Shirley Ann Jackson: advisors and students

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Shirley Ann Jackson

American physicist (born 1946)born 1946

Wikidata names James Edward Young as doctoral advisor. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 5 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata1

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James Edward Young

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The advisors of their advisors, four steps up at most, in the thesis records and on Wikidata, each kind marked; a person in both is listed once.

1 step up
stated by WikidataJames Edward Young
2 steps up
stated by WikidataPhilip M. Morse
3 steps up
stated by WikidataKarl Taylor Compton
4 steps up
stated by WikidataOwen Willans Richardson

Education and career8

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until 1968
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
studied
until 1973
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
studied
undated
Park View School
studied
undated
Theodore Roosevelt High School
studied
undated
AT&T
worked
undated
Rutgers University
worked
undated
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
worked
undated
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
worked

At a glance

known as: physicist, university teacher, university president
fields: condensed matter physics, education
degrees: EFP
awards: National Women's Hall of Fame, 1998, National Medal of Science, 2014, Candace Award, 1982, Philip Hauge Abelson Prize, 2011, Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award, 2001, Vannevar Bush Award, 2007, Fellow of the American Physical Society, Women in Technology Hall of Fame, 2000, Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2006, honorary doctor of Harvard University, 2006, honorary doctor of the University of Miami, 2007, Joseph A. Burton Forum Award, 2019, honorary degree from Spelman College, 2000, Oersted Medal, 2021, Clark Kerr Medal, 2021
member of: American Physical Society, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, from 1991, American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Academy of Engineering, American Philosophical Society
Wikipedia: in 32 languages

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Elsewhere7

identity

stated by WikidataWikipediaShirley Ann Jackson
stated by WikidataWikidataQ3482342
stated by WikidataVIAF70975951
stated by WikidataGND126648924X
stated by WikidataISNI0000000042065524

papers

stated by WikidataScopus55419785000

lineage

stated by WikidataMathematics Genealogy Project108455

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  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Shirley Ann Jackson: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q3482342},
  note = {read on 2026-10-27}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 27). Shirley Ann Jackson: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-27]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q3482342