TEACHING
Students learning a traditional dance in Cuajinicuilapa, Mexico
Drawing from John Dewey, Jones teaches sociology using the concept of praxis, meaning a combination of thinking, learning, and practice. Highlighting the link between social change and education, Dewey underscores that learning is not only about content and skills, but about using content and skills to develop a social consciousness and reach one’s potential as an engaged citizen.
Through education, Jones aims for her students to sociologically examine the issues they normally take for granted, become active participants in their own learning, and foster their capacity to contribute to society. Jones has been recognized for her efforts in teaching, including winning the 2019 R. Stephen Warner Faculty Teaching Award and the 2023 UIC Teaching Recognition Program Award.
Through education, Jones aims for her students to sociologically examine the issues they normally take for granted, become active participants in their own learning, and foster their capacity to contribute to society. Jones has been recognized for her efforts in teaching, including winning the 2019 R. Stephen Warner Faculty Teaching Award and the 2023 UIC Teaching Recognition Program Award.
Courses Taught
Making Latinos: Race, Identity, and Immigration in the United States (undergraduate)
Race and Ethnicity: Constructing Identity and Difference (undergraduate)
Making Race: Race, Ethnicity, and Inequality on the Third Coast (undergraduate)
Understanding Societies (undergraduate)
Introduction to Sociology (undergraduate)
Sociology of Race and Ethnicity (graduate seminar)
Theorizing the Racial State: Race, Immigration and the Making of Americans (graduate seminar)
Ethnographic Methods Practicum (graduate seminar)
Colloquium on College Teaching of Sociology: Classroom Teaching (graduate seminar)
Colloquium on College Teaching of Sociology: Designing Your Own Course (graduate seminar)
Making Latinos: Race, Identity, and Immigration in the United States (undergraduate)
Race and Ethnicity: Constructing Identity and Difference (undergraduate)
Making Race: Race, Ethnicity, and Inequality on the Third Coast (undergraduate)
Understanding Societies (undergraduate)
Introduction to Sociology (undergraduate)
Sociology of Race and Ethnicity (graduate seminar)
Theorizing the Racial State: Race, Immigration and the Making of Americans (graduate seminar)
Ethnographic Methods Practicum (graduate seminar)
Colloquium on College Teaching of Sociology: Classroom Teaching (graduate seminar)
Colloquium on College Teaching of Sociology: Designing Your Own Course (graduate seminar)
Teaching Interests
Qualitative Research Methods/Field Studies Practicum
Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
Political Sociology/Sociology of the State and Citizenship
Sociology of Immigration/Immigration Policy
Crimmigration Studies
Latino Sociology/Latinos in the U.S.
Area Studies in Latin America and the Caribbean
Blackness Across the Hemisphere: Afro-Latinos and Afro-Latin America
Chicago Studies: Race, Immigration, and Inequality on the Third Coast
Qualitative Research Methods/Field Studies Practicum
Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
Political Sociology/Sociology of the State and Citizenship
Sociology of Immigration/Immigration Policy
Crimmigration Studies
Latino Sociology/Latinos in the U.S.
Area Studies in Latin America and the Caribbean
Blackness Across the Hemisphere: Afro-Latinos and Afro-Latin America
Chicago Studies: Race, Immigration, and Inequality on the Third Coast