About Me
Nancy L. Jackson is a professor of coastal geomorphology at New Jersey Institute of Technology. She is internationally known for her research on understanding the processes of sediment erosion and deposition on beaches and foredunes in estuarine and ocean environments. Her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. National Park Service, NATO, German Academic Exchange Service and National Geographic.
Education
Ph.D.; Rutgers University-New Brunswick; Geography; 1992
M.S.; Antioch University New England; Natural Resource Management; 1986
B.A.; Clark University; Geography; 1978
Awards & Honors
2016 Elected Fellow, American Academy for the Advancement of Science
2014 Elected Fellow, Geological Society of America
2013 Fulbright Scholar, Italy, Council for International Exchange of Scholars
Website
Past Courses
EPS 202: SOCIETY TECHN & ENVIRONMNT
EPS 202: SOCIETY, TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMN
EPS 601: RES DESIGN-SOCIAL&POLICY SCIENC
EVSC 381: GEOMORPHOLOGY
EVSC 615: GLOBAL ENVIR PROBLEMS
STS 382: GEOGRAPH PERSPECT ENVIRN HONOR
Journal Article
Nancy L. Jackson, Sherestha Saini, David Smith, Karl Nordstrom. 2020. "Egg exhumation and transport on a foreshore under wave and swash processes." Estuaries and Coasts.
Nancy L. Jackson, Karl F Nordstrom. 2019. "Research Trends in Coastal Geomorphology, 1969-2019." Geomorphology.
Karl Nordstrom, Nancy L. Jackson, Alana Radar, Emir Garilao, . 2018. " Protecting natural landforms and habitats by nourishing an eroding estuarine beach." Environmental Earth Sciences, vol. 77, pp. 14.
Nancy L. Jackson, Karl F. Nordstrom. 2018. " Aeolian sediment transport on a recovering storm-eroded foredune with sand fences." Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, vol. 43, pp. 1310-1320.
Nordstrom F Nordstrom, Nancy L. Jackson. 2018. "Constraints on restoring landforms and habitats on storm-damaged shorefront lots in New Jersey, USA." , vol. 155, pp. 15-23.
Karl Nordstrom, Binyi Liang, Emir Garilao, Nancy L. Jackson. 2018. "Topography, vegetation cover and below ground biomass of spatially constrained and unconstrained foredunes in New Jersey, USA." , vol. 156, pp. 117-126.
Enzo Pranzini, Gabriele Lami, Lorenzo Rossi, Nancy L. Jackson, Karl Nordstrom. 2018. "Reshaping beach morphology by modifying offshore breakwaters." Ocean and Coastal Management, vol. 154, pp. 168-177.
Karl Nordstrom, Nancy L. Jackson. 2018. " Offshore aeolian sediment transport across a human-modified foredune." Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, vol. 43, pp. 195-201.
Nancy L. Jackson, Nordstrom Karl, Eugene Farrell. 2017. "Longshore sediment transport and foreshore change in the swash zone of an estuarine beach." Marine Geology, vol. 386, pp. 88-97.
Xiaolong Geng, Michel Boufadel, Nancy L. Jackson. 2016. "Evidence of salt accumulation in beach intertidal zone due to evaporation." Scientific Reports, vol. 6.
Kayla L Kaplan, Karl F Nordstrom, Nancy L. Jackson. 2016. " Constraints on aeolian sediment transport to foredunes within an undeveloped backshore enclave on a developed coast." Geomorphology, vol. 271, pp. 13-21.
Karl F Nordstrom, Nancy L. Jackson, Eugene Farrell. 2016. "Restoring sediment to compensate for human-induced erosion of an estuarine shore." Geomorphology, vol. 262, pp. 37-46.
Nancy L. Jackson, Mitchell Harley, Clara Armoroli, Karl Nordstrom. 2015. "Beach morphologies induced by breakwaters with different orientations." Geomorphology, vol. 239, no. 48-57.
Jon Pelletier, Douglas Sherman, Jean Ellis, Eugene Farrell, Nancy L. Jackson, Biailang Li, Karl Nordstrom, L Maia, M Omidyeganeh. 2015. "Dynamics of sediment storage and release on dune slip faces: A field study in Jericoacoara, Brazil." Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface, vol. 120, pp. 1911-1934.
Karl Nordstrom, Clara Armoroli, Nancy L. Jackson, Paolo Ciavola. 2015. "Opportunities and constraints for managed retreat on exposed sandy shores: examples from Emilia-Romagna, Italy." Ocean and Coastal Management, vol. 104, pp. 11-21.
Nancy L. Jackson, Karl Nordstrom, Sherestha Saini, David Smith. 2015. "Influence of configuration of shore protection structures on use by fauna and egg movement on estuarine beaches." Environmental Earth Sciences, vol. 74, pp. 5749-5758.
Y Personna, X Geng, F Saleh, Nancy L. Jackson, Michael Weinstein, Michel Boufadel. 2015. "Monitoring changes in salinity and metal concentrations in New Jersey (USA) coastal ecosystems post hurricane sandy." Environmental Earth Sciences, vol. 73, pp. 1169-1177.
Xiaolong Geng, Michel Boufadel, Yiuqang Xia, Li Zhao , Nancy L. Jackson, Richard Miller. 2014. "Numerical Study of wave effects on groundwater flow and solute transport in a laboratory beach." Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, vol. 165, pp. 37-52.
Nancy L. Jackson, Valentina V Rosas, Enzo Pranzini. 2014. "Dinamica morfologica e sedimentologica della spiaggia di Lacona (Isola d’Elba) e impatto dell’alluvione del 2002." Studi Costeri, vol. 21, pp. 3-15.
