Category Archives: Renaissance People

[youtube sOJ30n-xjhg] Watch entire video or click on any question below: Q: You have had many roles in your professional life, including condensed matter/materials physicist, teacher, department chair, and advocate for women in the sciences. Briefly describe your career path. Q: Did you have any mentors who helped you or motivated you over the years? […]

[youtube E92w7xg69oA] Watch entire video or click on any question below: Q: You career has spanned many fields and taken many turns. Describe the career path that led to where you are now. Q: You do not have a computing background, but were at NCSA for many years. How did that come about? Q: Are […]

[youtube dJAXF3WRNm4] Watch entire video or click on any question below: Q: You are a video artist with experience producing installations both collaboratively and on your own. Can you summarize your work and your approach to your art? Q: Who influenced and inspired you? Q: Tell us about your work at the Morehead Planetarium and […]

[youtube wqwQLyM-TQA] Watch entire video or click on any question below: Q: Your research spans many disciplines, from artificial intelligence to the intergration of technology and the arts. Is there a theme that unites all these interests? Q: At Berkeley, you were director of CITRIS, which focuses on putting technology to work to help people […]

Jones is a founding board member of the American Open Technology Consortium, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Chapel Hill Public Library, and a board member of the Linux Documentation Project. But he is most pleased to have been admitted into the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists and to have been selected in April 2003 as Best Geek in the Research Triangle by the Independent Weekly.

[youtube g6X1VKTln2Q] Watch entire video or click on any question below: Q: You have degrees in aerospace and astronautical engineering, including a Ph.D. you received in August, what inspired you to pursue this field? Q: How does your Air Force career relate to your academic career? Q: Are asteroids and comets hitting the Earth something […]

[youtube LEMxjJjth-A] Watch entire video or click on any question below: Q: You have advanced degrees in the interactive arts and visual studies. What inspired you to pursue this field? Did you have any role models? Q: You describe your work as “examinations in meta-meaning processes.” Can you elaborate on that? Q: Two terms you […]

[youtube mQwoe7RoXm8] Watch entire video or click on any question below: Q: You were a chemical/biomedical engineer and a research professor during a time when there were very few women in the field. What led you to pursue this career? Q: Was there any person that helped you to reach your goals? Any mentors you […]