Stephanie Patrice Jones Grinnell College Department of Education Steiner Hall 1120 Park Street Grinnell, IA 50112

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Ph.D in Ln EDUCATION

DEGREES

Ph.D. in Language and Literacy Education 2016 University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia Chair: Dr. Jennifer M. Graff

M.Ed. in English Education 2005 University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

B.A. in Rhetoric & Communications and Philosophy 2003 University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

CERTIFICATES

Graduate Certificate, Interdisciplinary Qualitative Studies 2016 University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Assistant Professor Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa 2016 - EDU 101 – Educational Principles in a Pluralistic Society; EDU 341 – Research and Theory in Teaching and Learning in English Language Arts and Reading; Special Topics – Controversial and Risky Texts

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

INSTRUCTOR, University of Georgia

University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia Graduate Teaching Assistant, Language and Literacy Education 2015-2016 Graduate Instructor of Record for LLED4410 Adolescent Literature University Supervisor for six undergraduate and masters level teaching candidates.

University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia Graduate Teaching Assistant, Language and Literacy Education 2014-2015 Graduate Instructor of Record for LLED4430 Teaching Reading to Secondary Students University Supervisor for six undergraduate and masters level teaching candidates.

University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia Graduate Research Assistant, UGA Regents Office for Learning Disabilities 2013-2014 Qualitative Research Assistant on NSF funded grant on e-Mentoring and Second Life

University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia Graduate Teaching Assistant, Language and Literacy Education 2012-2013 Teaching Assistant for LLED6010e Survey of Reading Instruction and LLED6020e Reading Clinic

SECONDARY TEACHING EXPERIENCE, Atlanta Public Schools

American Literature & Composition English Language Arts Teacher 2005-2011 Advanced Placement Language & Composition Frederick Douglass High School, Atlanta, Georgia

ADDITIONAL WORK EXPERIENCES

Institute for Student Achievement D.M. Therrell High School STEM, Atlanta, Georgia School wide Literacy Coach 2012-2013

English Language Arts Teacher, World House@ Morehouse 2011 Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia

FELLOWSHIPS 3

Southern Regional Education Board(SREB) Doctoral Scholar of Color Fellowship 2011-2014 University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia $60,000

FELLOWSHIPS FOR INTERNATIONAL COURSEWORK

Key Concepts and Methods in Ethnography, Language & Communication 2013 Kings College Short Course, London, England

Special Problems in Childhood Education 2013 & 2014 University of Georgia Study Abroad, Ghana, West Africa

SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES

A. PUBLICATIONS An askerisk (*) identifies a publication that has gone through stringent editorial review. A double asterisk (**) identifies a publication that was invited. Book Chapters *Jones, S. P., (Forthcoming. 2016). DIY activism: The dialogical influence of Bakhtin and DuBois in POC activist zine culture. In P. Guerra and P. Quintela (Eds.)., ‘Fast, Furious and Xerox’Independent DIY publications and Underground Urban Cultures. *Jones, S.P., (Forthcoming, 2016). Dismantling the boundaries of young adult literature: A pedagogical and political (re)centering. In K. Coates, M. Cadden & R. Selinger-Trites (Eds.) Teaching young adult literature. Options for Teaching Series. New York: MLA **Jones, S. P., Duncan, K., Johnson, L. & Dillard, C.B. (Forthcoming). We are here: Finding space and grace as teacher educators in predominately white institutions. In T. Berry (Ed.), States of Grace: Counterstories of Women of Color in the Academy. New York: Peter Lang.[30% contribution] **Jones, S.P. (Forthcoming). Telling our own story: Using documentary film to profile school sports narratives. In A. Brown & L. Rodseiler(Eds.), Developing Contemporary Literacies through Sports: A guide for the English Classroom. Urbana: NCTE.

Peer Reviewed Publications *Jones, S.P. Conference on English Education. (2015). Resolution of the Commission for Dismantling the School-to-Prison Pipeline. NCTE. *Jones, S.P. (Spring/Summer 2015). Taking it to the streets: A critical literacy approach to YA lit in the age of Michael Brown. Signal. *Gregg, N., Wolfe, G. & Jones, S.P. (2016). STEM E-Mentoring and community college students with disabilities. Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability 29(1).

