Susan Robb Jones, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Higher Education and Student Affairs Program

Office: 310D Ramseyer Hall
Phone: (614) 688-8369
Email: jones.1302@osu.edu

Education

• Ph.D., Counseling and Personnel Services, University of Maryland (1995)
• MEd, Higher Education and Student Affairs, University of Vermont (1981)
• BA, Sociology, Saint Lawrence University (1978)

Scholarly Interests

• Psychosocial development
• Social identities
• Intersectionality
• Service-learning
• Resistance and intercultural engagement
• Qualitative methodologies

Selected Publications

Books and Edited Books

• Jones, S. R., & Abes, E. S., (in press).  Identity development and college students.  San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
• Jones, S. R., Torres, V., & Arminio, J. (under contract).  Negotiating the complexities of qualitative research in higher education: Fundamental elements and issues (2nd ed.) New York, NY: Routledge.
• Schuh, J., Jones, S. R., & Harper, S. (Eds.). (2011). Student services: A handbook for the profession (5th ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
• Jones, S. R., Torres, V., & Arminio, J. (2006).  Negotiating the complexities of qualitative research in higher education: Fundamental elements and issues.  New York, NY: Routledge.

Journal Articles

• Jones, S. R., LePeau, L. A., & Robbins, C. K. (in press). Exploring the possibilities and limitations of service-learning: A critical analysis of college student narratives about HIV/AIDS. Journal of Higher Education.
• Jones, S. R., Kim, Y. C., & Skendall, K. C. (in press).  (Re-) framing authenticity: Considering multiple social identities using autoethnographic and intersectional approaches. Journal of Higher Education.
• Jones, S. R., Rowan-Kenyon, H. T., Cilente, K., Hui, S. M-Y., & Niehaus, E. (in press). The meaning students make as participants in short-term immersion programs. Journal of College Student Development.
• Drechsler Sharp, M., Riera, J., & Jones, S. R. (in press).  Telling our stories: Using autoethnography to construct identities at the intersections.   Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice.
• Jones, S. R., Robbins, C. K., & LePeau, L. A. (2011). Negotiating border crossing: Influences of social identity on service-learning outcomes. Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 72(2), 27-42.
• Shalka, T. R., & Jones, S. R. (2010). Differences in self-awareness related measures among culturally based fraternity, social fraternity, and non-affiliated men. Oracle: The Research Journal of the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors, 5(1), 1-11.
• Torres, V., Jones, S. R., & Renn, K. A. (2009). Identity development theories in
  student affairs: Origins, current status, and new approaches. Journal of College Student Development, 50, 577-596.
• [Reprinted in Wilson, M. E. (Ed.). (2011). College student development theory, 2nd ed. ASHE Reader Series. Needham Heights, MA: Pearson Custom Publishing.]
• Jones, S. R. (2009). Constructing identities at the intersections: An autoethnographic exploration of multiple dimensions of identity. Journal of College Student Development, 50, 287-304.
• Edwards, K. E., & Jones, S. R. (2009). “Putting my man face on”: A grounded theory of college men’s gender identity development. Journal of College Student Development, 50, 210-228.
• Jones, S. R., Segar, T.C., & Gasiorski, A. (2008). “It’s like a double-edged sword”: Understanding college student perceptions of their required high school “service-learning” experiences. Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 15 (1), 5-17
• Abes, E. S., Jones, S. R., & McEwen, M. K. (2007). Reconceptualizing the model of multiple dimensions of identity: The role of meaning-making capacity in the construction of multiple identities.  Journal of College Student Development, 48, 1-22.
• [Reprinted in Wilson, M. E. (Ed.). (2011). College student development theory, 2nd ed. ASHE Reader Series. Needham Heights, MA: Pearson Custom Publishing.]
• Jones, S. R., & Abes, E. S. (2004). Enduring influences of service-learning on college students’ identity development. Journal of College Student Development, 45, 149-166.
• Abes, E. S., & Jones, S. R. (2004). Meaning making capacity and the dynamics of lesbian college students’ multiple dimensions of identity.  Journal of College Student Development, 45, 612-632.
• Marks, H. M., & Jones, S. R. (2004). Community service in the transition: Shifts and continuities in participation from high school to college.  Journal of Higher Education, 75, 307-339.
• Jones, S. R., & Abes, E. S. (2003). Developing student understanding of HIV/AIDS through community service-learning: A case study analysis. Journal of College Student Development, 44, 470-488.

Book Chapters

• Wijeyesinghe, C. L., & Jones, S. R. (in press).  Black college women and intersectionality: Examining and interweaving core concepts and themes.  In T.Strayhorn (Ed.), Living at the intersections: Social identities and Black collegians.  New York, NY: Information Age Publishing, Inc.
• Jones, S.R., & Wijeyesinghe, C. L. (2011).  The promises and challenges of teaching from an intersectional perspective: Core components and applied strategies.  In M. L. Ouellett (Ed.), An integrative analysis approach to diversity in the college classroom (pp. 11-20). New Directions for Teaching and Learning, No. 125.  San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
• Jones, S. R., & Abes, E. S. (2011). The nature and uses of theory. In J. Schuh, S. R. Jones, & S. Harper (Eds.), Student Services: A Handbook for the Profession 5th ed.; pp. 149-167). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
• [Reprinted in Wilson, M. E. (Ed.). (2011). College student development theory, 2nd ed. ASHE Reader Series. Needham Heights, MA: Pearson Custom Publishing.]
• Jones, S. R., Harper, S., & Schuh, J. (2011). Shaping the future. In J. Schuh, S. R. Jones, & S. Harper (Eds.), Student Services: A Handbook for the Profession (5th ed.; pp. 534-546). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
• Jones, S. R., & Palmerton, A. (2010). How to develop campus-community partnerships. In B. Jacoby & P. Mutascio (Eds.), Looking in, reaching out: A reflective guide for community service-learning professionals (pp. 163-184). Boston, MA: Campus Compact.
• Jones, S. R. (2010). Getting to the complexities of identity: The contributions of an autoethnographic and intersectional approach. In M. B. Baxter Magolda, E. Creamer, & P. Meszaros (Eds.), Refining Understanding of the Development and Assessment of Self-Authorship: Exploring the concept across cultures (pp. 223-244). Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing.
• Jones, S.R., & Gasiorski, A. (2009). Service-learning, civic, and community participation: Contributions to adult development. In M. C. Smith (Ed.), Handbook of research on adult development and learning (pp. 636-669). New York: Routledge/Taylor & Francis.
• Jones, S. R. (2008). Student resistance to cross-cultural engagement: Annoying distraction or site for transformation? In S. Harper (Ed.), Creating inclusive campus environments for cross-cultural learning and engagement (pp. 67-85). Washington DC: NASPA.
• Jones, S. R., Gilbride-Brown, J., & Gasiorski, A. (2005). Getting inside the "underside" of service-leaning: Student resistance and possibilities. In D. Butin & Associates (Eds.), Service-learning in higher education: Critical issues and directions (pp. 3-24). New York: Palgrave Macmillan.