Rebecca Jones

Bio

Rebecca Jones is the communications director for North Carolina Sea Grant, the Water Resources Research Institute for the University of North Carolina, and North Carolina Space Grant. Previously, she served as an associate professor of writing studies and the writing program administrator in Montana State University’s Department of English.

Her prior positions include professor of rhetoric and writing studies at University of Tennessee, Chattanooga and The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley where she taught writing and served in administrative roles ranging from graduate director, internship coordinator, writing program administrator, and assistant dean. She also worked as a freelance science writer for the Rocky Mountain Research Station.

A native of Morehead City, NC, Jones received her bachelor’s in English from UNC Chapel Hill, master’s in English from the University of South Carolina-Columbia, and her doctorate in Rhetoric and Composition from UNC Greensboro.

In her free time, Jones enjoys eating local food with family, reading, swimming, kayaking, hiking, and traveling.