013). Introductory psychology textbooks: An objective analysis update. Teaching of Psychology, 40, 163-168.