DEBORAH JONES

• Dedicated professional with demonstrated strengths in customer service, time management, and trend tracking. Good at troubleshooting problems and building successful solutions. Excellent verbal and written communicator with a strong background in cultivating positive relationships and exceeding goals. Thirty-two (32) years of experience in administration, supervision, program development and teaching (ground and online)
• Nominated: Outstanding Faculty of the Year 2022 (Capella University) Dissertation Chair: School of Social and Behavioral Sciences (Capella University) Program and School Reviewer: Quantitative Analysis Curriculum Development: Subject Matter Expert (Cognitive Psychology) Capella University
• Certified Diversity Trainer: National Multicultural Institute Washington, D. C
• Keynote Speaker: Excellent communication/public speaking skills with groups of students, parents, civic and community organizations.
• Designed and published a quarterly newspaper for over 3000 prospective students and parents on Southern Arkansas University campus.
• Annually revised and designed university course curriculum guide given to university faculty/staff members and guidance counselors throughout Arkansas.
• Designed recruitment brochure and informational newsletter for Adult Studies Program at FCCJ/Kent campus.
• Proficient in both Blackboard and CANVAS
• Founder and owner of DJ & Associates Educational Consultants Group a progressive and upcoming business dedicated to educational services and designed to ensure clients receive expert service at the highest maximum. Services include academic and career counseling, dissertation coaching, and diversity education.

• Volunteer, Jacksonville Film Festival
• Member, Campus Leadership Committee, FCCJ
• Member, Accelerated Education Program, FCCJ
• Member, Academic Affairs Deans Committee, EWC
• Member, Curriculum Committee, EWC
• Jacksonville Early College High School Advisory Board, member
• Community Relations Council member, Jacksonville Job Corp
• Florida Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Counselors, member
• Board Member, Omni Community Development Center
• Selected "One of the Most Outstanding Young Women in America"
• Arkansas Association of Collegiate Registrar and Admissions Officers, member
• Business and Professional Women Association, member
• Southwest Business and Professional Women Network, member
• Minority Faculty Forum, member (SAU)
• Columbia County Advocates for the Handicapped, Exec member
• New Hope homeless shelter, Executive member

• Ethics and Multicultural Issues in Psychology, Doctorate
• Psychology, Graduate
• Ethics and Multicultural Issues in Psychology, Graduate
• Child Psychology, Graduate
• Topics in Child & Adolescent Development, Graduate
• Foundations of Theory and Practice, Graduate
• Adv. Lifespan Development, Graduate
• Advocacy in Child & Adolescent Development, Graduate
• Consultation Psychology, Graduate
• Education, Graduate
• Instructional Design, Graduate
• Foundations of Curriculum and Instruction, Graduate
• Standards-Based Curriculum and Instruction, Graduate
• Cooperative Learning, Graduate
• Introduction to Action Research, Graduate
• Application of Action Research, Graduate
• Education Issues and Policy, Graduate
• Leadership in Education, Graduate
• Psychology, Undergraduate
• Addictive Behaviors, Undergraduate
• Cognitive Psychology, Undergraduate
• Abnormal Psychology, Undergraduate
• Introduction to Psy Personality, Undergraduate
• Human Growth and Development, Undergraduate
• History and Systems of Psychology, Undergraduate
• Human Motivation, Undergraduate
• Learning and Cognition, Undergraduate
• Cultural Diversity, Undergraduate
• Social Psychology, Undergraduate
• Student Success, Undergraduate
• Education, Undergraduate
• Introduction to Education, Undergraduate
• Teaching Diverse Populations, Undergraduate

GRANTS AND FELLOWHIPS , Parenting Grant (Columbia County Advocates for the Handicapped), 8,000 Researched, Cowrote and submitted proposal designed to increase retention of African/American students on college campus. Program implemented. Researched, wrote and submitted proposal to centralize student advising on college campus. Program implemented.