Jackie M. Blount

Jackie Blount, long ago a high school physics teacher, is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Educational Studies at the Ohio State University. Her research centers on sexuality and gender in the history of US schools and includes Straighten Up, Girls and Boys: How Schools have Shaped Sexuality and Gender (2026), Fit to Teach: Same-Sex Desire, Gender, and School Work in the Twentieth Century (2005), and Destined to Rule the Schools: Women and the Superintendency, 1873-1995 (1998). She won the American Educational Research Association's Distinguished Contributions to Gender Equity in Educational Research Award in 2023 and teaching awards including OSU’s 2019 Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching.