Roderick Jones, Ph.D.
Contact Information
105 Garfield Avenue
Eau Claire, WI 54702-4004
Education
- Ph.D., University of South Florida, Educational Leadership, Dual Cognates Special Education and Sociology, 2018
- M.Ed., University of South Florida, Educational Leadership, 2008
- B.S., University of South Florida, Learning Disabilities and Emotional Disturbances, 2001
Published Research
Passero Jones, A. C. & Jones, R. J. (2022). (Re)imanging early education leadership: Spiritual based leadership meets democratic experimentalism. In Catharine O’Brien, Arnold Danzig, William Black (Eds.), Who decides? Power, disability, and education administration.
Passero Jones, A. C. & Jones, R. J. (2021). (Re)constructing (dis)ability through participation in early childhood markets: Preschool leaders’ (dis)enrollment decision-making. Journal of early childhood research, 10(1), 60-82.
Jones, R.J. (2020). Variations in experience and meaning: Leadership involvement and identities with special education and disability. International E-Journal of Advances in Education, 6(17), 184-196.
Agosto, V., & Jones, R.J. (2016). Mentoring leadership: Care, critique, and justice for Black males in special education. In L. Bass (Ed.), Black Mask-ulinity: A Framework for Black Masculine Caring. New York: Peter Lang.
Passero, A. C. & Jones, R. J. (2016). The promise: A story of social (in)justice. Journal of curriculum and pedagogy, 13(1), 85-98.
Wolgemuth, J.R., Agosto, V., Lam, G.Y.H, Riley, M.W., Jones, R.J., & Hicks, T. (2016). Storying transition-to-work for/and youth on the autism spectrum in the United States: A critical construct synthesis of academic literature. Disability & Society, 31(6), 777-797.
Passero, A. C. & Jones, R. J. (2015). “Bottom line” choices: Effects of market ideology in Florida’s voluntary preschool policies. Journal of education controversy, 9(1).
Honors And Recognition
2022 – 2025, Elected, City Council Member At-Large. City of Eau Claire Government.
2022, UW – Eau Claire Tier 3 EDI Certificate. Project: (In)Formal supports for a growing student body: A collaborative autoethnography of pregnant and parenting students. University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire. Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Student Affairs.
2022, UW – Eau Claire Excellence in Service Award Nominee. University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire. Office of Academic Affairs.
2020, UW – Eau Claire Influential Faculty Nominee. University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire. Office of Multicultural Affairs.
2018, Berbecker Educational Leadership Scholarship Awardee. University of South Florida. College of Education. Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies.
2015, Brenda L. Jackson Scholars Awardee. University Council of Educational Administration.