Stephanie Patrice Jones Grinnell College Department of Education Steiner Hall 1120 Park Street Grinnell, IA 50112 [email protected] [email protected] 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 Updated June 29, 2016 2 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,