Layana Navarre-Jackson, assistant professor of sociology, was recently appointed to the Minority Scholars Committee of the Midwest Sociological Society.

Layana Navarre-Jackson, assistant professor of sociology at Morningside College, was recently appointed to the Minority Scholars Committee of the Midwest Sociological Society.

The Midwest Sociological Society is an organization of academic and applied sociologists, as well as students of the discipline.

The Minority Scholars Committee works to recruit diverse faculty and students as members of the Midwest Sociological Society and increase scholarship related to issues of race and ethnicity. 

Navarre-Jackson has taught introductory sociology, sociology of the body and sociology of family at Morningside College since the fall of 2014. In addition, she is on the editorial board for the sociology journals Economics & Sociology and the Journal of International Studies. She received her master’s degree and doctorate from the University of Iowa.