Jordan Jerome Harrison

Jordan Jerome Harrison is a Ph.D. student in the Education Studies Department at UC San Diego. Jordan earned an M.Ed. in Prevention Science and Practice at the Harvard Graduate school of Education as an Urban Scholars Fellow and a B.S. degree in Business Marketing with a minor in Psychology from San Diego State University. He has extensive experience in community-based youth development programming, working at Reality Changers, a City Heights based nonprofit for over 8 years. His experience includes developing community partnerships across sectors, international youth development experiences, national and state-wide policy, advocacy and initiatives to increase the success for Black students, ELL learners and families. Jordan has worked with SDUSD on African American student success, and co-chairs the citizens oversight committee for racial justice examining ways to address antiquated grading policies, teacher diversity and more. In addition to educational equity work that centers Black and Brown students and their identities he serves as a DEI consultant to a variety of school districts, international companies and nonprofits. Harrisons commitment is to co-designing liberating environments for Black communities, students and families.

Curriculum Vita

University of California, San Diego
Doctor of Philosophy in Education: Transforming Education in a Diverse Society, In Progress

2017 An Exploration of Black students with MBTA Transit police 

A qualitative research study focusing on 100+ high school students and their experience with MBTA police. 

2016 Young Brothers Book Club 

A qualitative study of 20 Black High school students assessing effectiveness of culturally relevant literature in afterschool programming.

Fellowships 

Urban Scholar Fellow- Harvard Graduate school of Education 

National Institute of Latino School leaders Fellow- UnidosUS

Awards

SEED Fellowship Recipient, University of California San Diego 2020- Present

San Diego State- Rising Aztec award (2019)

Community Activist of the Year (2017) 

Someone San Diego Should Know- SD Union Tribune (2020)

Harvard Graduate School of Education exemplary Leadership award (2018)

Featured Speaker: UT Arlington, Qualcomm, Rotary International, Solar Turbines, Lemon Grove School District, SDUSD African American Achievement Summit, Lead San Diego, SDSU Leadership Summit, Selkirk College (BC), and many others