Dr. Jones has influenced social work education at Bellevue University, Talladega College, Tuskegee University, and Alabama A&M University, where she currently serves as director of director of strategic innovation and distance social work education in the department of social work.
The honorees are Julia Cronin-Gilmore of Bellevue University in Nebraska, Claire Renzetti of the University of Kentucky, Sarah Jane Brubaker of Virginia Commonwealth University, Cora Downs at the University of Kansas, Huda Zoghbi of the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, and Mary Splide, the outgoing president of Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon.
