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 (e.g., recruitment, retention, graduation, and employment) through institutional research and data analytics.  Dr. Jones is Associate Director for the Information Use and Policy Institute where she serves as co-investigator on several National Science Foundation (NSF) and Institute of Museum Library Services (IMLS) projects to include the NSF project entitled, 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.  She is passionate about engaging youth in STEM and is principal investigator on Black Men in Tech, and co-director of FSU iCamp, both funded by the Army Educational Outreach Program to increase the engagement of rising 9^th through 12 grade students in computing and technology majors and careers.  She is also Co-PI of FSU STARS, a project funded by NSF to sustain and institutionalize effective strategies to broaden participation in computing.

Career Pathways in STEM, Student Outcomes, Underserved Populations

Grant Writing; Quantitative and Mixed Methods