Delight and inspire guests at your next event, festival, retreat, or social gathering with a custom beer tasting experience with Certified Cicerone® Dr. J Jackson-Beckham.
With more than 100 distinct styles, a history that dates back to the bronze age, geographical roots that reach every corner of the globe, and cultural traditions that touch every aspect of human society, beer is a remarkable way to engage our professional, social, creative, and spiritual lives.
Dr. J Jackson-Beckham is a craft beer industry veteran, a Certified Cicerone® , an avid homebrewer, and former professor of Communication and Cultural Studies who dedicated her academic career to the study of American beer. Her work on the cultural dynamics of beer and brewing has been published as social commentary, journal articles, and academic book chapters, and a 12-episode streaming educational series for Wondrium.
She is an accomplished international speaker and a vocal advocate for the craft beverage community who has delivered dozens of keynote addresses and guest lectures in a wide variety of settings. She regularly provides expertise as a guest for television, radio, podcasts, and news and entertainment media. She has been featured by The New York Times, VICE, USA Today, and the James Beard Foundation. In 2020, she was named Imbibe Magazine’s Beer Person of the Year.
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The World of Beer: Tastes of History, Science, and Culture
What can beer teach us about the great wide world? In The World of Beer: Tastes of History, Science, and Culture–a 12 episode edutainment series on Wondrium— Dr. J Jackson-Beckham has crafted an engaging, highly interactive series that looks at—and invites you to taste—beer through the lens of history, mythology, botany, marketing, and more.