ESTHER JONES is the Associate Dean for Faculty Development in the Office of the Dean of the Faculty. She holds a Ph.D. in English, an M.A. in African American & African Studies, and a B.A. in English and Music. Her interdisciplinary research in the field of the medical humanities engages literary, historical, philosophical, and ethical explorations of black women’s health and medicine. She is the author of Medicine and Ethics in Black Women’s Speculative Fiction (2015).
As the inaugural Associate Dean for Faculty Development, Jones supports faculty development at all career stages, from new faculty orientation and onboarding to retirement, to renewal of focus and energy for midcareer faculty.
On the national stage, Jones serves on the Executive Board of the Phi Beta Kappa Society in the roles of Vice President, Chair of the Phi Beta Kappa Foundation, and Co-Chair of Phi Beta Kappa’s Futures Task Force alongside President Peter Quimby and Secretary/CEO Fred Lawrence.