Shi Yun Kuo, Nancy L. Jackson. 2014. "Influence of an environmental studies course on attitudes of undergraduates at an engineering university." Journal of Environmental Education, vol. 45, pp. 91-104.
Nancy L. Jackson, Karl F Nordstrom, David R Smith, Sherestha Saini. 2014. "Delivery and movement of horseshoe crab eggs (Limulus polyphemus) in the breaking waves and swash uprush of an estuarine foreshore." Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, vol. 136, pp. 191-198.
Nancy L. Jackson, Karl F Nordstrom, Rusty A Feagin, William K Smith. 2013. "Coastal Geomorphology and Restoration." Geomorphology, vol. 199, pp. 1-7.
Enzo Pranzini, Valentina Rosas, Nancy L. Jackson, Karl F Nordstrom. 2013. "Beach changes from sediment delivered by streams to pocket beaches during a major flood." Geomorphology, vol. 199, pp. 36-47.
Karl Nordstrom, Nancy L. Jackson. 2013. "Removing shore protection structures to facilitate migration of." Geomorphology, vol. 199, pp. 179-191.
Paula Friere, Nancy L. Jackson, Karl Nordstrom. 2013. "Defining beaches and their evolutionary states in estuaries." Journal of Coastal Research, no. SI65, pp. 482-487.
Nancy L. Jackson, Karl F Nordstrom. 2013. "Aeolian sediment transport and morphologic change on a managed and an unmanaged foredune." Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, vol. 38, pp. 413-420.
Karl Nordstrom, Nancy L. Jackson, Amy Freestone, Katherine Korotky, Jack Puleo. 2012. "Effects of beach raking and sand fences on dune dimensions and morphology." Geomorphology, vol. 179, pp. 106-115.
Sherestha Saini, Nancy L. Jackson, Karl F Nordstrom. 2012. "Characteristics of sediment in transport on a steep estuarine foreshore." Sedimentology, vol. 59, pp. 1001-1013.
Karl F Nordstrom, Nancy L. Jackson. 2012. "Physical processes and landforms on beaches in short fetch environments in estuaries, small lakes and reservoirs: a review ." Earth Science Reviews, vol. 111, pp. 232-247.
Nancy L. Jackson, Nordstrom Karl F, . 2011. "Aeolian transport on managed coastal systems." Aeolian Research, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 181-196.
David Smith , Nancy L. Jackson, Karl Nordstrom, Richard Weber. 2011. "Beach characteristics mitigate effects of onshore wind on horseshoe crab spawning: implications for matching with shorebird migration in Delaware Bay." Animal Conservation, vol. 14, pp. 575-584.
Karl F Nordstrom, Nancy L. Jackson, Nicholas Kraus, Timothy Kana, Randy Bearce, Lynn Bocamazo, Donald Young, Harry DeButts. 2011. "Enhancing geomorphic and biologic functions and values on backshores and dunes of developed shores: a review of opportunities and constraints." Environmental Conservation, vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 288-302.
Karl Nordstrom, Nancy L. Jackson, Jack Puleo. 2011. "Aeolian transport rates across raked and unraked beaches on the developed coast of Avalon, New Jersey, USA." Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, vol. 36, no. 6, pp. 779-789.
Nordstrom Karl F. Nordstrom, Nancy L. Jackson, Kate Korotky . 2011. "Aeolian sediment transport across beach wrack." Journal of Coastal Research, vol. 59, pp. 211-217.
Nancy L. Jackson, Karl Nordstrom, Sherestha Saini, David Smith . 2010. "Effects of nourishment on the form and function of an estuarine beach." Ecological Engineering, vol. 36, no. 12, pp. 1709-1718.
Analore Bezzi, Giorgio Fontolan, Karl Nordstrom, Nancy L. Jackson. 2009. "Beach nourishment and foredune restoration: practices and constraints along the Venetian shoreline, Italy." Journal of Coastal Research, vol. SI56, pp. 287-291.
Karl Nordstrom , Ulrika Gampe, Girogio Fontolan, Annalore Bezzi, Nancy L. Jackson. 2009. "Characteristics of coastal dune topography and vegetation in environments recently modified using beach fill and vegetation plantings, Veneto, Italy." Environmental Management, vol. 44, no. 6, pp. 1121-1135.
Karl Nordstrom, Nancy L. Jackson, Patricia Rafferty, Nicole Raineault, Rosana Grafals-Soto. 2009. "Effects of bulkheads on estuarine shores: an example from Fire Island National Seashore, USA." Journal of Coastal Research, vol. SI56, pp. 188-192.
Sherestha Saini, Nancy L. Jackson, Karl Nordstrom. 2009. "Depth of activation on a mixed sediment beach." Coastal Engineering, vol. 56, no. 7, pp. 788-791.
Chapter
Nancy L. Jackson. "Coastal processes and depositional landforms." International Encyclopedia of Geography: People, Earth, Environment and Technology. , 2017.
Karl F Nordstrom, Nancy L. Jackson. "Foredune restoration in urban coasts." In M.L. Martinez , J.B. Gallego-Fernández and P.A. Hesp, eds., pp. 17-32. Springer, 2013.
Nancy L. Jackson. "The Estuarine Environment." pp. 308-327. Treatise in Geomorphology/Elsevier, 2013.
Other
"Coastal Depositional Landforms"
Wiley AAG International Encyclopedia of Geography, February, 2016.
Wiley AAG International Encyclopedia of Geography, February, 2016.
"Editor, Special Issue of Geomorphology"
Geomorphology, October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2013.
Geomorphology, October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2013.
Conference Proceeding
"Armoring on estuarine shorelines and implications for horseshoe crabs on developed shosrelines in Delaware Bay"
United States Geological Survey, December, 2010.
United States Geological Survey, December, 2010.