Nick Jackson

Biography 

Nick Jackson joined the Augustana Education Department — now the Sharon Lust School of Education — in 2021. He teaches EDUC 260: Integrating Movement, Mindfulness & the Arts into the Elementary Classroom; EDUC 275: Teach, Learn, Connect; EDUC 355: Human Relations in Education; and FYS 110: Ubuntu - I Am Because We Are. Jackson has been an educator for 16 years in a variety of settings, including in traditional, charter and independent schools spanning from Pennsylvania to Colorado to South Dakota. He earned a bachelor's degree from Augustana and master's degree from Teachers College, Columbia University in New York City, New York. He has served as a teacher, instructional coach and founding principal. His most rewarding work, however, has been parenting his two children, June and Charlie. Nick and his wife, Kristina (also an Augustana grad), enjoy traveling, riding their bikes, playing volleyball at the park, overly competitive game nights with friends and performing in their radio show, the Midtown Coffee Radio Hour (check it out on Spotify).