Ericka M. Jackson is the senior director of undergraduate admissions for Wayne State University. Jackson serves as a key advisor and member of the enrollment management leadership team in the areas of enhanced student experience, undergraduate enrollment planning and management.
Jackson is responsible for planning and directing the recruitment of undergraduate students to Wayne State, as well as developing and implementing processes to achieve the university’s annual and long-term undergraduate enrollment goals. WSU’s enrollment of nearly 24,000 students includes over 16,000 undergraduates. During Jackson’s tenure in Fall 2018, Wayne State enrolled the largest and most diverse first-year incoming class in the school’s 150-year history.
Previously Jackson served as assistant dean of admissions and student affairs at Wayne State University Law School. She received her Juris Doctor degree from Wayne State University Law School and holds a bachelor’s in English from the University of Michigan.
Prior to her position in Law admissions, Jackson served three years as associate director of development and director of the Damon J. Keith Law Collection of African-American Legal History at Wayne Law. She also worked as a litigation attorney for seven years at Sommers Schwartz, P.C., and was a senior major gift officer at the University of Michigan.
Jackson lives in Belleville, Michigan with her husband Isaac and is the proud mother of three adult children, Darian, Isaac Jr., and Aubrey.