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Jen Jones, Ph.D. is Associate Professor and Department Coordinator of Marketing and Communication in the School of Business at 茄子视频 University. Her teaching and research interests focus on organizational and leadership ethics. She received her Ph.D. in Rhetoric from the McAnulty College of Liberal Arts at Duquesne University with emphasis areas in organizational and interpersonal communication, and ethics in the public sphere. She received an M.B.A. from Duquesne鈥檚 Palumbo-Donahue School of Business with a focus in Management, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from the Eberly College of Business at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Jones has been an invited speaker both nationally and internationally. She was the Business Ethics Keynote Speaker at the Schneider Downs Annual CPE event for over 400 financial professionals. At the University of Teramo in Italy, she presented a doctoral seminar on "Corporate Ethics and ESG," and at the International Symposium on Innovation, Leadership, and Change in Colombo, Sri Lanka, she presented Aristotle鈥檚 Nicomachean Ethics: Business Ethics Theory and Practice. She was also a presenter for the Center of University Scholars at Jackson State University where she led the workshop Collaborative Communication and Team Building. She regularly presents at the annual International Leadership Association conference. Additionally, she has been a featured speaker for multiple gender and women studies organizations such as the Pennsylvania ACE Network, The Claire R. Schmieler Leadership Institute, and The Leadership Institute for Faculty Women.
Dr. Jones maintains an active research agenda. Her scholarship integrates the humanities with contemporary issues in leadership and organizational ethics. Her work illuminates insights from key figures such as Hazel Barnes, Kafka, Saint Edith Stein, Emmanuel Levinas, Thomas Merton, and Aristotle. Notably, her scholarship on responsible leadership has been cited by numerous scholars and was integrated into an international seminar on ethics of leadership and decision-making. She serves as a reviewer for multiple journals including the Journal of Business Ethics, Business Ethics Quarterly, Business and Professional Ethics, Leadership, and Qualitative Research Reports in Communication, among others. She is a past President of the Pennsylvania Communication Association.
Jones integrates her scholarship in her academic teaching. She is subject matter expert for the MBA course Leading Change with Organizational Ethics, and the undergraduate course Corporate Ethics and Social Responsibility. She has taught internationally in China, India, and Italy, has studied in Western and Eastern Europe and Israel, and has taken students on study-abroad experiences in England, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, and Greece. In her courses at 茄子视频, Jones integrates community-engaged learning to address social justice issues and community revitalization. She and her students serve the homeless community in Pittsburgh, sponsor a shop local/small campaign, conduct a B Corp assessment simulation, and partner with a global fair trade organization to host a fair trade market. Her students also initiated a campus-wide speaker series on the topic of human trafficking.
Prior to teaching in an academic setting, Jones worked for one of the largest sporting goods retailers in the country as an assistant buyer, handling major brands and accounts. She also worked as a director for a large resort, where she coached over sixty staff members and was actively involved in strategic and capital planning. In this role, she designed and operated a team building and leadership development program that provided training for over one hundred corporate clients. Later, she worked as a consultant for two hospital systems on the topics of diversity and intercultural communication and the creation of an organizational culture of care.

Education

• Ph.D., Duquesne University (Pittsburgh, PA), 2014
• MBA, Duquesne University (Pittsburgh, PA), 2007
• BS, Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Indiana, PA), 1998

