Tiffanie Victoria Jones

Biography

Professional Experience:

• Associate Professor of Social Work; Mount Vernon Nazarene University; Mount Vernon, OH; August 2025-present
• Lead Researcher; CiL Research Consulting Group; New Orleans, LA; January 2016-present
• Clinical Assistant Professor of Social Work; Tulane University; New Orleans, LA; August 2021-July 2024
• Assistant Professor of Social Work; Grambling State University; Grambling, LA; January 2020-July 2021 
•  Assistant Professor of Social Work; Clark Atlanta University; Atlanta, GA; August 2013-July 2016 

Awards and Recognitions:

• Teaching Professor Grant, 2022/2023, Teaching Professor Conference
• DSW Faculty Member of the Year (nominee), 2023, Tulane University
• Ph.D. Exemplar Outstanding Dissertation Research Award, 2013, Howard University Graduate School

Professional Organizations:

• North American Association of Christians in Social Work
• American Association of Blacks in Higher Education
• Heterodox Academy — Social Work
• Council on Social Work Education

Published Works & Presentations:

• A published paper co-authored with Soleman Abu-Bader. (2025). Structural equation modeling: Principles, assumptions, and practical application using SPSS Amos. International Journal of Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods, 13(1), 12-31.
• A published paper co-authored with CJ Sorenson. (2024). The in-class experience of social work students based on their religious affiliation. Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Social Work: Social Thought.https://doi.org/10.1080/15426432.2024.2368807  
• Co-panelist with Nafees Alam (University of Nebraska), Matthew Watson (ProSocial Workers), and Elizabeth Spievak (Bridgewater State University). (2025). Promoting Pluralism in Practice: Social Work at the Intersection of Truth, Power, and Responsibility. Panel discussion held for Heterodox Academy, Brooklyn, New York.
• Co-presenter with Howard University School of Social Work professors, Latoya Hogg, Meirong Liu, & Taqi Tirmazi. (2024). Engaging MSW students in research-based courses using the black perspective. Oral presented at Council on Social Work Education’s 2024 APM, Kansas City, MO.
• Guest Presenter. (2024). TSU’s Summer Stats Series. Four-day workshop held for Tennessee State University School of Graduate Studies, virtual.

Degrees

• PhD, Howard University, Social Work
• MSW, University of Missouri-Columbia, Social Work
• BA, Dillard University, Mass Communication

Favorite Scriptures:

• Job 38
• John 17:17