Life at SAIT
Dr. Jones is Academic Chair for Certificates and New Programs at the School of Business. In his Chair role, Dr. Jones looks after all School of Business Certificate programs and further leads the ideation, development, and launch of new programs. He joined SAIT in 2016 as a Writer/Editor for Center for Applied Education Innovation (CAEI) and has also served as a Training Consultant for the Operational Excellence team in the School of Business. In his previous roles at SAIT, Dr. Jones supported instructors and Academic Chairs in curriculum renewal, course/program development, Learning Management System (LMS) education, new faculty orientation, as well as instruction, classroom management and LMS use best practices.
Dr. Jones founded the SAIT creative writing club and is the editor of the SAIT Daily News Alert which is a platform that mobilizes summaries of current events affecting SAIT leadership, students and faculty.
Dr. Jones likes to run 5K and 10K races and has cooked 1,345 New York Times recipes. He cooks a new recipe almost every day.
Education
Dr. Jones holds a PhD in Creative Writing and Literature from the University of Houston. His focus was on the American short story. Dr. Jones’s current focus is on making sense (a coherent, contextualized story) of the current pushback against Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) policies and practices in post-secondary institutions in North America.
Professional Accomplishments
Before joining SAIT, Dr. Jones was the Chief Operation Officer of a financial compliance consulting firm, an English professor at the University of Houston, an Executive Director (ED) of a sustainability non-profit, and an Army sergeant and Chinese linguist in the United States Army.
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SAIT is located on the traditional territories of the Niitsitapi (Blackfoot) and the people of Treaty 7 which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, the Kainai, the Tsuut’ina and the Îyârhe Nakoda of Bearspaw, Chiniki and Goodstoney.
We are situated in an area the Blackfoot tribes traditionally called Moh’kinsstis, where the Bow River meets the Elbow River. We now call it the city of Calgary, which is also home to the Métis Nation of Alberta.