Publications

• Jones, J. (Ed.) (2023). A Research Agenda for Organizational Ethics. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar. []
• Jones, J. (2023). Expanding Horizons: Mythodology for Interpretive Scholarship. In J. Jones (Ed.) A Research Agenda for Organizational Ethics. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar. (3-17).
• Jones, J. (2023). Preface. In J. Jones (Ed.) A Research Agenda for Organizational Ethics. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar. (xvii-xxiii).
• Jones, J. (2022). Collective Responsibility. In G. R. Goethals, S. T. Allison, & G. J. Sorenson (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Leadership Studies, (in press), New York, NY: Sage.
• Jones, J. (2020). A Metamorphosis for Leaders: Caring in Good Faith. In L. Tomkins (Ed.) Paradox and Power in Caring Leadership: Critical and Philosophical Reflections. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar (109-120). []
• Jones, J. (2020). Pragmatism as a Way of Democracy: Ruth Anna Putnam鈥檚 Pragmatist Ethics. The Pennsylvania Communication Annual, 76(2), 68-82.
• Jones, J. (2020). Existential Responsiveness and Moral Growth: A Review of Kate Ott鈥檚 Christian Ethics for a Digital Society. Journal of Moral Theology, 9(1), 249-250.
• Jones, J. (2020). People Bingo. In T. McDevitt, Taylor-David, S., and Schweitzer, A. M. (Eds.) Ingredients for Thriving at IUP: Center for Teaching Excellence 30th Anniversary Edition. The Center for Teaching Excellence: Indiana, PA
• Jones, J. and A. Podoletz (2018). Generating Buzz on Campus about Fair Trade through the Writing for Public Relations Course. In T. McDevitt and C. P. Finegan (Eds.) Library Service and Learning: Empowering Students, Inspiring Social Responsibility, and Building Community Connections. Atlanta, GA: American Library Association (205-226).
• Jones, J. (2018). Empathic Leadership: Saint Edith Stein鈥檚 Phenomenological Perspective. In B. J. Denison (Ed.) Women, religion, and leadership: Female saints as unexpected leaders. New York, NY: Routledge. (155-177).
• Jones, J. (2018). Promoting Scholarly Conversations through an Undergraduate Research Conference in the Library: A Communication Class Project. In T. McDevitt and C. P. Finegan (Eds.) Library Service and Learning: Empowering Students, Inspiring Social Responsibility, and Building Community Connections. Atlanta, GA: American Library Association (275-299).
• Jones, J. (2018). Thomas Merton: Rediscovering Communication as a Message of Love for Communion. In R. H. Woods and N. K. Wood (Eds.) Words and Witnesses: Communication Studies in Christian Thought from Athanasius to Desmond Tutu. Peabody: MA: Hendrickson Publishers, Inc. (215-221).
• Jones, J. (2017). Ralph Ellison鈥檚 Invisible Theology. Journal of Communication & Religion, 40(3), 116鈥�122.
• Jones, J. (2016). Colloquium on Levinas, leadership, and ethics: The derivative organization and responsible leadership - Levinas's dwelling and discourse. Leadership and the Humanities, 4(1), 41-44. []
• Jones, J. (2015). Walking with Merton: A Soul鈥檚 Journey 鈥� Review of Simply Merton: Wisdom from His Journals. The Merton Seasonal, summer.
• Jones, J. (2014). Leadership lessons from Levinas: Revisiting responsible leadership. Leadership and the Humanities, 1(2), 44-63. []
• McDevitt, T. and Jones, J. (2013). We鈥檙e all in this together: Stress reduction and team building for modern library organizations. Codex, 2(3), 78-99.
• Jones, J. and Bharadwaj, P. (2013). Instrumental to ethical: Ancient guidance for contemporary individual social responsibility. Competition Forum, 11(1), 160-164.
• Jones, J. and Michalec, B. (2013). Existential leadership: 鈥楪ood Faith鈥� in contemporary Capitalism. In A. Marturano (Ed.) ISLC: Sustainable Leadership for Socially Responsible Organizations (46-47). Rome, Italy.
• Jones, J. (2011). Building research projects in teams. In T. McDevitt (Ed.), Let the Games Begin! Engaging Students with Field-tested Interactive Information Literacy Instruction, (11-14), Chicago, IL: Neal-Schuman.

Awards

• Nominated for Instructor of the Year, B 茄子视频 []
• Carroll Arnold Distinguished Service Award

Organizations

• Society for Business Ethics; B 茄子视频, Inc.; International Leadership Association; Pennsylvania Communication Association; Beta Gamma Sigma; Phi Kappa Phi

