Jackson Crawford is a Resident Scholar at the University of Colorado Boulder’s Center of the American West. After more than a decade as an instructor in Norse mythology and Old Norse language and literature at such institutions as the University of Colorado Boulder; the University of California, Berkeley; and the University of California, Los Angeles, he became a full-time public educator and translator for all things Old Norse in 2020. He received his MA in Linguistics from the University of Georgia and his PhD in Scandinavian Studies, focusing on Old Norse language and literature, from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Among other accomplishments, Jackson has built up a large YouTube following and has served as an Old Norse language and runes consultant on major multimedia projects, including some of today’s most popular films and video games. His translations of the primary sources of Norse mythology include The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes; “The Saga of the Volsungs” with “The Saga of Ragnar Lothbrok”; The Wanderer’s “Hávamál”; and Two Sagas of Mythical Heroes: “Hervor and Heidrek” & “Hrólf Kraki and His Champions.”