Joseph R. Jones

Joseph R. Jones

Joseph R. Jones is a high school English teacher and is known widely for his research addressing bullying in educational environments.

Jones' work examines how bullying impacts educational environments. Jones has coined two terms in his academic community: contextual oppositions and unnormalizing education.[1][2] He has been interviewed extensively by media outlets about homophobia and bullying in schools and has published numerous works on the topic.[3] His first book, "Making Safe Places Unsafe: A Discussion of Homophobia with Teachers," was nominated for a critic’s choice book award from the American Educational Studies Association (AESA). In addition to his publications, he has given more than 70 presentations at peer-reviewed conferences, exploring the topics of homophobia and bullying. More recently, he has co-constructed a K-12 anti-bullying program with an academic colleague that has been implemented in some school districts.[4] In 2014, he was awarded a national award from Auburn University and the National Anti-Bullying Summit, the Hero Award, for his scholarship and service in attempting to create safe schools for all students.[5] He is the recipient of the 2017 "Stonewall Service Award" from CCCC/NCTE. In 2017, His fifth book, Feather Boas, Black Hoodies, and John Deere Hats: Discussions of Diversity in K-12 and Higher Education, was released.

Jones proposes that bullying and homophobia exist because of social normalization and that schools must begin "unnormalizing education to dismantle the hegemonic structures that exist within schools and society."[6]

Jones earned his PhD. from The University of Rochester after teaching high school English for a number of years. He has taught classes in qualitative research, advanced qualitative research, and curriculum development as well as courses in English education. He is currently a special education English teacher, and he is writing his new book, My Second First Year: Leaving Academia for a High School Classroom.

Works

  • Making Safe Places Unsafe: A Discussion of Homophobia with Teachers
  • Bullying in Schools: A Professional Development for Educators
  • (Un)Normalizing Education: Addressing Homophobia in Higher Education and K-12 Schools
  • Under the Bleachers: Teachers' Reflections of What They Didn't Learn in College (ed.)

References

  1. ↑ Jones, Joseph. "Dismantling the Context and Breaking Free From Contextual Oppositions: How Teacher Education Programs Can Combat Homophobia" (PDF).
  2. ↑ Jones, Joseph. "Unnormalizing Education: Addressing Homophobia in Higher Education and K-12 Schools".
  3. ↑ Terrell, Taylor. "How to prevent bullying". Archived from the original on 2015-09-05.
  4. ↑ McCallum, Annie. "Locally created program targets bullying in Ferrum".
  5. ↑ Auburn University. "2014 Hero Award Recipients".
  6. ↑ Jones, Joseph R. "Homophobia in secondary schools : an investigation of teachers' perceptions of homophobia through a collaborative professional development program". UR Research - At the University of Rochester. University of Rochester. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
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