Editor Reviewed Journal Publications ` Jones, S.P. (2012, April 26). Emmett and Trayvon: Common core stories that must be told. The 4

Atlanta Journal and Constitution [online], 1.

Creative Contributions other than Formal Publication Jones, S.P. (2014, October 1). On the destruction of memory. Retrieved from http://teachingsocialjustice.com/2014/10/01/guest-post-stephanie-p-jones-on-the- destruction-of-memory/

Book Reviews Jones, S. P. (2013, ). Review of crossing boundaries: Teaching and learning with urban youth. Journal of Language and Literacy Education [Online], 9(2), 161-164. Available at http://jolle.coe.uga.edu/

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

B. PRESENTATIONS - An asterisk (*) identifies a presentation that has gone through stringent editorial review. A double asterisk (**) identifies a presentation that was invited.

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL *Jones, S.P. (2015, December). Emerging scholars of color: Navigating researcher positionalities & subjectivities. Paper presented at Literacy Research Association Annual Conference. Carlsbad, California. *Jones, S.P. (2015, December). Collective witnessing as multitextual sensing and (re)membering. Paper presented at Literacy Research Association Annual Conference. Carlsbad, California. **Jones, S.P. (2015, September). The kids are reading. Let’s join them. TED Talk. Presented at the 8th Annual State of Education in Georgia Conference. University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. *Jones, S.P. (2015, July). Beyond Ferguson: Towards a healing pedagogy for English education. Paper presented at IFTE/CEE Conference. Fordham University. Bronx, New York. *Jones, S.P. (2015, July). No Educator is an Island: A team approach to teacher education. Paper presented at IFTE/CEE Conference. Fordham University. Bronx, New York. **Jones, S.P. (2015, June). Using YAL to teach about and heal through racial sites and acts of trauma. LSU YAL Conference. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. *Jones, S.P. (2014, November). In the name of healing: A nkwaethnography of visiting racial sites of trauma from Africa to America. Poster presented at the Literacy Research Association Annual Conference. Marco Island, Florida. *Jones, S.P. (2014, December). DIY Activism: The Bakhtinian approach In Zine Culture. Paper presented at the Literacy Research Association. Marco Island, Florida. *Jones, S.P. (2014, November). Ain’t no shame in my game: Determining Success and Finding Value in Urban Literature. Paper presented at the National Council of Teachers of English. Washington, DC. *Jones, S.P. (2014, July). DIY Activism: The Bakhtinian approach In Zine Culture. Paper accepted at the 15th International Bakhtin Conference. Stockholm, Sweden. (Accepted but did not attend) 5

*Jones, S.P. (2014, June) Wobbling through the Word and the World: A Dialogical Response to Teaching Controversial and Risky Texts. LSU Young Adult Literature Conference & Seminar. Baton Rouge, Louisiana. *Jones, S.P. (2014, May) In the name of healing: A nkwaethnography of sites of racial trauma in Africa and America. Tenth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. Urbana, Illinois. *Jones, S.P., Duncan, K., Johnson, L., & Dillard, C.B. (2014, May) We are here: Finding Space and Grace as teacher educators in predominately white institutions. Tenth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. Urbana, Illinois. *Jones, S.P.& Graff, J.M. (2013, December) Street lit: Pathways of risk and resistance for Black female youth. Literacy Research Association 63rd Annual Conference. Dallas, Texas. *Falter, M., Jones, S.P. & Beach, C. (2013, November). “Just” teaching: (Re)inventing our students’ right to their own language. National Council of Teachers of English Annual Conference. Boston, Massachusetts. *Jones, S.P. (2013, June) The risk of reading: How street fiction shifts risk into benefit. Children’s Literature Association 40th Annual Conference. Biloxi, Mississippi. *Jones, S.P. (2013, March). Space, Place, and Media: Using digital media as an exploration into school and community spaces. Kennesaw Mountain Literacy Conference, Kennesaw, Georgia. *Jones, S.P. (2013, February) Becoming Wifey: The (re) construction of Gendered Bodies in The Basketball Wives. Thinking Gender 23rd Annual Graduate Student Research Conference. UCLA, Los Angeles, California. *Jones, S.P. (2012, November) The future is now: Connecting with next generation of English educators. National Council of Teachers of English Annual Conference Las Vegas, Nevada.

