Assistant Director, Ph.D., U. of Wisconsin-Madison
Office Hours
Fall 2026 Office Hours
Begins Wednesday, August 26th (First Day of Classes)
In-Person Ends Thursday, December 3rd (Last Week of Formal Instruction)
Virtual Ends Thursday, December 10th (RRR Week)
In-Person Office Hours
Tues & Thu 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
516 Undergraduate Academic Building (UAB)
Virtual Office Hours
Mon through Thu 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Book a 15-min block at calendly.com/jacksonjosh
For directions to 516 Undergraduate Academic Building (UAB) when office hours are in-person, visit Media Studies Location Change.
Research Interests: Digital and new media, television, media and culture, convergence, media industries and production cultures, media geography, media history
Courses Taught:
MS 10: Introduction to Media Studies
MS 101: Visual Culture
MS 165: Internet and Culture
MS 180: Television Studies
Dr. Josh Jackson is your assigned Media Studies Faculty Advisor if you are an intended major or if you are a declared Media Studies major and your last name begins with H through O. Media Studies Faculty Advisors are the experts in the study of media and can talk with you about your academic, career and graduate school goals. Faculty Advisors make decisions regarding course substitutions for the major, which means you go to them when you want a course reviewed as a substitution for an approved course or are planning to study abroad.
Course Substitutions Forms
Students wishing to have any other course reviewed will now submit a course substitution form:
- Intended Majors Course Substitution Form (major not declared yet)
- Declared Majors Course Substitution Form – Last Name H-O
- 510.643.2455
- joshjackson@berkeley.edu
- 516 Undergraduate Academic Building (UAB) and remote