Dr. Sharon Blackwell Jones

Assistant Teaching Professor

Faculty Member at Wake Forest University since 2022

Mailing Address: WFU Department of Counseling, Box 7406, Winston-Salem, NC 27109

Email: joneshar@wfu.edu

Office Phone: 336-758-3113

Location: Carswell 235

Education: 

Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University, 2001

M.A. in Community Counseling, The George Washington University, 1994

B.A. in Psychology, Howard University, 1991

Research Interests:

  • Diversity, Equity & Inclusive Education and Training
  • Counseling and Psychological Practice
  • Cultural Competency Development and Consultation
  • Student Athlete Experiences
  • LGBTQ+ Safe Zone

Counselor Education Experience: 25 plus years

  • Radford University, Assistant Professor & DEI Trainer
  • University of Georgia, Senior Lecturer
  • The West Virginia University, Visiting Assistant Professor
  • Clemson University, Assistant Professor

Counseling Experience:

  • Independent Private Practice
  • Upper School Counselor, St. Catherine’s School, Richmond, VA
  • Radford University Athletic Department
  • Randolph Macon University, Center for Counseling and Career Planning

Certifications and Licenses:

  • Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Georgia
  • National Certified Counselor (NCC)

Presentations (selected):

  • Blackwell Jones, S., & Davis, K. (2017, November). Appreciating differences: Promoting and developing culturally competent schools. Presentation at the 2017 Virginia School Counselor Conference, Hampton, VA. 
  • Blackwell Jones, S. (2014, October). Creating culturally competent classrooms. Presentation on Teaching for Alpha Kappa Delta: The International Honor Society of Sociology at the annual meeting of The Association of Black Sociologists, Charlotte, NC.
  • Scott, W., Gumear, J., & Blackwell Jones, S. (2013, November). The fourth dimension: 4-D communication with adolescents. Presentation at the 2013 Virginia Counselor Association Conference, Homestead, Hot Springs, VA. 
  • Packard, C., Merkesh, M., Blackwell Jones, S., & Evans, C. (2012, September). The multigenerational mentoring project: Maximizing opportunities for women counselor educators of color.Presentation at the 2012Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision Conference, Savannah, GA.

Publications (selected):

  • Blackwell Jones, S. (Submitted/2021). Appreciating differences through professional development: A case study on promoting and developing culturally competence for educators. In Preparing Anti-Racists Educators 2021. 
  • Davis, K., & Blackwell Jones, S. (2017). Activity in Chapter 9: Emotions ensemble. In Expressive and Creative Arts with Children and Adolescents. 
  • Blackwell Jones, S. (2013). Book Review: Free range kids: How to raise, safe, self-reliant children without going nuts with worry. L. Skenazy. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2013. In The Journal Of Family Psychotherapy, 24,1-4, 2013. DOI:10.1080/08975353.2013.817270.
  • Getch, Y., Blackwell Jones, S., Pritchard, S., & Chapman, B. (2008). Voices of our mothers: The story of childhood chronic illness from a cultural perspective. The Journal of Pan African Studies (JPAS), Special Edition: Africana Mothering: Shifting Roles and Emerging Contradictions. Guest Editor: Deidre Hill Butler, Ph.D.
  • Blackwell Jones, S., Smith, A., & Shelton, K. (2008). Cultural competence definition. In American Counseling Association (Ed.), The American Counseling Association encyclopedia of counseling.

Current Activities (selected):

Grant: American Physics Society Cultural Development Training Team DEI Curriculum Developer, 2020-2023

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Trainer

Personal:

Enjoys spending time watching basketball, reading, traveling, and cooking. Most recently I have been enjoying time with my family and our new Scottish Terrier puppy, Trey.

Counseling Faculty