2024-12-22T04:35:49-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150284284/asu-s-dr-maria-rosario-jackson-is-announced-as-president-biden-s-selection-for-nea-chair Josh Niland 2021-10-06T13:46:00-04:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/71/71b4bcc04f5ce7c7b4e12d7bb5c5e080.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/thedesignschool" target="_blank">Arizona State University</a>&nbsp;professor Dr. Maria Rosario Jackson has been officially named as President Biden&rsquo;s nominee for chair of the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/211665/national-endowment-for-the-arts" target="_blank">National Endowment for the Arts</a>.</p> <p>Once confirmed, Dr. Jackson would become the first Black and Mexican American woman ever appointed to the prestigious chair since the agency&rsquo;s inception during the Johnson administration.&nbsp;</p> <p>Dr. Jackson holds a PhD in Urban Planning from <a href="https://archinect.com/uclaaud" target="_blank">UCLA</a> and has served on the National Council on the Arts since 2013. She is currently a tenured faculty member at ASU&rsquo;s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, where her work focuses on community revitalization, race and ethnicity studies, and systems change.</p> <p>Dr. Jackson is a native of Los Angeles and joins <a href="https://archinect.com/harvard" target="_blank">Harvard</a> professor Shelly Lowe, a citizen of the Navajo Nation whom Biden tapped for the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) chair, on a progressive slate with shared agendas that look to move forward in their mission in the wake of threats to eliminate both agencies that ha...</p>