Adrienne Jones

Adrienne Jones is the Associate Director. Jones attended the UA Little Rock where she earned her B.A. in History with honors, becoming the first in her family to graduate from college. She was the first beneficiary of the Little Rock Nine Endowment Scholarship, awarded to graduate students whose scholarly work is focused on race relations and community development. Jones was also the first undergraduate to complete the honors program with her B.A. thesis, “The Emergence of Black Nationalism and the Nation of Islam.” Jones went on to complete her M.A. in Public History thesis, “The Nation of Gods and Earths: Its Predecessors, Early History, and Influence in Hip Hop Culture,” graduating with a 4.0.

Jones’ multifaceted research interests have focused on scholarship on little-known areas of the Black Experience in America, including Black Nationalism, Islam within Black America, and Hip Hop culture. She has also studied Race and Ethnic Relations, Religious Studies, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, LGBTQ History, and Black Arkansas history.

Jones’ professional specialty areas include but are not limited to, mission-driven strategic planning, extensive project planning for public education and consumption, professional research and writing for the public, archival management, copy editing for print and digital media, advocating for the understanding and appreciation of the humanities, and working with members of underserved communities.