Excerpt from student nomination: Dr. Jackson has been the most influential professor I have worked with here at UW-Madison during my undergraduate degree. […] From the start he has always made an effort to come to my level of experience; without diminishing his expectations of me and the quality of my work. His personal understanding of what I am capable of and what is expected of me as a growing researcher means he knows when and how to engage with me to make the most effective personal improvements. […] I know without his work with me on my senior honors thesis I wouldn’t have been prepared to start graduate school next fall and I will be eternally grateful for his help in getting me to that point in my education and helping me make the leap toward full-time research.”