Presentations

• 鈥淟earning Moral Decision-Making in Leadership Ethics through Fable: Aesop鈥檚 The Grasshopper and the Ants鈥� 2023 International Leadership Association (ILA), Vancouver, Canada
• 鈥淢eet the Authors: A Research Agenda for Organizational Ethics鈥� 2023 International Leadership Association (ILA), Vancouver, Canada
• 鈥淧repositions as Pre-positions: Looking at, along, and with Burke in Conversation among Others鈥� 2022 Kenneth Burke Salon, East Stroudsburg, PA
• 鈥淕rounding Conscious Organizations: Existentialist Ethics of Hazel Barnes鈥� 2021 International Leadership Association (ILA) (Online)
• 鈥淎 Center for Institutional Values and Inclusive Capitalism (CIVIC): Promoting Economic Justice for the Common Good鈥� 2021 International Vincentian Business Ethics (Online)
• 鈥淩enewing and Transforming Organizations: An Existentialist Ethics Approach鈥� 2021 National Communication Association (NCA) (Seattle, WA)
• 鈥淨uestioning Philanthrocapitalism through an Arendtian Lens: Totalitarianism with Good Intentions鈥� 2021 Pennsylvania Communication Association (PCA) (Online)
• 鈥淧hilosophically Grounding Inclusive Capitalism: A Living Memorial for the Future of Work 2021 Pennsylvania Communication Association (online)
• 鈥淪ubversive Leadership for People at the Edge鈥� 2020 International Leadership Association (ILA) (online)
• 鈥淎n Ethic of Care on the Edge: Paradoxes of Caring Leadership鈥� 2020 ILA (online)
• 鈥淓dith Stein鈥檚 Empathic Leadership: On the Phenomenological Edge of the Finite and Infinite鈥� 2020 ILA (online)
• 鈥淕iving Voice to a Female Pragmatist: Ruth Anna Putnam鈥� 2019 Philosophy of Communication Salon, Pennsylvania Communication Association (Reading, PA)
• 鈥淐ourageous Love Casting Out Hatred: How Women Religious Risk their Safety to Care for the Marginalized鈥� 2019 Pennsylvania Leadership Studies (Harrisburg, PA) and 2019 ILA (Ottawa, Canada)
• 鈥淓mpathic Student Leadership: Stein鈥檚 Phenomenological Perspective for Experiential Learning鈥� 2018 Extensions of Stein: Advocacy and Empathy in Philosophy of Communication (Greensburg, PA)
• 鈥淲hat do Libraries have to do with the YMCA, Humane Society, Fair Trade, and Undergraduate Research?鈥� 2018 Pennsylvania Libraries Association Conference (Harrisburg, PA)
• 鈥淲omen Advocating for Women鈥� 2018 Pennsylvania ACE Network (Greensburg, PA)
• 鈥淟eadership Lessons from Female Philosophers: Underrepresented Valuable Voices鈥� 2018 Pennsylvania Leadership Studies (Harrisburg, PA)
• 鈥淟eadership for Community and Social Entrepreneurship鈥� 2018 ILA (West Palm Beach, FL)
• 鈥淪mall Teaching in Activity-Based Learning: Expanding Big Ideas throughout a Communication Research Course鈥� 2017 PCA Conference (Pittsburgh, PA)
• 鈥淓mpathic Leadership: Saint Edith Stein鈥檚 Phenomenological Perspective鈥� 2017 Pennsylvania Sociology Association (Pittsburgh, PA)
• 鈥淎n Aristotelian Perspective of Place Making and Branding for Community Development鈥� 2017 PCA (Pittsburgh, PA)
• 鈥淚ssues of Accreditation Changes and Our Responsiveness in Communication鈥� 2017 PCA Conference (Pittsburgh, PA)
• 鈥淎 Pragmatic Leadership: Ruth Anna Putnam鈥檚 Moral Value and Democracy in an Age of Populism鈥� 2017 International Studying Leadership (Richmond, VA)
• 鈥淎pologia Pro Vita Mea: Humanities and Business鈥� 2017 National Communication Association (Dallas, TX)
• 鈥淪tudent Poster Session鈥� Judge, 2018 International Leadership Association (West Palm Beach, FL)
• 鈥淐ollaborative Communication and Team Building鈥� 2017 Center for University Scholars (Jackson, MS)
• 鈥淐ollaborative Communication and Team Building鈥� 2017 Center for University Scholars (Jackson, MS)
• 鈥淗egemony with Good Intentions: Problematizing Conscious Capitalism and Other Socially Responsible Business Practices鈥� (2016) National Communication Association Convention (Philadelphia, PA)
• 鈥淢ethodology for Interpretive Leadership Scholarship鈥� International Studying Leadership 2014 Conference (Copenhagen, Denmark)
• 鈥淓xistential Leadership: Interpersonal Engagement within Organizations鈥� International Leadership Association 2014 Conference (San Diego, CA)
• "From the Toy Store Pink Aisle to Marketplace Pink Collar Jobs: Building and Becoming Otherwise with Goldie Blox" NCA 2014 Conference (Chicago, IL)
• 鈥淎n Interplay of Rhetoric and Phenomenology in the Working Life of the Poor鈥� National Communication Association 2014 Conference (Chicago, IL)
• 鈥淢erton鈥檚 Existential Communication: The Meaning and Power of Love鈥� Pennsylvania Communication Association 2014 Pre-Conference (Pittsburgh, PA)
• 鈥淓xistential Education: An Indirect Communicative Pedagogy鈥� Pennsylvania Communication Association 2014 Conference (Pittsburgh, PA)
• 鈥淓xistential Meeting of Horizons鈥� Phenomenology Roundtable 2014 (Buffalo, NY)
• 鈥淎pplying and Interviewing for Employment鈥� (2015). Society for Human Resources, Student Chapter (Indiana, PA).
• 鈥淲omen in the Workplace: Building & Maintaining Sisterhood鈥� (2014). The Claire R. Schmieler Leadership Institute (Slippery Rock, PA)
• Keynote 鈥淒eterminants of Success: Rats, Brick Walls, and 10,000 Hours鈥� 2014, Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi Annual Initiation Ceremony (Greensburg, PA)
• 鈥淎 Word of Caution for Appreciative Inquiry鈥� (2015). National Communication Association Convention, Las Vegas, NV.
• 鈥淏eing and Somethingness: In Inquiry into Existential Communication鈥� (2015). Pennsylvania Communication Association Pre-Conference, York, PA.
• 鈥淐ultural Diversity in Business Communication鈥� 2013 Case per ferie 鈥淐asa di Nazareth鈥� Suore della Sacra Famiglia di Nazareth (Boccea, Italy)
• 鈥淲omen in the Workplace: Building & Maintaining Sisterhood鈥� 2014; 鈥淲omen in the Workplace: Historical and Contemporary Issues鈥� 2011 The Claire R. Schmieler Leadership Institute (Slippery Rock, PA)
• 鈥淚nterpersonal Communication鈥� 鈥淪ervant Leadership鈥� 鈥淭he Meaning and Power of Love鈥� St. Anne Home, Sponsored by the Felician Sisters (Greensburg, PA): 2012; 2013; 2014
• 鈥淭eam Building鈥� The Leadership Institute for Faculty Women (State College, PA): 2010 & 2012
• 鈥淧romoting Information Literacy through Activity-Based Learning鈥� Point Park University co-presenter 2011 (Pittsburgh, PA)
• 鈥淏usiness Ethics Theory and Practice鈥� 2010 International Symposium on Innovation, Leadership, and Change (Colombo, Sri Lanka)

