Shannon Jackson is the adopted daughter of Robert Jackson and Jacqueline Oliveri Jackson, alumni of the University of California, Berkeley who raised her in California, Minnesota, and Illinois. The Oliveri and Jackson families were early investors in California real estate, and Robert Jackson was a managing executive for Coldwell Banker. Shannon Jackson earned a bachelor’s degree from Stanford University and a doctorate from Northwestern University. Jackson was married to Michael Korcuska (1990 to 2020) and has two grown children. She was an Assistant Professor at Harvard University from 1995-1998, before moving the University of California, Berkeley.