STATE

**Jones, S. P. (2014, March). Being Teachers, Being Taught: Reflections, explorations, and research projects from the Inaugural UGA College of Education. Educational Theory and Practice Colloquium. University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.

*Jones, S.P. (2013, February ) The Basketball Wives as a Teachable Media Text. Alien Bodies: Race, Space, and Sex in the African Diaspora. Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

INVITED TALKS

**Jones, S.P.(2015, Fall). The permanent independent study: Successfully navigating your doctoral program. Doctoral Seminar (LLED 8000). University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. Instructor: Dr. Ruth Harman. **Jones, S.P. (2015, March). The kids are reading. Let’s join them. TED Talk. Presented at TEDxUGA event. University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. Available at http://www.tedxuga.com/ **Jones, S.P. (2014, October). The kids are reading. Let’s join them. TED Talk. Presented at 6

TEDxUGA Student Competition. University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. **Jones, S.P.(2013, Fall). Working with mentors and advisors. Doctoral Seminar (LLED 8000). University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. Instructor: Dr. Bob Fecho **Jones, S.P. (2013). Orientation to the doctoral program. Doctoral Seminar (ESSE 9110). University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. Instructor: Dr. Stephanie R. Jones **Jones, S.P. (2013, 2012, Fall). Teaching controversial texts in the secondary English language arts classroom. Young Adult Literature undergraduate course(LLED 4410). University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. Instructor: Michelle M. Falter **Jones, S.P.(2012). Teachers writing editorials. Persuasive writing graduate course. University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. Instructors: Dr. JoBeth Allen & Dr. Roberta Gardner

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Jones, S.P. (2016). Red Clay Summer Institute. University of Georgia

Jones, S.P. (2013, 2012). The Other Side of Poverty in Schools Workshop. Various locations. Instructors: Dr. Stephanie R. Jones & Dr. Mark Vagle

SERVICE

NATIONAL

Developmental Editor 2012-Present National Writing Project Berkeley, California

Leadership Team Member 2011-2014 Council for English Education –Graduate Strand (CEE-GS)

Reviewer Literacy Research Association 2014-2015

Reviewer Study & Scrutiny: Research in Young Adult Literature 2015- Present

LOCAL

Reviewer 2015 - Present 7

Journal of Language and Literacy Education (JOLLE)

University of Georgia Graduate School Invited Panelist 2014 Doctoral Student Recruitment Weekend University of Georgia Athens, Georgia

Editorial Board Member 2012 - 2013 Journal of Language and Literacy Education (JOLLE) University of Georgia Athens, Georgia

Leadership Team Member & Student Liaison 2012 - Present Language and Literacy Graduate Organization (LLEGO) University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

AWARDS

Hugh Agee Award for Excellence in Research Focused on the Teaching of Literature University of Georgia, Language and Literacy Department, Athens, Georgia 2015

Star Teacher Award Frederick Douglass High School, Atlanta, Georgia 2010-2011

Fulbright Scholar to China and South Korea 2010 United States Department of State

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Institute for Teachers 2008 Cleveland, Mississippi & Chicago, Illinois Institutes

Sherry Berkowitz Teaching Award for Excellence in Student Teaching 2005 University of Pittsburgh School of Education, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Member, Literacy Research Association 2013-Present

Member, National Council of Teachers of English 2005-Present 8

Member, Council on English Education – Graduate Strand 2012-Present

Member, National Writing Project 2012-Present

Member, Southern Regional Educational Board 2011-Present

Member, Language and Literacy Graduate Student Organization 2011-Present

CERTIFICATIONS AND TRAININGS

State of Georgia, English Language Arts, 6-12 2005-Present Safe Space Training for UGA LGBTQ community 2015