Jackie studies material and ritual culture of the Viking Age and medieval Scandinavia, with coursework and training in History, Archaeology, and Museum Studies. Her M.A. thesis explores how three women of the Viking Age Knýtlinga dynasty are memorialized through material culture and how that material culture has influenced their enduring legacies. She has traveled extensively in the UK, Sweden, and Denmark, and has done archaeological fieldwork at the early medieval site of Sorte Muld on the Baltic island of Bornholm. She also works part-time as a curatorial assistant in the history division of the Albuquerque Museum.