Dr. Jones Vita

CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION

Ph.D.	Political Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
	Areas of Specialty: Classical, Contemporary and American Political Theory and Philosophy, Comparative Politics, Political Violence, Black Political Thought, Black Politics, Civil Rights, Social Movements, the Black Male, African Diasporic Social Formations, Race and Class.
M.A.	Political Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
B.A.	Political Science, Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

May, 2007 – Present	Director, Center for the Study of Crime and Justice in Black Communities, Department of Pan-African Studies, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
January, 2004 – July, 2008	Chair, Department of Pan-African Studies, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
May, 2002 – Present	Associate Professor, Department of Pan-African Studies, University of Louisville
June, 2002 – June, 2003	Dean's Administrative Intern, Office of the Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Louisville
June, 2002 – June, 2003	Vice-Chair, Department of Pan-African Studies, University of Louisville
August, 1996 - May, 2002	Assistant Professor, Department of Pan-African Studies, University of Louisville
August, 1995 - May, 1996	Instructor, Department of Political Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
August, 1994 - May, 1996	Graduate Assistant, Office of the Dean of Students, University of Kentucky, National Pan-Hellenic Council Advisor and Diversity Programmer
June, 1995 - July, 1995	National Science Foundation Multi-cultural Visiting Scholar, Department of Political Science, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska

PUBLICATIONS

Books

Jones, R. (2008). “What’s wrong with Obamamania?: Black America, Black Leadership, and the Death of Political Imagination ” (State University of New York Press).

Jones, R. (2004). “Black Haze: Violence, Sacrifice, and Manhood in Black Greek-letter Fraternities” (State University of New York Press).

Book Chapters

Jones, R. (2006) “Martin Luther King Jr.: Finding the Man, Destroying the Myth” in Hall & Hall (ed.) “Iconomania” (Greenwood Press).

Jones, R. (2004). “Examining Violence in Black Fraternity Pledging” in Nuwer, Hank, “The Hazing Reader” (Indiana University Press).

Scholarly Journal Articles

Jones, R. (2003). “Death Before Dishonor: De-Politicalization and the Failure of Black Greek Fraternal Leadership to Address It’s Internal Threat to Black Life,” International Journal of Africana Studies.

______. (2002). “Black Hawk Down: Cynthia McKinney, America’s War on Terror, and the Rise of Bushism,” Black Scholar, Vol. 32, No. 3-4.

______. (2001). “Between the Pulpit and the Polls: the Black Church’s Impact on Black Political Decision-making,” Griot.

______. (2001). “The Liberatory Education of the Talented Tenth: Critical Consciousness and the Continuing Black Humanization Project,” Negro Educational Review, Vol. 52, No. 1-2.

______. (2001). “Permanent American Hegemony: Liberalism, Domination, and the Continuing Crisis of Black Leadership,” Black Scholar, Vol. 31, Num. 2.

______. (2000). “The Historical Social Significance of Sacrificial Ritual: Understanding Violence in the Modern Black Fraternity Pledge Process,” The Western Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 24. , Num. 2.

______. (1999). “The Hegemonic Struggle and Domination in Black Greek-Letter Fraternities,” Challenge: A Journal of Research on African-American Men, Fall/Winter 1999, Vol. 10, Num 1.

______. (1997). “Violence and the Politics of Black Male Identity in Post Modern America,” Journal of African-American Men, Vol.3, Num. 2.

Magazines and Periodicals

Jones, R. (2007). “From School Daze to Stomp the Yard: Why Black Greeks Must Go,” DIVERSE Issues in Higher Education On-Line, February 7.

_______. (2004). “Is it time to disband black fraternities and sororities?” Black Issues in Higher Education, October 21, Vol. 21, Num 3, p.41

_______. (November, 2002- Present). “Message to the People.” Monthly column published by Louisville Eccentric Observer. Archived at www.leoweekly.com. Three-time winner (2004 - 2006) of “Best Minority/Women’s Reporting” Award from the Louisville Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

PROFESSIONAL, UNIVERSITY, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

Editorial Board, Journal of African American Studies, 2006 - Present.

Board of Directors, National Council for Black Studies, 2006 - Present.

Board of Directors, Kentucky ACLU, 2004 – Present.

Board of Directors, Kentucky Fair Housing Association, 2004 – 2007.

Advisory Board, Louisville Cardinal Student Newspaper, University of Louisville, 2004 – 2006.

Book Reviewer, New York University Press, 2005.

Book Reviewer, Greenwood Press, 2005.

President, University of Louisville’s Black Faculty and Staff Association, 2002 - 2003.

Chair, Department of Pan-African Studies Personnel Committee, 2002 - 2003.

Chair, Department of Pan-African Studies Faculty Search Committee, 2002 - 2003.

Member, University of Louisville’s President’s and Provost’s Advisory Group, 2002 - 2005.

Member, Advisory Group, Minority Teacher Recruitment Project, School of Education -University of Louisville, 2001-2004.

Member, College of Arts and Sciences Diversity Workgroup, 2000-Present.

Undergraduate Academic Advisor, Department of Pan-African Studies, 1998-2003.

Faculty Mentor, Division of Transitional Studies, 1998-2001.

Member, School of Education’s Standards and Appeals Committee, 1999-2002.

Planning Committee, National Conference on the Black Family, 1997-2000.

Advisor, Association of Black Students of the University of Louisville, 1999-2001.

Advisor, Cheikh Anta Diop Society, Department of Pan-African Studies Student Organization, 1996-Present.

National Social Action Committee Member, South Central Province of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, 1995-1999.

Book Reviewer, University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award, 2000.

Member, Department of Pan African Studies Merit / Personnel Committee, 1997-1998, 1999-2000.

Polemarch (President), Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., Lexington Alumni Chapter, Lexington, Kentucky, 1995 -1996.

Vice Polemarch, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., Lexington Alumni Chapter, 1994 - 1995, 1997 - 98.

Co-Advisor, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., Zeta Lambda Chapter, Morehead State University, Morehead, Kentucky, 1993 - 1995.

State Director (KY), National Pan-Hellenic Council, 1995 - 1996.

Alumni Advisor, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. Membership Intake Task Force Focus Group, National Association of Fraternity Advisors Conference, Houston, Texas, 1994.

SCHOLASTIC, PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY HONORS

Who’s Who in Black Louisville, 2007, 2008

YMCA Adult Achiever, 2006.

Best Minority/Women’s Reporting for the “Message to the People” in Louisville Eccentric Observer. Awarded by the Society of Professional Journalists, 2004 - 2006.

Most Influential Black Leaders Recognition, Louisville Courier Journal, 2004.

Association of Black Students “Guiding Light Award”, 2004.

Most Influential Leaders under 40, Louisville Magazine, 2002.

University of Louisville Trustee's Award Nominee, 2000.

Eleanor Young Love Award for Distinguished Scholarship, Department of Pan-African Studies, University of Louisville, 1999.

Office of Minority Affairs Faculty Appreciation Award, 1998.

Lexington (KY) Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Chapter Polemarch’s Award, 1998.

Golden Key National Honor Society, Honorary Member, 1998.

University of Louisville Distinguished Teaching Nominee, 1997-1998.

National Science Foundation Teaching Fellow, University of Nebraska, 1995.

Order of Omega Fraternal Honor Society, 1995.

Lyman T. Johnson Graduate Fellow, University of Kentucky, 1992 - 1995.

Lexington (KY) Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Chapter Achievement Award, 1994.

City of Atlanta Outstanding Youth Summer Camp Instructor, 1994.

Pi Sigma Alpha, Political Science Honor Society, Gamma Lambda Chapter, 1992.