Stacey Franklin Jones

{{Short description|American mathematician, systems engineer, and academic administrator}}

{{Infobox office holder

| name = Stacey Franklin Jones

| office = 5th Chancellor of Elizabeth City State University

| term_start = October 1, 2014

| term_end = December 31, 2015

| predecessor = Charles Becton (interim)

| successor = Thomas Conway, Jr.

| education = Howard University
Johns Hopkins University
George Washington University

| children = 2

| website = {{URL|staceyfranklinjones.com}}

}}

Stacey Franklin Jones is an American computer scientist, and academic administrator who was the fifth chancellor of Elizabeth City State University from 2014 to 2015.

Life

Jones is from Boston.{{Cite web |date=September 4, 2014 |title=Stacey Franklin Jones Named Chancellor of Elizabeth City State University |url=https://newsroom.ecsu.edu/stacey-franklin-jones-named-chancellor-of-elizabeth-city-state-university/ |access-date=2024-02-15 |website=Elizabeth City State University |language=en-US}} She earned a B.S. in mathematics, magna cum laude, from Howard University in 1982. From 1982 to 1993, she worked in Maryland for Northrop Grumman as a defense and electronic systems software engineer and product development manager. She completed M.S. degrees in numerical science (1986) and technical management (1991) at Johns Hopkins University. In 1997, Jones earned a Ph.D. in computer science from the George Washington University. Her dissertation was titled, Major Cost Categories for a Rough-Order-Magnitude Cost Model for Multimedia Computer-based Training.{{Cite thesis |last=Franklin |first=Stacey Allison |title=Major Cost Categories for a Rough-Order-Magnitude Cost Model for Multimedia Computer-based Training |date=1997 |degree=Ph.D. |publisher=George Washington University |oclc=37600275}} C. Dianne Martin was her doctoral advisor.

In 1997, Jones joined the computer science department at Johns Hopkins University as a research scientist and adjunct faculty member. She joined Benedict College in 2000 as the chair of the mathematics and computer science department. She served as its dean of the school of science, technology, engineering and mathematics from 2002 to 2008. Jones became the vice president of sponsored programs and research in 2007 and senior vice president in 2009. In July 2010, she became the provost and vice president for academic affairs of Bowie State University.{{Cite web |date=2015-12-28 |title=Stacey Franklin Jones Resigns as Chancellor of Elizabeth City State University |url=https://www.wiareport.com/2015/12/stacey-franklin-jones-resigns-as-chancellor-of-elizabeth-city-state-university/ |access-date=2024-02-15 |website=Women In Academia Report}} In the fall of 2011, she returned to the private sector. On October 1, 2014, Jones became the fifth chancellor and tenth chief executive officer of Elizabeth City State University.{{Cite web |date=2015-12-22 |title=Elizabeth City State Chancellor Announces Resignation |url=https://www.diverseeducation.com/demographics/african-american/article/15097646/elizabeth-city-state-chancellor-announces-resignation |access-date=2024-02-15 |website=Diverse: Issues In Higher Education |language=en-us}} Succeeding interim chancellor, Charles Becton, she is the first female in the role. Jones resigned on December 31, 2015. From August 2016 to January 2018, she was the interim provost and vice president for academic affairs at Norfolk State University.{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Stacey Franklin |date=2018 |title=CV |url=https://www.marshall.edu/provost-search/files/2018/04/Jones-CV.pdf |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=Franklin Marshal University}} She became the special projects assistant to the interim president in February 2018. In 2018, she joined Fairmont State University as its vice president for institutional effectiveness and strategic operations.{{Cite web |title=Dr. Stacey Jones joins the University leadership |url=https://www.fairmontstate.edu/news/2018/08/dr-stacey-jones-joins-university-leadership.aspx |access-date=2024-02-15 |website=www.fairmontstate.edu}}