Achievements

• 鈥淐orporate Ethics and ESG鈥� 2023 University of Teramo Incontro Seminariale Corporate Ethics and ESG Corso di Dottorato in Economic and Social Sciences (Teramo, Italy) 鈥� presented 3 sessions 鈥� 鈥淥rganizational and Leadership Ethics鈥� 鈥� 鈥淢ythodology for Leadership Studies鈥� 鈥� 鈥淎 New Horizon for Business鈥�
• 鈥淎dvisor of the Year鈥� Award 2022
• Reviewer: Journal of Business Ethics; Business Ethics Quarterly; Business & Professional Ethics; Leadership
• Keynote address 鈥淭he Purpose of Business is to鈥︹�� 2019 Business Ethics, Schneider Downs Annual CPE Event (Pittsburgh, PA)
• Director, Graduate and Undergraduate Writing Competition, PCA
• Interest Council Chair, Honors Societies, PCA
• Feature Article, "Learning through Service" Forward Magazine, 2015, spring/summer, p. 45.
• Past President, Pennsylvania Communication Association
• Undergraduate Communication Research Interest Group Chairperson, Pennsylvania Communication Association, 2016-2017, 2019-2020
• Interpersonal/Organizational Interest Group Chairperson, Pennsylvania Communication Association, 2015-2016