Professor Barbara Jackson

Dr. Jackson is a professor in the Construction Management Department of California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo. Her areas of expertise include design-build, high performance teams, and integrated project delivery. She is also the Director of the California Center for Construction Education. In addition to her academic credentials, she owned and operated her own construction firm that specialized in design-build projects.

The California Center for Construction Education is an educational outreach unit designed to provide practitioners, educators, applied research services, and consultants to the design and construction industry in the state of California and to service the community at large as a clearing house for industry leadership, knowledge, technology, and innovation.

Cal Poly professor Barbara Jackson recently received the Associated Schools of Construction "Outstanding Educator Award” at the 42nd Annual ASC International Conference in Fort Collins, Colo. The annual award is presented to a faculty member of a four-year ASC member school. It recognizes the winning faculty member's contribution to construction education, excellence in teaching, service to the ASC and dedication to the construction profession.