Jason D. Jones, Ph.D.

From conducting the Eastman Women’s Chorus to singing shape note at a goth bar, the performance experience of Jason D Jones, Ph.D. is as varied as his teaching and research interests. Jones, a native of Appalachia, is an Assistant Professor of Music Education at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) in Brownsville, TX, and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses. His undergraduate courses have received Flexible Bilingual and Cultural Sustaining Pedagogy endorsements from UTRGV's Bilingual, Bicultural, and Biliterate (B3) Institute.

 

Jones earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Education and French, and a Master of Education from Emory & Henry College in Emory, VA. He earned a Master of Music in Music Education from the University of Texas San Antonio. Also, he recently completed his Ph.D. Music Education from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY. Jones also has OAKE-endorsed Kodály certification and certification in Eurhythmics from the American Eurythmics Society.

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He has experience teaching elementary general music, choir, and strings to children in urban and suburban areas in Virginia, Texas, and New York. He is a recipient of the SAISD Foundation Inspire award for his work with urban elementary school children, and he was recognized for his significant contributions to the SAISD elementary strings project.

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His research interests include the Dalcroze approach, differentiated instruction and UDL in elementary music, translanguage pedagogy, and movement for musicians with mobility differences.

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Jones currently lives in South Texas with his partner, Jose; his two dogs, Jolene and Dolly; and his cat, Cher.