Faye R. Jones is a Research Specialist II at the College of Communication & Information at Florida State University.  Her research interests include STEM student outcomes and the exploration of student pathways through institutional research and data analytics.  Dr. Jones is Associate Director for the FSU Information Institute where she serves as Co-Principal Investigator on several federally-funded research grants including the NSF project Backtracking CTE Pathways: Deconstructing critical junctures in 2-year IT programs. Dr. Jones’ research interests also include exploration of college-to-career success of underserved populations in STEM fields. Dr. Jones is Co-PI of the FSU STARS Alliance, a project to broaden participation of minorized students in computing and is an advocate for increasing Latino representation at postsecondary institutions, especially among graduate students and tenure-track faculty; she believes that higher education institutions must provide a culture of belongingness that allows Latinos/Hispanics to be their authentic selves.  She engages youth in STEM and is director of Black Men in Tech, and co-director of FSU iCamp, programs funded by the Army Educational Outreach Program to increase the engagement of rising 9^th through 12 grade students in Information Technology.  Faye is a proud veteran of the United States Army, where she served in the enlisted ranks and then as an officer for 8 years. She enjoys political debate and received a B.S in Political Science in 1998, returned from the military to earn a Master’s in Public Administration in 2002, and a doctorate from the Higher Education program in Educational Leadership & Policy Studies in 2011, all from her alma mater, FSU.  She is a former fellow of the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) and the Association for Institutional Research (AIR).

2011     PhD, Educational Leadership, Policy, & Higher Education, Florida State University

2002    MPA, Public Administration, Human Resources, Florida State University

1998     BS, Political Science, Florida State University

STEM Pathways, CTE Pathways, Employment Outcomes, Hispanic Serving Institutions, Marginalized Populations in Computing, Information Science, & Engineering (CISE)

Grant Writing; Quantitative and Mixed Methods